Stories from the village

You can become a founding member by making a monthly (or one-time) pledge, with suggested amounts like €222, €1,000, or €12,500, or a custom amount. All pledged amounts can later be used as credit toward future neoslife services or residential investment.

You can apply to become one of the 25 Founding Member families by joining the current round (open for June only), with lot reservations starting at 50K as a contribution toward total costs ranging from 175K for a tiny house lot up to 1.5M for a signature villa. Applying now locks in 2026 at-cost pricing before it rises significantly in 2027.

You can apply to the Neos Village Unit Reservation Program (the Pioneer round), open until June 30th, which requires a meaningful financial contribution toward your future unit. Pioneers, together with last year's Founding Members, will move into the first 40 units of the first cluster (the Lake cluster); applicants can join information calls on Thursday 25/6 or Saturday 27/6, or email village@neos.life.

Neos is offering 16 Pioneer units at cost, priced from €175,000 to €1.5M, across five categories plus a signature villa near the healing center. Registration is open until 30 June via Join.Neos.Life, followed by an alignment process including a masterplan film, FAQ, live Zoom call, attunement form, codex, and contracts before final admission.

On June 10th at 10AM Portugal time, Neos opens its next and only 2026 opportunity to reserve a unit, with 15 units across different sizes plus one signature villa available. Newsletter subscribers will get an email with pricing, designs, and an application to apply for a place, with priority given to those aligned with building a true, supportive community.

This month Neos is opening its second offering for a future home, releasing up to 15 homes across categories from a 25m2 tiny home to a 180m2 family house and one 250m2 signature villa; the full invitation details arrive in the next newsletter.

Until July 31st you can become a Village Member by contributing at least €50k (with €100k+ preferred) toward a €200k lot, gaining priority lot selection once the masterplan is finalized and other benefits like influencing village design. Email connect@neos.life to book a call to discuss options.

Neos is opening Round 2 for new village home-owners throughout July 2025, with plot reservations starting at €50K as a contribution toward the total plot and development cost (which can range from €100K+ for a tiny house plot up to a full villa plot). Interested people should read the Home-Owner Deck, complete the Attunement Doc, review the Funding Codex, and email connect@neos.life to register interest and book a call.

You can invest now for the best financial value and priority plot location, help shape the Village Masterplan, or offer a loan for the remaining €1M by contacting connect@neos.life; full details are in the Funding Codex.

You can become a Founding Member by reserving a lot, with contributions ranging from €50,000 for a tiny house site up to €500,000 for larger units. Funds need to clear by 23 May 2025 to be part of this Founding Member round, and over 25 of the 200 homesites have already been reserved.

You can pledge any amount (e.g. €20k, €150k, €1M) toward collective land co-ownership by sending a non-binding letter of intent via DM or email to connect@neos.life, after which you'll join a closed group conversation to help shape the collective terms; you can also join their 300-member WhatsApp group for casual conversation first.

Send a direct message to connect@neos.life confirming your pledge intention and amount, sign the Pledge Letter (docusign link to follow), join a WhatsApp group or 1:1 call to define a simple contract, and then transfer funds, ideally by Tuesday.

The team is asking community members to reach out ASAP (within the weekend) if they can contribute funds, invest, or partner in any way; they also suggest someone could acquire the land for the remaining €3M and allow 12-18 months of collaborative exploration, or contribute toward a future home secured by the land via the poll in this issue.

They are looking for help making the financing happen this month, including short-term bridge loans if bank financing doesn't come through in time, as well as contacts, ideas, and prayers.

Vincent is seeking patient capital and investors who are fully aligned with the vision and competent to help it succeed, rather than just financially motivated backers. He describes it as a recognition process rather than active selling, trusting the right investor will 'light up' in resonance with the project.

You can apply to be one of eight potential investors invited to a special April 10-14 experience by filling out the form at ir.neolsife.com.

Vincent invites seed investors to help acquire the land and also welcomes people passionate about the vision — visionaries, architects, farmers, hospitality experts, marketers, and more — to reply to the email or join the Telegram channel to get involved.

