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Helping to create a regenerative, equitable, and ecologically harmonious world.

At the Mind Body Ecology Institute, we work at the intersection of wellness, equity, and community. Together, we grow.

At MBEI, we believe our stories of separation from the Earth are the seeds of the global challenges we face.

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We guide people in reconnecting with nature, community, and self to cultivate well-being and flourishing while inspiring wise environmental stewardship.

Our work weaves Western science and humanities with global Indigenous and Buddhist wisdom along with nature-based meditation and embodiment practices to cultivate reverence for the preciousness of life in all its rich diversity.

Participants in our programs develop a practical sense for our interdependence along with impactful ways each person can foster the flourishing of nature, community, and self.

  • The Living Stories of Michael Tongkeamha, Kiowa Nation Tribal Member

    A Conversation with a Community Leader and Changemaker

    Part 1

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  • Animals, Land, and Flourishing

    Animals, Land, and Flourishing

    Online Program

    Animals, Land, and Flourishing is an exploration of the intricate connections between humans, non-human animals, and nature, and how promoting animal welfare and personal well-being is central to planetary health as well as the flourishing of all living beings.

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  • Becoming Aware of Climate Change and Inequity

    Becoming Aware of Climate Change and Inequity

    Many around the world, particularly in the United States, live and work in highly artificial environments, cooled in the summer and heated in the winter, engineered with electricity, running water, and high-speed internet connections for work, communication, news, and entertainment.

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  • Transformation, Regeneration, Flourishing

    What world would you like to live in? As you visualize, perhaps consider what your own interests, skills, and talents are, who the people who have supported you through the challenges are, and which sorts of activities you have found the most meaningful.

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  • Remembering Our Interconnected Nature

    Online Program

    Remembering Our Interconnected Nature is an interactive and experiential opportunity to be with community in exploring ways we experience separation to open into deep ways of knowing an embodied sense of interconnection.

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    Network

    Our networking activities include cooperative and collaborative relationships with a diversity of practitioners, non-profit organizations, indigenous groups, academic programs and centers, community groups, among other stakeholders who are fully dedicated to Earth care and promoting flourishing.

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    Support

    The Mind Body Ecology Institute operates as a 501(c)3 educational nonprofit organization thanks to the charitable partnerships with individuals, foundations and sponsors like you.

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    Scholarships

    The Mind Body Ecology Institute offers a limited number of donor-funded financial support scholarships to reduce costs associated with our eco-retreat programs or travel. Anyone with limited resources is welcome to apply. Preference is given to those among historically marginalized, displaced, and excluded groups.

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