Become a Member

Hello again!  Before you apply for membership, we would like to share with you the characteristics of our desired members and the application process.  This might take more time and effort than you expect, which is a deliberate design to adequately prepare you, before you submit your application, and to ensure a mutual fit.

Like any village, we want to keep our community vibrant and supportive.  So we would like to invite members who bring positive energy, have self-awareness, demonstrate good values and respect our shared community space.  

This is an intimate community and will remain so regardless of its size.  We value member quality more than quantity.  We would like every member who comes into the village to feel welcome and at home.  And to be as delighted as we are for your joining.  Therefore, we would like you to make your decision as mindfully as we are selective.

Our ideal members:

• Are committed to self-development and spiritual growth, and are willing to unlearn and relearn
• Are committed to becoming creators through practice, instead of consumers  
• Are aligned with Teal Village’s Vision of transforming ourselves before transforming our society
• Aspire to become inspirations or role models in your immediate world, such as your family, team, or social network. 

As a member, we don’t expect you to be perfect at any time, but we expect you to share our purpose.  If you don’t, you will become a force of resistance within the village.  If you do, then we invite you to a journey with us, where we self-discover, heal, grow and raise consciousness together.  Teal Village is designed as a Safe Space for members to practice, practice and practice how to be our best version of self in a supportive community.  

To further emphasize the important of aligned purpose, here are a few more criteria.  If you feel that the following statements describe you AND you don’t have a burning desire to self-transform, then our purposes are not aigned:

• Eager to change others instead of ourselves; constantly look for rescuers or excuses instead of solutions
• Wander into the village mindlessly, unaware of our negative impact, e.g. criticizing others or being dishonest  
• Think in a box, are skeptical about the unfamiliar, and insist that what we already know is the ultimate truth
• Want to be everywhere but are not present anywhere, yet mistaken “lack of self-management” as “lack of time”  
• Join the village only with the intention to be spectators, observing people from behind computer screens

In Teal Village, we emphasize learning through experience and self-reflection instead of theory.  The more effort you put in, the more you get out.  After all, this is a village of creators/self-leaders.

Once you join, we would like you to make the most out of your membership; respect the space – our shared home; and be considerate of the effort required to welcome you into the family.  Our volunteer hosts and ushers are giving their personal time to bring every new member onboard, so you can find your way around and connect with other members quickly.