Vincent is seeking seed money to complete the land purchase, begin planning, hire an architect, and refurbish existing buildings for retreats by summer. Interested investors can reply to the email or contact vincent@neos.life, and there's also a retreat, 'Awaken to Beauty,' on December 8 or 9 to experience the vision and land firsthand.

This page invites people to become founding patrons of neoslife by making a monthly pledge, outlining three tiers of benefits ranging from event invitations and venue discounts to dedicated spaces and personalized project involvement.

This issue introduces the 'Living' vision for Neos Village — a plan to reinvent how residents live well by combining nature, comfort, wellbeing amenities and community, without sacrificing modern conveniences. It covers lot pricing, founding member benefits, key village features, and how to apply.

It is a general legal disclaimer page explaining what a Refund Policy is and what such a document typically covers, rather than a newsletter about Neos itself.

This page is the Neos online store listing all available products, showing 13 items with prices ranging from about €7.50 to €590, including a 'Neos Experience' offering and various unnamed goods marked as Best Seller, New, or on Sale.

It shares a new video visualization of the Neos Village masterplan created with architects Inphinity Design, showing the Center, Village units, and lake, and it makes a final call for people to apply as Pioneers to secure a unit before the June 30th deadline.

It announces a new short film, 'The Essence of Neos,' made by filmmaker Nik Tenney to convey the energetic and felt truth of the project beyond words. It also opens an invitation to reserve one of 15 units or the signature villa in 2026, and highlights the final Neos Experience retreat before autumn.

It reflects on the accelerating pace of AI, robotics and societal upheaval, explains why Neos is preparing both a conventional and an independent/faster building path, and announces the opening of a second round of home reservations at Neos.

It's a reflective piece marking the successful land acquisition for Neos, sharing the emotional 'Hero's Journey' behind it and the key lessons learned over the past year of fundraising and negotiations.

It revisits Neos Village's core purpose, gives an update on the land acquisition and founder opportunity, explains how new members are attuned to the community mindset via the Social Agreement and Attunement questionnaire, and invites people to help fund the final €1M needed to secure the land, plus join a Sunday land tour.

It announces that Neos Village has raised over €2 million in pledges in two weeks, introduces the new Funding Codex document answering community questions, and invites people to become Founding Members before the 23 May 2025 funding deadline.

It's an urgent call to action following the 'Last Call' newsletter, updating the community that €2.2M has been pledged toward the €3.1M needed to secure the neos·village land, and outlining the next steps to finalize pledges, sign contracts, and transfer funds before the deed signing.

This is an urgent last-call appeal explaining that neos·life is about to lose its chosen land to a competing buyer unless the community can help raise a significant downpayment and show a clear path to completion within days, while the founders remain calm and open to whatever outcome is meant to be.

Karen and Vincent reflect on how the prolonged, challenging journey of acquiring the land has been a catalyst for their personal consciousness transformation, teaching them to move from a victim mindset to that of a creator by seeing the world as a reflection of their inner state.

Vincent responds to WhatsApp community conversations about fundraising, alignment, and the deeper vision behind neoslife — emphasizing that the project must be built from a new way of being rather than just look like another village, and inviting aligned investors and supporters to join.

Vincent reflects on his experience at the ChangeNOW sustainability conference in Paris, arguing that real change must start from within rather than external solutions. He explains neoslife's mission to help people remember their true nature as consciousness, and announces a special investor retreat and a podcast appearance.

Vincent announces he is committing his entire net worth of €600,000 to bring neoslife to life, laying out his vision for a self-sufficient village in Portugal, the structure of a Swiss foundation with for-profit entities beneath it, and an invitation for investors and collaborators to join.

Only 15-16 Pioneer units remain after 22 units were sold last year to Founding Members, and once these are gone, prices will rise 30% next year. Registering early also secures first choice, Pioneer-member standing, and a role in shaping the village.

