House of the rising FUNK

06/09/2026

05/09/2026

Regenerate & reciprocate the sanity of your creation(s)

04/09/2026

Leave the noise behind

Immerse yourself in vast ancient forests, pure mountain air, waterfalls, mineral hot springs and patient, truthful living.

A living project of reciprocity and regeneration — aligned with the rising and setting of the sun.

At Serviceberry House in the Rhodope Mountains of Batak, Bulgaria we invite you to remember what it feels like to be free from continuous stress factors, synthetic scents, and the constant pull of screens.

**7 September – 7 October 2026**
Join for a few days, a week, or longer.

Limited places.
**Weekly Reciprocity contribution: €249**

📍 Serviceberry House, Batak
🔗 airbnb.com/h/serviceberryunityroom
✉️ [email protected]

01/09/2026

15/08/2026

One week of shared care, intellect, emotion & maintenance — land stewardship, body wisdom, gift exchange, and a mountain gathering at the turning of the season.

Week Programme

Day 1: Arrival & Reciprocity Circle — welcome, garden meal, opening the heart-field

Day 2: Land & Intellect — seasonal teachings, hands-on house/land maintenance, fireside stories

Day3: Body & Emotion — breathwork, harvest, sharing

Day 4: Deepening Reciprocity — gift exchange, night walk under the stars

Day 5: Mountain Gathering — Ascending up to the top of the mountain (from 1000m to 2000m) shared and personal time

Day 6: Earth's rhythm, gratitude, procession backbto Batak

Day 7: Closing — reflection, closing ceremony, seeds to carry home

Join us for a unique Late Summer Gathering & Retreat at Serviceberry House, in the Rhodope Mountains.

One week of shared care, intellect, emotion & regeneration of our ancient wisdoms — so rain, storm and colder nights arrive not as hardship, but as a welcome member of the cycle.

Remember

🌾 Land stewardship & fireside stories
🌿 Body wisdom & breathwork
🎁 Gift exchange & mending
⛰️ A mountain gathering, feast & movement together

🕯️ Closing ceremony — carrying seeds & memories plus sharing reflections & growth wishes for future gatherings

All are welcome who wish to live the transition in peaceful connection with human, animal, plant and the transcendent.

Reciprocity Contribution: €250
+ optional Legacy Gift — your way of remembering and returning the wheel of postmodernity

📍 Serviceberry House, Batak, Bulgaria
📅 24–30 August 2026
🔒 Limited places — reply or message for details

14/08/2026

From a bigger belly to a longer table. 🌱🔨

What does it really mean to be a man today?

Not the biggest car.
Not the most expensive watch.
Not the perfect appearance or a mask of success.

But being able to make, repair, build, grow and care.

At Serviceberry Retreat, we are creating a place where modern men can delearn, deslave and regenerate — reconnecting with their bodies, their hands, their environment and other people.

🔨 Learn to work with real tools.
🏡 Learn to build and repair.
🌱 Learn to grow food and care for the land.
💪 Train strength, resilience and practical skills.
🧠 Develop clarity, confidence and self-awareness.
❤️ Build healthier relationships and genuine connection.
🔥 Discover a form of masculinity that isn't about dominance or status, but about competence, responsibility, courage and care.

Because attraction may not begin with a bigger mask.

Maybe it begins with building something that lasts.

A home.
A garden.
A friendship.
A community.
A healthy relationship with yourself.

Build a longer table — not a bigger belly.

Serviceberry Retreat — Batak, Rhodopes, Bulgaria.

🌿 DELEARN • DESLAVE • REPAIR • REGENERATE

👉 Discover the programme and the Serviceberry House Alliance:
https://serviceberryhouse.amorisnatura.workers.dev/

12/08/2026

🌿 Join the Serviceberry Telegram Community
Chat and hang out with us — share updates, questions, photos, tips, or just chat about everything Serviceberry.
👉 Tap to join:

12/08/2026

🪲 Meet Scarabee — your little guide to a different way of living

What if your self-help journey had a guide who was small, curious… and a dung beetle? 🌿

Meet Scarabee, the online guide and assistant of the Serviceberry Economy Alliance.

Scarabee is inspired by something we often overlook: the invisible value of small contributions.
A dung beetle takes what others consider waste and quietly turns it into fertility. Nothing is wasted. Value simply keeps circulating.

That is Scarabee's lesson — and the idea behind the Serviceberry economy.

🪲 Scarabee can help you:
🌱 reflect on your own choices and habits

🤝 explore reciprocity, contribution and community

💡 discover how your skills and ideas can create value

🌳 Meet Scarabee. Take the Gift Circle. See what you discover about yourself.

The circle is waiting for you. 🪲🌱

12/08/2026

🌿 What if a house could be more than just a house?

What if we stopped asking only “What does it cost?” and started asking “What can I contribute?”

That is the idea behind Serviceberry House in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria.

An old house becomes the starting point for something bigger: a learning centre, coliving community, and place for people who want to explore what an economy based on reciprocity, sharing and care could look like.

Inspired by The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer, we are creating a place where knowledge, skills, food, time and resources can circulate — and where value is measured not only in money, but also in relationships, trust and what we can contribute to one another and to the environment.

🌱 The Serviceberry House Alliance goes beyond one house.

It is an invitation to build a network of people who want to learn, contribute, share and create a different way of living together — locally in the Rhodopes, but eventually in other places too.

There are many ways to get involved:
🏡 live and build together
🌿 join workshops and retreats
🛠️ share your knowledge and skills
🤝 contribute to the community
🌍 support from wherever you are
🏘️ help bring new life to a village in the Rhodopes

The house is the first seed. The community is the goal.

Maybe this speaks to you. Maybe you're simply curious. Or perhaps you've been feeling for years that there must be another way.

👉 Discover the full story here:
https://serviceberryhouse.amorisnatura.workers.dev/

Read, explore and discover where you might fit into this story.

🌳 What we give, grows. What we share, connects.



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A learning center and coliving home in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, built on reciprocity and gift-economy principles inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer's The Serviceberry.