b.Nature Program
b.Nature Multi-day Retreats In-Person (New Offerings!)
Step out of the daily noise and into an immersive nature retreat designed to deeply restore your mind, body, and focus. Guided by experts, facilitated by Nature, you will reconnect to practical ecological wisdom and mindfulness tools that transform your relationship with the natural world, yourself and your work.
Upcoming retreats:
Dec 4-9, 2026 (1, 3 or 5-day options)
Avila Center for Compassionate Leadership
Durham, NC
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Mar 12-14, 2027
The Garrison Institute (TBC)
Garrison, NY
MORE DETAILS COMING SOON
b.Nature 8-week Online Course (Registration Open!)
Stressed, overwhelmed and burnt out? Struggling with climate anxiety and eco-grief? Want to be more effective in leadership and advocacy?
Join us for an eight-week journey from embodied presence to love and regenerative action. Attend an orientation or contact us to learn more.
Upcoming online course:
Feb 25 - Apr 15, 2027
Eight Classes on Thurs, 12pm EST/GMT -4
Silent Nature Retreat Sat Apr 11, 2027
Information Sessions on Zoom
Sep 3, Oct 1, Nov 5, Dec 3
Thurs, 12:00 pm EST/GMT -4
Watch "Healing People Heal the Planet" (Book a screening)
Watch the trailer to Healing People Heal the Planet, our documentary on mindful community engagement and embodied eco-action in the Southeast United States. A Film in the Field funded by Exposure Labs and the Southeast Climate and Energy Network. Healing Women Heal the Planet sequel coming soon in 2027!
Stay tuned for Healing Women Heal the Planet in 2027! This second installment of Healing People Heal the Planet series features stories about women and girls from the grassroots rural communities to high level negotiating spaces, who bear both the burden and blessing of caring for our ecosystems.
b.Nature Certification Journey

b.Nature retreat in Colorado
The polycrisis (climate, mental health, loneliness, war and conflict) we face today are fueled by disconnection, fear, apathy and division. To restore human and planetary health, b.Nature invites us to turn inward, re-connect to ourselves, re-store our relationships and re-member that we are not separate from each other nor Nature.
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We practice mindfulness, psycho-somatics and eco-sensing and a return to indigeneity to catalyze individual and collective trauma, experience healing, interbeing and love.
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We embody presence in our actions towards the well-being of people and the regeneration of life.
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We work to shift systems and intergenerational patterns while intentionally practicing deep care.
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b.Nature impact leaders are trained to integrate these principles, themes and ways of being into organizational and community culture, business decision-making, policy-making structures, frontline disaster response and daily family life.
Eco-Awareness
Eco-awareness and Sensing
Being Nature
From Disconnection to Communion
Eco-Affinity
Wise Relating and Reciprocity
Healing Intergenerational Patterns
Falling in Love with Life and Nature
Eco-Action
Restoring and Regenerating
Shifting from Ego to Eco
Compassion and Circularity
Designed for:
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Global and local leaders
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Mindfulness and health advocates
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Changemakers, scientists, researchers and humans building a better world with compassionate action
Certification Requirements:
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b.Nature 8-week online course
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5-day immersion retreat in Nature
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b.Nature Advanced Training of Faclitators and Impact Leaders
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Practicum with coaching and supervision
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Live coaching with expert facilitators
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Guided practices and materials
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Certification as a b.Nature facilitator and glocal impact leader
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Accreditation to United Nations negotiations
Start your journey today with the b.Nature 8-Week Online Course
Youth, Elders, Global Majority
Option for students, retirees, and diverse voices
US $299
Global Changemaker
Discounted for individuals working towards change
US $399
Full and Partial Scholarships upon request.
Admin fee required
US $199 OR US$60
Join a b.Nature retreat, emerge restored. re-energized and ready
Durham, North Carolina
1, 3, or 5-day* experience
December 4-9, 2026
*qualifies for certification
US $99 - $1080
Garrison, New York
3-day weekend on the sidelines of UN Women CSW71
March 12-14, 2027
US $450 - $540
Full and Partial Scholarships
First come, first serve
Global majority, youth, elders
Admin fee required
Contact us for details





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