Vincent sees AI and robots becoming ubiquitous within a few years, alongside ecocide, food deformation and tightening governmental control, which could bring societal upheaval and restricted freedoms - making self-sufficient havens like Neos increasingly precious.

Neos needs to repay a bridge loan by early August, so only 8 days remain to invest at exceptional land value before masterplanning with EDSA begins in August and lot prices rise to their premium value.

At the end of July, Neos has to pay back bridge loans to its lenders, so this month is the last chance to become a co-owner at the current value—after July, reservation prices will rise and the land area per plot will shrink.

The sellers' deadline has already passed, and with only about €1M of the ~€2.2M pledge target confirmed, the team needs to show concrete pledges coming in within a day or two to convince the sellers to extend their patience until Monday.

Karen and Vincent explain that the sellers have a competing buyer ready to finalize the sale if neos·life doesn't secure a downpayment and a clear road to completion within days — they literally only have that weekend to bring something concrete together.

The issue notes that Vincent has invested huge sums into the project and is currently needing to contribute all he has left, with risks getting higher and higher as deadlines approach.

There are less than two weeks left for the final deadline to acquire the land, and it remains uncertain whether the financing will come together in time.

Because this first stage is unfolding rapidly, time itself is becoming a limiting factor that will dictate how capital and development decisions are made.

He sees the world crumbling through war, polarisation, and moral decay, while AI and robotics threaten to make most people commercially useless, and warns that consolidated wealth and power could lead to a totalitarian, CBDC-controlled one-world government unless people wake up and build a new model now.

The village aims for 500 residents in 200 homes, plus a global wellbeing hub serving up to 20,000 people/year with holistic medicine, therapies and retreats. It will also have its own school, organic farm, full water/energy independence, recreational facilities, and eventually a small airport using the land's existing airstrip.

Neos Village will have 144 houses across three clusters (Lakeside, Community, and Meadow) built around a shared village center, on 158 hectares of oak groves, lakes and meadows. It sits alongside the adjoining Neos Center, a wellbeing, retreat and educational hub with space for 500 guests.

Neos Village spans 158 hectares with 144 units, one of the lowest densities of any comparably sized development, keeping nature and wildlife intact. It sits alongside a world-class healing and transformation center, together covering 410 hectares, with the North side hosting the Center, the South side the Village units, and a lake between them.

Neos will include architecturally designed units built with natural materials on 1,000 acres of Alentejo countryside with hills, valleys, a river and lake. It combines genuine self-sufficiency in water, energy, and food with a conscious community that has done deep inner work.

The upcoming second home release includes up to 15 homes in categories ranging from 25m2 tiny homes to 180m2 four-bedroom family houses, plus one 250m2 signature villa.

Once the land is bought, two parallel tracks begin: the Northern guest part called 'The Center for a New Humanity' (education, healing, wellbeing retreats stewarded by aligned leaders) and the Southern part, the Neos Village residential community, which will include housing, agriculture, rewilding, roads, and community infrastructure like schools and creative studios for about 200 homes.

It's envisioned as a fully self-sufficient village hosting around 1,000 people at once (guests, day visitors, patients, staff and residents), providing everything needed to live well, heal, evolve and thrive, and even includes an airstrip for small planes.

Planned components include a healing center led by Dr. Nader Butto, a co-working/creation center, a meditation center, a school, an academy on mind-body-soul integration, a resort and residences for about 1,000 people, and a regenerative/permaculture farm that sustains the village with its own water and energy.

Yes, the land was acquired in 2025 and Neos Center has been operating on it since, running retreats with a committed team and community. The village itself is currently in the permitting stage, with its licence expected in Q2 2027.

Yes — a week before this newsletter, Karen and Vincent signed the deed and moved onto the Neos land, marking the completion of Phase 0 of the project.

Not yet — a few weeks ago the land was at risk of being lost, and the community raised €2M in response; as of this issue there is one week left to raise the final €1M to secure it.

