For the benefit of all beings

Beings Club.

Space to connect — to oneself, to each other, and to what is possible.

Est.2025 · The Internet

FormatOnline · 90 min

Status● Preparing next phase

01 · Start here What brings you here?

02 · The origin

In 2019 I went on a meditation retreat for neuroscientists, psychologists and psychiatrists at Plum Village. The scheduled talks and practice sessions were deeply valuable. But I found myself drawn, again and again, to a small tea house at the retreat — to get a cup of tea, to get into conversation, and to get to know the people around me without the need to explore any particular theme or topic.

Some of the conversations that happened there have led to friendships I still have today, ideas that have changed my life, and insights I'm still living.

Beings Club is an offering in the lineage of that atmosphere. A space where conversation can flow freely between people who share ground and are open to unexpected outcomes. Not everyone is going to go on a Buddhist Neuroscience meditation retreat. But everyone has some curiosity, their own experiences, and a part to play in the unfolding of our world. The opportunity to connect to ourselves, each other, and what is possible in this human life is one of the greatest blessings of our existence.

Beings Club exists to create space for all of that.

And you're invited to take part.

— John

What people say.

03 · Field notes

A space to slow down, reflect together, and make sense of things out loud.

Ana C · Designer, spectral41

90 minutes of nothing in particular could fly by and also be so energizing.

Mark F · Product, Arist

Genuine encounters with people whose timelines wouldn't typically intersect with mine.

Zak EF · Engineer-philosopher

Beings Club became my Sunday ritual.

Sean P · Founder, tbd.zip

I have had several experiences of being seen, heard, and held.

Manansh S · Founder, OpenUX

It was amazing. I found genuine connection on each call.

Catra · Contributor, HIGHER

It feels like a kind of therapy...it's been really enriching to discover new ways of thinking.

Victor · Brands/Design, floc

I'm so so grateful this space exists.

Jordan N · Designer and Creative Director

Highly recommend it to anyone who's curious but on the fence.

Esme · Joy Seeker, esmemadethis.com

I leave every week feeling more human, more like a being.

The Dude · hyperub.xyz/s/dude

Path II · About 01 / 04

Chapter one · What it is

Beings Club, in short.

Beings Club exists to connect people to themselves, each other, and to what is possible. Fundamentally, our spaces are built around intentional practice and great conversation.

Chapter two · The shape of a session

Ninety minutes.

Each session follows a simple format: a period of individual practice held in a shared field, time for breakout room conversations, and a closing that brings everyone back together.

The format is simple by design. The less the structure prescribes, the more space there is for what wants to emerge between people.

What arises — friendships, unexpected ideas, a sense of belonging — comes from genuine meeting, naturally.

Chapter three · Origin

A tea house.

Some of the conversations that happened there have led to friendships I still have today, ideas that have changed my life, and insights I'm still living.

Beings Club is an offering in the lineage of that atmosphere.

— John

Chapter four · Ready to take the next step?

Where would you like to go?

Path I · Joining 01 / 04

Chapter one

Join Beings Club.

An online meeting place for intentional practice and great conversation. A place to connect — to yourself, to others, and to what is possible.

Chapter two · The format

A simple shape.

Each session follows the same rhythm: a period of individual practice held in a shared field, randomly-assigned breakout conversations, and a closing that brings everyone back together.

Sessions run approximately 90 minutes.

Chapter three · Who it's for

For the curious.

Beings Club is a space for the genuinely curious. People who are open to other people — to what they carry, how they see, and what becomes possible when two very different lives actually meet.

Chapter four · Where we are

Beings Club is paused.

Beings Club is paused while we prepare for the next phase. If you'd like to be among the first to know when it relaunches, please register your interest — we'd love to hear from you.

Path II · Communities

Bring the format to your community.

Online communities can struggle to create the conditions that allow people to actually get to know each other. Relationships stay shallow. People orient to content, not to each other.

What arises

The Beings Club format addresses this directly. Through time for practice, 1:1 conversations, and small-group conversation, the web of relationship within a community deepens in ways that content, town halls, and shared activities alone cannot.

What arises is natural, emerging from genuine meeting — friendships, unexpected collaborations, a greater sense of belonging, clarity about who you are and what you want, and more.

If you're curious about what the format might do for your community, the next step is a conversation with John. Every potential partnership is shaped by what your community needs and what is possible in relationship.

We are open to new partner communities — a curated group of hosts and organizations carrying the format into new contexts. We're having conversations, slowly, one at a time.

Path III · Hosting

Create spaces like this.

Hosting spaces where people can be themselves is a skill. It requires a genuine curiosity about people, trust in human intelligence and goodness, and a willingness to be with what arises without needing to control what emerges.

The host's role

A good host facilitates the conditions for genuine presence. The format works because of how hosts invite and give permission to participants.

Facilitator training is developing in response to those who are coming forward to learn. If you feel drawn to hosting and creating spaces like this, we'd love to hear from you.

Beings Club.

What people say.

Beings Club, in short.

Ninety minutes.

A tea house.

Where would you like to go?

Join Beings Club.

A simple shape.

For the curious.

Beings Club is paused.

Bring the format to your community.

Create spaces like this.

Received, with thanks.