For you
Founding Spark Keeper
US$333
Your own six month place in the Village.
Join the VillageSpark Keepers
Keep the spark alive.
There is something in us that knows how to wonder, imagine, create, play, dream and believe that life can be extraordinary.
We call it the spark.
And we believe the world needs more people committed to keeping it alive. For ourselves. For each other. For the generations coming after us.
· Nature · Connection · Creativity · Play ·
✦ Happening now in the Spark Keepers world ✦
Why the spark matters
Somewhere along the way, many of us became very good at being grown ups.
We learned responsibility. We learned productivity. We learned how to keep going.
But sometimes, without even noticing, we stopped doing the things that made us feel most alive. We stopped playing. We stopped wondering. We stopped following curiosity simply because something delighted us.
Our spark didn’t disappear.
We simply forgot. We simply forgot our spark was always there.
Spark Keepers exists to help us remember.
Because when adults keep their spark alive, children grow up surrounded by people who show them that theirs matters too.
VIVA 50 · TORTUGUERO, COSTA RICA
Dancing Gaia Namaskar on the beach — one small moment of movement, joy and connection that became part of the inspiration for this month’s Move the Spark Ripple Effect.
See the Ripple EffectThe Five Questions
Five simple questions.
Simple enough for a child. Deep enough for a lifetime.
- 01
When was the last time you danced?
- 02
When was the last time you sang a song?
- 03
When was the last time you became enchanted by a story, especially the story of your own life?
- 04
When was the last time you felt comfortable in silence?
- 05
When was the last time you made a wish?
These questions sit at the heart of Spark Keepers. We return to them again and again because our answers change as we do.
Nature as our guide
Life doesn’t move in straight lines.
Nature doesn’t. And neither do we.
There is a cycle for everything! There are times to begin. Times to move. Times to create. Times to celebrate. Times to rest. Times to release.
And times to begin again.
Nature becomes one of our biggest teachers.
The Moon guides us back to our monthly gatherings. The elements become our teachers. And our own lives become the classroom.
Our four pillars
The conditions in which we reignite our sparks.
Nature
Connection
Creativity
Play
We create spaces where people can step outside ordinary life long enough to remember something extraordinary about themselves.
Sometimes through movement. Sometimes through story. Sometimes through nature. Sometimes through making something with our hands. Sometimes through doing something wonderfully ridiculous together.
The co creators of Spark Keepers
Two women. Two sparks.
One shared question.
What might happen if adults stopped treating joy, wonder, creativity and play as things we eventually grow out of?
Adriana Carballo
Co creator of Spark Keepers
Brings storytelling, the invitation to see life with the eyes of a child, and the remembering that life, creativity and even our sparks move in cycles.
Robyn Laycock
Co creator of Spark Keepers
Brings lightness, imagination, art, creativity and play in surprising ways, emotional depth and the joyful permission to be delightfully ourselves.
Together, we are creating a place where the people who keep the spark alive for others can return to keep their own spark alive too.
The First Fire
The Founding Spark Keepers.
The first hands around the fire. The first voices around the circle. These are some of the people who said yes while Spark Keepers was still becoming. Different countries. Different lives. Different ways of keeping the spark alive.
Dee
Founding Spark Keeper
A celebration of color, courage to break through old cultural patterns and joy in simple every day things.
Galit (Gigi)
Galit (Gigi)
Founding Spark Keeper
A bright, playful spirit who brings curiosity, warmth and the gift of showing up fully as herself.
Giancarla
Founding Spark Keeper
A radiant presence holding warmth, magic and wonderful giggles at the heart of our village.
Joe
Joe
Founding Spark Keeper
A new voice around the fire, bringing his own way of keeping the spark alive.
Ruth
Founding Spark Keeper
A soft, calm and powerful voice that grounds you, warms your heart and makes you smile.
WHAT IF ADULTS HAD MORE PLACES TO PLAY
Spark Keepers Experiences.
Beyond the Village, we’re creating adventures, retreats, playful gatherings and co-creation in different corners of the world.
Every Spark Keepers Experience will also include a way of giving back to the place or community that welcomes us, because we want to leave them brith These are all created with our community and partners. Guided by four things:
Nature · Connection · Creativity · Play
And we’re only getting started.
Join the movement
Find your doorway.
There is no single way to be a Spark Keeper.
The Spark Keepers Village
A place to keep your spark alive.
For six months, we gather in rhythm with nature through creativity, reflection, movement, story, play and meaningful connection.
What every place in the Village includes
- Monthly Shine Experiences
- Monthly Around the Fire gatherings
- Guest Spark Keepers
- Creative experiences and practices
- Monthly companion resources
- Community connection and co creation
- Access to the growing Spark Keepers community and resources
For you and one more
Founding Spark Keeper + Sponsored Place
US$444
Your own place, plus one sponsored place made available for another Spark Keeper through the Spark Keepers Fund. When you sponsor a Spark Keeper we’ll also introduce you and the work you’re doing to our growing community.
Join + SponsorFor someone else
Sponsor a Spark Keeper
US$333
A full six month place gifted to another Spark Keeper, matched thoughtfully through the Spark Keepers Fund. We’ll introduce you and the work you’re doing to our growing community.
Support a Spark KeeperMONTHLY GATHERINGS
Shine Experiences kick off a new exploration for the members of the Village, guided by a Guest Spark Keeper. They begin inside the Village, with some also opening to the wider community as a doorway into the world of Spark Keepers. Around the Fire gatherings bring us together to celebrate, create and play. Part creative workshop, part gathering around the fire to celebrate and share how our community is reigniting sparks out in the world. In July: a Body Map experience inspired by Michaelangelo's David. In August : make your own set of poi to play with new patterns of movement, our
Guest Spark Keepers
Voices that ignite the fire.
A growing circle of people whose work inspires us to create, live and lead from deeper connection to our spark.
The bigger vision
This is only the beginning.
Imagine a world full of Spark Keepers.
Adults who haven’t forgotten how to wonder.
Communities where creativity and connection matter.
Places where generations learn from one another.
And children growing up surrounded by people who remind them, through the way they live, that their spark is worth protecting.
That’s the world we’re building.
And there is room around the fire for you.
Keep the spark alive.
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