Not yet — as of this issue, at least €2.2M of the €3.1M needed has been pledged by 23 people, but funds still need to be transferred to the sellers and the deed signed before the land is secured.

No — as of this issue, neos·life is on the verge of losing the land next week because a competing buyer is ready to close if a significant downpayment and clear completion plan aren't provided in time. Three independent valuations put the land's worth at least €4.4M, while the remaining amount needed is €3M (at €0.75/m2).

Not yet — as of this issue, they are still praying that full financing comes together this month, with the final deadline to acquire the land less than two weeks away and the outcome uncertain.

The issue doesn't confirm formal legal securing, but Vincent shares that the land found him almost magically — a stranger named Marie presented him with the property days after meeting him in a plane line, and it's the only land he ever looked at.

Yes, on 2/4/24 the promissory purchase contract was signed to acquire the estate that is becoming neoslife, five months after first finding the land.

The most recent 'lite retreat' this month was fully booked, with attendees becoming close as family within four days through morning sessions, lake swims, sunset sessions, and afternoon discussions. The next Neos Experience will be in September, with details to be announced soon.

Yes, the third and only Neos Experience retreat before autumn runs June 11-14, with three places left. It includes a village Q&A, full land tour, sessions on sacred nature connection and energetic awareness, plus space for rest and shared meals overlooking the land.

Yes — on August 10th, Zach Bush MD is hosting an intimate 4-hour activation experience at Neos Center for up to 60 people, with an optional extended experience including dinner, music, and two nights' stay for up to 30 participants. Village Members contributing €100k+ in the next 8 days receive a free place.

Yes, there were two spots left for a retreat happening the following week, open to investors, supporters, influencers, or future residents via ir.neoslife.com.

Yes, from April 10-14 neoslife is inviting eight potential investors to a life-changing, unconditional experience (no monetary exchange required) designed to help them remember who they truly are beyond body, mind and personality.

Details are in this newsletter issue itself, and you can email connect@neos.life to schedule a call to talk through investment options before the July 31st deadline.

Full details are in the Home-Owner Deck, alongside the Attunement Doc (to check cultural alignment) and the Funding Codex created for May's first round, some of which still applies for July.

Full details are laid out in the Neos Village Funding Codex, which covers land ownership, development costs, the 'Neos Coin', legal aspects, residency, and more; you're encouraged to read it before joining a live Q&A call.

You can find the investment deck, 1-pager, newsletters, and retreat programs at neos.life/links, and connect directly with Karen and Vincent if interested in investing or joining.

Interested potential investors can fill out the form at ir.neolsife.com to be considered for the April 10-14 experience.

Founding patrons receive tiered benefits based on monthly pledge amount: Tier 1 (≤222-1000/month) offers website recognition, event invitations, and family rates on workshops, retreats, and venue use; Tier 2 (2000-8000/month) adds priority booking, project updates, and an annual themed event hosting; Tier 3 (9000+/month) adds dedicated space, input on development projects, exclusive events with industry leaders, and personalized consultations for building on the land.

Pledging is not an investment with fixed ROI but a commitment toward co-ownership of the land and, where applicable, home development — the size of your land/home allocation scales with your contribution (e.g. a €200k pledge might cover a €100k land share plus €100k toward building a home), and founding members get discounted or free access to the Center.

Investors get a homesite as co-owner on the village land south of the lake, discounted or free lifetime access to the retreat and event center's offerings (spa, festivals, workshops, healing sessions), and recognition as a Founding Member of the project.

Founding investors will be at the forefront of neoslife's development, with the option to be among the first to build a house on the land, and they can benefit from neoslife's experiences and services for the rest of their life.

Neos combines private home ownership with shared land, farm and community spaces, self-sufficiency in food, water and energy, wise self-governance with no guru, and a full ecosystem pairing a residential village with a world-leading center for transformation next door. It's designed as daily life for committed residents, not a retreat or commune.

Neos aims to unite 'sovereign individual' with 'unified community,' giving ample space for diverse paths—families, entrepreneurs, introverts, extroverts—rather than enforcing a single guru or ideology, while still cultivating shared healing, purpose, and consciousness through structures like the Community Social Agreement and Attunement.

