The Outline
Here is the vision, framework and plans - so far
The Vision
Imagine a welcoming space to enjoy respite from lifes’ pressures. A space where nature and people intertwine to reconnect and rebalance into harmony.
Space to let the burdens of life lift from your shoulders, where you can reflect and contemplate the next steps in your life. Stepping outside of your day to day enables you to see the bigger picture.
25 acres or more of protected land,
and a community bound not by profit, but by purpose.
Each Elemental Foundation site will hold space for reflection, creativity, and care for the natural world.
The surrounding land remains wild and tended with reverence, a living classroom for sustainable living, creativity, and community-led conservation. This is not a commercial retreat business. It is a return to nature, rhythmn and a pace of life that works for mind body and soul.
The 4 problems
Disconnection from who we are besides work and our family role.
Disconnection from nature yet we rely on the air, the water, the earth and the sun to survive.
Loneliness is off the scale. To combat this we must befriend ourselves and learn to trust our own instincts and sensations as a guide to living well. Space and time outside routine daily life is needed for this.
Long lasting happiness has been crowded out by hopelessness and quick dopamine hits.
Elemental Foundation Alleviates these problems
Why It Matters
Modern life pulls us away from what truly sustains us. We see burnout, disconnection, and ecological decline as symptoms of the same imbalance - a world that has forgotten stillness and rest.
The Elemental Foundation exists to restore that balance. To create sanctuaries where wellbeing and ecology meet. To remind us that inner peace and outer harmony grow together.
Starting in Andalucia (Almeria Levante) and radiating out from there. We start with one and grow a movement, together.
Why You May Want to Be Involved
Coaches or Creators
Provide your services to foundation members via the online directory
Come yourself to write a book, course or to rest and contemplate
Place to bring 1:1 or 1:few clients for deep work
Patron
Recognition that you and your brand care
Make a lasting difference to people and nature
Donate bursaries
Supporters
Enjoy being useful in nature and as part of a community
Start/continue personal growth and transformation
Relax and recuperate
Why Now
01
Sustainability
Having more things rarely converts to increased contentment long term. What we consume needs to become a conscious consideration in order to regulate our nervous systems and to conserve natural resources.
Sustainable living need not be frugal.
Spending time amongst nature helps people to reevaluate their priorities and to reaffirm that they are enough, exactly as they are.
03
Helping The Helpers
Those who hold space for others often forget to hold it for themselves. Amid the noise, burnout, and busyness of modern life, we need quiet places that remind us of what truly matters.
02
Finding Meaning
The old way of life through doing, work and achievement is coming to an end. To thrive and flourish people must find fulfilment in other ways.
Elemental Foundation inspires and helps people to connect with their deeper essence beyond work roles or what they own.
The Elemental Way - Respite and Rejuvenation
We move away from the consumption model of retreats to one of reciprocity and regeneration. You nurture the land and it nurtures you.
Your involvement may be physical, creative, or simply the offering of your attention. Every act of care becomes part of a generational legacy, a collective inheritance of peace.
This is spiritual ecology in practice: honouring the elements of earth, water, air, and fire in their raw, unprocessed state.
Time on the land is an act of communion, a chance to heal, to grow, and to be inspired by the light, the trees, and the peace and contentment you feel in every cell whilst immersed in this landscape.
Funded by donations from corporates, philanthriopists and individuals. Time, money or skills.
How It Works
Not for profit buys and owns property and land for multigenerational use
Those that donated can book week long staus for minimal prices.
£200 per week bills inclusive for 2-3 bedrooms, anticipated costs. Just add trnsport and food. Coaching too if you like.
Community Network
Members list services on the online directory. Special prices for Foundation members are encouraged as is collaboration and barter.
Online Gallery
Items Made at The Foundation or inspired by stays can be listed for sale or appreciation on the gallery and shop
Creating a sense of balance and stronger self identity for all members
Rural Yet Accesible
A traditional cortijo style property with land. Some of which is farmed and the rest which is wilderness. Accessible by normal car.
