commune

US /ˈkɑː.mjuːn/
UK /ˈkɑː.mjuːn/
1.

a group of families or single people who live and work together sharing possessions and responsibilities:

:
She left her husband to join a women's commune.
1.

to get very close to someone or something by exchanging feelings or thoughts:

:
Lying naked in the grass, among the trees and birds, he felt he was communing with nature.