According to founder Vincent, it's not the healing center, farming, or retreats that set neoslife apart, but a fundamentally new 'way of being' with each other—without which any eco-village will simply perpetuate the imbalances of the current paradigm.

From the end of July onwards, Neos is officially open to hotel guests for well-being stays, with a booking platform going live at the end of the month.

They are finishing the development plans for the first phase of the hotel, retreat and event center, which includes a community space, a 100m2 multi-purpose room, and future bedrooms.

The first renders of the future 34-bedroom neoslife hotel and retreat center have been released, with the hotel expected to open in 2025.

The land already has an airstrip, which the village plans to eventually develop into its own small airport. Zoning work is underway, with residential areas being mapped on south-facing hills and plains to the south of the central lake.

The land is operational with its own drinking water sources, several water bodies including a dam, 170 cows and other animals, cork trees, existing buildings with 19 bedrooms plus a restaurant and social spaces (currently used for hunting tourism), agricultural equipment, and even its own airplane landing strip.

Neos is located in Alentejo, Portugal, about one hour from Lisbon, spanning 158 hectares for the village plus 1,000 acres total including the adjoining Neos Center land, with 410 hectares of Montado (cork oak) landscape being stewarded.

It's a 410 ha (with existing buildings measured at 420 ha) piece of land in Alentejo, Portugal, about 75 minutes from Lisbon airport. It's 2km wide and 3.1km long, with hill chains, a dam, and an altitude difference of 100m from peak to river valley.

Nothing specific is stated; the page only offers generic, high-level information on how a Refund Policy might be written, including topics like timeframes, full vs partial refunds, and conditions for eligibility.

The page does not describe retreat content in detail; it simply lists a 'Neos Experience' product priced at €590.00 among the store's offerings.

Unlike projects that are financially precarious or high-end developments that are aesthetically beautiful but culturally hollow, Neos aims to combine genuine beauty, financial grounding, and a tested culture of consciousness and inner work. It selects residents through an alignment process rather than open registration to whoever arrives first with money.

This issue does not mention Skai; it instead introduces filmmaker Nik Tenney, who created the film 'The Essence of Neos' after meeting Karen and Vincent on the Earth One Atlantic Crossing.

They learned to trust and act on what's core to the vision without being held hostage by perceived limitations, to follow intuition even against advice, to be radically honest and vulnerable (like writing a heartfelt letter to sellers), to ignore unhelpful critics, and to surround themselves with a small, deeply aligned team rather than a large one.

Their core team included lawyers and advisors who navigated legal hurdles, architects and content creators who helped communicate the vision, and mentors like Lisa Margulies who kept them spiritually grounded throughout the journey.

It's a comprehensive document created in response to community questions, covering Land & Development, Funding & Financials, Legal Considerations, Living in Neos Village, and the Neos Center, capturing everything currently known (and unknown) about the project.

Karen shares that beyond the financial investment, she has dedicated her time and life force (often cycling through burnout) to the project, and sees her role as helping cultivate the inner capacity and serenity needed to hold the community's future conflicts and challenges gracefully.

Karen and Vincent invite readers to engage via email, a comment, or an Instagram message to share who they are and what the journey has sparked for them, hoping to eventually meet in person on the land.

As of December 2024, there are a final two more months to complete securing 'the promised land.' An ideal investor was found and a signing was expected in December, but circumstances beyond their control prevented it from concluding, so the team continues in trust and patience.

Neos aims to be a place where each individual is supported to fully actualize into their I AM state of being, fostering awakening leaders through practices like radical self-enquiry, journaling, and intention setting.

Neos is rooted in the unification and balancing of polarities—light and dark, feminine and masculine, earth and spirit—as core to what is called the 'New Time' on Earth. The culture emphasizes radical self-enquiry, shedding illusory beliefs, and awakening to one's true 'I AM' state as a path to real unity.