​Praxis Ecology Design Course

​A conscious community daily frame to evolve

​Register to the free webinar to meet Valerie and see how we can think, get inspired, and get motivated to move toward integrative community building, both spiritual and pragmatic, engaged and silly, in a structure that can hold it. More than a course, it is a way to connect among people who are tired of talking, who believe in structure yet want to keep it light.

About The Course

The Praxis Ecology is a web based course beginning in September 2026 aimed at conscious community builders, secular monks, and spiritual cooks seeking to create dynamic, supportive spaces for civilizational renewal. This course proposes a way of living together inspired by the Zen temples daily life, as a suggestion for a new model of community following the collapses we regularly see in community building.

​The program opens with a free, one-hour introductory webinar (September 15th at 6:30 pm CEST), live, sharing the ethos of the Praxis Ecology rooted in zen monastic tradition and how we can actualize it into a sustainable secular frame. It then unfolds over six sessions across two and a half months, combining short self-paced videos, support documents, and deepening questions in live sessions led by Valérie every two weeks.

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• ​When:

  • ​Free introductory webinar 15th September 2026

  • ​Starting 22nd September 2026, ending 1 December 2026

• ​Format: 6 sessions ( 2 to 4 20 mn videos) across 2,5 months (self-paced work + live session every two weeks)

• ​Where: Online

• ​Recording: All videos and live sessions stay accessible after you register

• ​Led by: Valérie Duvauchelle

• ​Price: €250 · Early bird 30% off when you register before 17th September

​This is a practical course for those who feel that talking through community building isn't enough — that we need something bigger than our minds alone to truly move us towards another culture.

​Rooted in zen tradition and its practice of movement, this is an invitation to shift perspective and try another way of living together, through the ordinary, daily life of community.

​It is about deconstruction and evolution.

​The ARC of the programme :

• ​Dynamic emptiness : Bearing witness to what is - just sitting

• ​Activating the Body: from personal awareness to collective impact

• ​Moving Together: building shared rhythms, roles, and coordination

• ​Cooking Together: organizing food as a daily collective anchor

• ​Connecting: cultivating belonging, trust, and perspective-sharing

​Each session guides participants to design their own Minimum Viable Practice (MVP), culminating in a sixth live session where the full cohort present their individual Praxis Ecology designs, plans that can be applied to settings ranging from a one-week retreat to a three-day gathering, a three-month co-living experiment, or ongoing community life.

​This journey is an invitation to think about how to design the structures that make collective living a way to listen deeply to life. It is about daring and remembering how to be human again, connected to all.

​For more information about the course, check out our website below:
​https://secondrenaissance.net/course/praxis-ecology

Register today for the introductory free webinar and 30% discount!