Where we will begin
Within 90 minutes of an Airport
Travelling should not be a chore so the location will be within a reasonable distance from a major airport
Diverse Wildlife
Mountain Goats, wild flowers and birds of prey thrive in these hills and mountains.
Watch the light change on the mountains as the seasons unfold
Expansive Views
Having a sense of being part of something biggercreates a feeling of belonging and connection. The property(ies) selected will have views of the surrounding countryside to inspire and expand your outlook
Membership types
Purpose-driven companies and organisations contributing £5,000+ join as Patrons.
Benefits include:
Recognition as a Founding Patron on materials and the website.
Opportunities to host regenerative team gatherings or leadership offsites.
Alignment with a visible movement for ecological and emotional wellbeing.
Invitations to Founding Circle events and ongoing updates from the land.
Patrons- Guardians of Peace and Nature
Coaches and Creatives
Professionals who contribute
£1,000 + £250/year
Benefits include:
Time on the land for rest, reflection, or to host small gatherings for clients or peers.
Listings on directory and online gallery of member-created art, writing, and offers.
Inclusion in a supportive network of facilitators who share your values of depth, connection, and peace.
A voice in shaping the Foundation’s stewardship, vision, and community rhythm.
Supporters
Donate Time, skills or money.
Benefits include:
Updates from the land, online gatherings, and seasonal reflections.
The opportunity to apply for a restorative stay.
The knowledge that your contribution supports both biodiversity and human renewal.
Three Ways Of Giving
Whether you give through your business, your craft, or your heart, every contribution helps protect wild land and nurture peace in a world that’s forgotten stillness.
Protecting Land from a Future We Can Already See Coming
Land and wildlife routinely gets sidelined for human expansion without a thought for how we need to respect and retain the natural resources for fuel, food and shelter which we rely on.
This has to stop
Future Potential
Re-normalising Stillness as a Human Need
Humans are not made to do, do, do. We are made to be, be, do.
We need places and time to rest and be still to consider where our lives are out of balance and how to redress that balance.
Creating Connection in times of loneliness
Elemental Foundation is a community of like minded people. Here for each other. Coaches, creatives and more who want to help.
With fulfillment and connection as priorities way above profit.
Expansion into more locations
Set up new locations to give more people chance to be part of a human/nature partnership.
To find what really matters.
If members want to spend more time in rural Spain the Foundation can facilitate visas and property purchase and rental.
How the Concept was Born
Being around nature has changed my life for the better. I know it can do the same for you and others.
Will you answer the call too?
Helen Llewellyn
Grew up on a farm
Followed the shoulds
Felt the Pull
Moved Country
This gave me my appreciation for animals, wildlife and the rhythmns and cycles of life. I spent a lot of time being very dirty!
Watching calves and lambs being born, milking cows who all had indiviual names.
Should go to uni.
Should get a career
Should get married
None fulfilled me for long, yet I didn’t know why. I discovered that my motivation is to be in service rather than to earn. Things felt off, still.
Now in a fab partnership, we both felt that suburban living was no longer for us. The countryside was calling me back. Yet I couldn’t afford to return.
I craved the space and the peace
So my knack for creative problem solving came in useful, again. We couldn’t afford to go back to Devon but we could afford Southern Spain.
Countryside called, I responded and bought a large house in the country, mortgage free and have never looked back.
Next Steps
If this little slice of heaven sounds intriguing lets chat.
Right now we are selecting the first 10 founder members.
You don’t need to have bottomless pockets, just a sense of excitement about the potential of the foundation.
Click the button below to choose a convenient time to talk to me, Helen Llewellyn. No pressure, no questionnaire, just a 1:1 to answer your questions and feel if we think we would like to be in community together.
Prefer to chat and ask questions via WhatsApp or Email? Here is my contact info
07904 850578
helen@simple-advice.co.uk