Join as an FIR

Facilitators in Residence (FIRs) are community participants who also offer holistic services to the community. We are looking for FIRs to offer others in the community daily yoga, massage, art classes, singing, dance, creative writing, meditation, and many different therapies

FIRs are welcome to offer both group and one-on-one sessions. They may charge a modest fee or donation for one on one. Typically FIR’s charge 30 to 60 Euros per private session. We welcome a sliding payment scale to ensure offerings are inclusive and affordable to all in the community. FIRs are to work until tea break (11:30), after which they may do treatments, with the expectation that all their tasks have been completed and not left unfinished. FIRs are welcome to offer their services also in the afternoon and evening, with awareness of the daily schedule of workshop sessions and community participants work contributions.

Morning Facilitators offer yoga, meditation, Pilates or other practices daily before breakfast. The information listed below applies to both regular and morning FIRs unless otherwise stated.

FIR Overview

Our FIR program welcomes practitioners of any holistic discipline to join as community participants for two to four weeks, offering their services to our participants and guests  on an ad-hoc basis. While coming to Kalikalos as an FIR is an opportunity for an inexpensive working holiday, please note that FIRs are community participants . See the next section for more details about the work expectations.

Working Together for the Benefit of the Whole Community

Rota System. All members of the community – Core Team, community participants, FIRs, guests and workshop participants – contribute to our lives together by participating in our Rota System, which governs how we prepare our meals and clean up after dinner. Each member is asked to contribute a certain number of shifts each week,  an FIR can generally expect to be asked to sign up for between three and five shifts per week, depending on the number of people present on site.

Daily Tasks and Ongoing Projects. We ask each FIR to contribute to our shared work between the hours of 09:30 and 11:30 each day. Regular FIRs may then offer sessions to community guests and community participants (who have a day off) between 12:00 and 13:30 each day. Morning Facilitators make an offering for at least one hour before breakfast, with the option to offer other sessions outside of community participant’s working hours. This amounts to about 25 hours per week with one full day off each week. Each FIR signs up for one or more Daily Tasks (for example housekeeping, tidying,  gardening, etc.) which they will do daily for at least one week.

Benefits of Becoming an FIR

In exchange for the weekly FIR fee and work contributions described above, each FIR receives:

• Embodied learning of holistic principles and community skills by joining in our rhythms.

• Regular opportunities for sharing and connection with other community members.

• The opportunity to contribute to members of the community by offering their unique skills and expertise.

• Clean and comfortable accommodation in a tent or a shared room in the house, depending on availability.

• Three healthy vegetarian meals and a morning snack.

• Daily transport to and from the local beaches.

• One full day off per week for rest and recreation.

First-Time FIRs

We love the variety and fresh new energy that first-time FIRs bring to the community. We also want to maximize the chances that there is a good fit! The two main ways we do this are through our application process (see below) and by limiting the amount of time a first-time FIR can initially stay.

Please submit an online application form by clicking the “Apply Online” button appearing above.