project heart

intentional nomadesque community
without borders — beyond borders

A semi-structured canvas upon which the community members contribute their talents.

A web of hearts connected by the desire to leave a positive trace in the world.

An organizational template for how we interact in the world.

our story

Our story

The community gathered around a fire at night in the jungle, listening to two people leading a ceremony.

Photo — Anya White

Project Heart was born right at the beginning of the shift of ages and consciousness, according to the Mayan prophecies, in the Yucatán jungle, Mexico.

True to its “Project” name, since its foundation in 2014 it has been an evolving community without borders, beyond borders — with members and events all over the world. Project Heart engenders high-vibration environments of learning, love and support among and for the members of the community.

SiX SENSES and HEARTRIBE gatherings in Mexico and Turkey, plus several smaller events throughout the world, were the pillars for cementing relationships. They created opportunities for our globally-minded nomadesque community to cultivate the positive, heart-based energies, cosmic heart connections and playfulness that our community holds dear.

“Once realizing that our hearts attract more hearts, we found our mission.”
Members covered in foam, laughing with arms in the air on the deck of a boat.
The Annual Meeting of International Society of Cardiology

what we hold dear

The things that
make us us

Time travel

How a red felt sticker became a community of two thousand.

  1. Black Rock City2013

    The little red felt heart stickers are seen for the first time at Burning Man. Brought by Mikka from Stuttgart and handed over to Silvi & Ani, who had just met, to spread the love across the playa.

    A tray of small red felt hearts.

  2. Tulum · Palenque2014

    A group of 8 friends reunite post-Burning Man in Tulum, Mexico. After chasing alternative ways of getting together during BPM festival, they take a road trip in search of a mysterious community in Palenque, Chiapas, called “El Jardín del Edén”. What they find is a most welcoming and warm atmosphere — the seed for Ani & Silvi to recreate that scenario, in some way. The name PROJECT HEART is heard for the first time.

    Two members forehead to forehead with red felt hearts on their cheeks.

  3. Mexico · Brooklyn2015

    First Project Heart anniversary in Mexico. This time a group of more than 30 get together to celebrate life and spread kindness and love — an unofficial gathering of hearts.

    Motivated by Burning Man’s afterglow, and by the desire to help their new burner friend Valentin Ginies find a DJ gig in NY, Ula & Ani organise the first official event in Brooklyn, called HEART DECOMPRESSION. An intimate gathering of 100 in an unconventional place sets the tone for a different kind of music event, where the music matters as much as the community building. Alongside local HeArtist friends, two artists fly in from Germany: Jeremaier & La Loc.

    A window strung with fairy lights, painted with the words HOME IS WHERE HEART IS, and a member smiling in front of it.

  4. Chemuyil2016

    Members from around the world gather in the Mexican jungle, in Chemuyil, for 9 days — the JUNGLE HEART DECOMPRESSION. On the decks, our family and friends: Naki & Katy, Filipa Lazary, Jo III (flying now in the Milky Way), KMLN, Sabo, El Rojo, Be Svendsen and Seth Schwarz. The music and the love were beyond expectations — but the arrival of “tacos de canasta” will never be forgotten.

    Project Heart in Mexico, January 2016.

  5. Chemuyil · Kabak2017

    Our growing community is fuelled by the enthusiasm of those who believe in magic — who believe in creating a magical microcosmos that will reflect and spread into the macro. We solidify the project by giving birth to our SiX SENSES gatherings: first in the jungle, at our home base in Chemuyil, and later on the coast in Kabak. From rituals around the fire and six-senses immersion experiences to infinity dance by the cenote and a pirate ship full of hearts, we’ve only become stronger. We celebrate the new community with a Turkish Delight event at Burning Man.

    Two members walking through the jungle at night, one carrying a lit torch and a flower.

  6. Chemuyil · Kabak · Brooklyn2018

    SiX SENSES in the jungle returns with over 100 hearts, and the epic torch-lit jungle hike from Chemuyil to the Much’Ximbal Pyramid, where we host our celebration. The same year sees us back in Kabak, and I, Heart Decompression in Brooklyn.

    Project Heart in Turkey, June 2018.

  7. Chemuyil · Turkey · Black Rock City2019

    Before colivings were really a thing, we create our month-long residency in Chemuyil, called HEARTRIBE. Split into four weekly themes — Ritual, Mind, Body and Beyond — it is the apogee of our creation: a love-centered gathering. Co-live, co-create and celebrate, an intimate collective of open-minded and like-hearted roamers from all over the world. We hold our last gathering in Turkey, and a celebration at the 1001 Nights camp at Burning Man.

    HearTribe at Chemuyil, January 2019.

  8. Chemuyil · on screens2020

    The last in-person gathering in our dear Chemuyil. We were preparing for HeArt With Me in April when the pandemic hit — and so we came back together as a community on screens, for Project Heart Camp at the Remote Burn. Life made new plans: for us, for the community, for the whole world.

    Remote Project Heart — the Burning Man heart sculpture in the dust, hearts drifting across it.

  9. everywhereand now

    The spirit lives beyond our gatherings. 2050 members. 34 locations. No borders. The next chapter is the one you write with us.

    Join the heartribe

what we do

Four formats.
One intention.

A special word from a special corner of the world

Fadaelo

In Manggarai — the language of a tribe living on the island of Flores, Indonesia — fadaelo simply means:

love each other

what a heart does

  • thoughts, words, actions of a heart contribute to the happiness and well being of all
  • one heart teaches the other
  • the heart respects the Earth
  • a heart is never left alone
  • magical experiences are created by communal effort
  • hearts spread smiles, love and kindness
  • a heart encourages another to find their true self
  • hearts are living the NOW. The time is NOW