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MISSION

To restore humanity’s capacity for connection within ourselves, our relationships, and our communities through breath work, nervous system regulation, and heart-centered presence.

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We need to help people remember what it feels like to be safe in their own body and truly connected to others. Most of us carry an unspoken question through our day. Am I safe? Am I welcome here? That question shows up in tight shoulders, a quick temper, holding our breath, or pulling away when things feel too hard. This practice offers another way: we breathe, we slow down, we begin again. With awareness, presence, and simple tools we can return to ourselves, not to disconnect from the world, but to meet it with more steadiness, more compassion, and more clarity. This practice is for individuals learning to trust their own voice, for parents trying to stay grounded during hard mornings, for couples reaching toward one another, for communities longing to feel like home again.

 

You do not need to have it all figured out. You just need to show up. When we feel steady inside, we stop reacting in fear. We start responding with care, and that care ripples out into everything and everyone we touch. This is how we rebuild connection in a world that needs it: one breath at a time.

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Vision

A world where co-regulation replaces coercion, presence replaces performance, and nervous system healing is a birthright—not a privilege.

 

We envision a future where:

  • Every child grows up in a home that understands how stress shapes behavior.

  • Every adult can access the breath as a bridge back to safety and choice.

  • Every community is equipped with the tools to nurture connection over control, compassion over chaos.

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This is not a retreat from the world.
This is how we rise together—regulated, rooted, and real.

Values

❤️ Belonging — We honor the full spectrum of human experience and make space for all stories.
🌱 Embodiment — We practice what we teach, regulating from within and modeling it outward.
🌀 Curiosity — We approach discomfort, conflict, and difference with wonder, not fear.
🛠 Accessibility — Healing is for everyone. We lower barriers, not raise them.
🌍 Interconnection — Our personal healing is inseparable from our collective liberation.
🕊 Presence over Perfection — There is no ideal version of you—only the present version, breathing, becoming, belonging.

Stacked Stones Near Waterfall

Rooted in Science, Connected through Compassion

The Polyvagal Theory

This book compiles, for the first time, Stephen W. Porges's decades of research. Porges is the mind behind the groundbreaking Polyvagal Theory, which has startling implications for the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, and autism....

Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence

Aware provides practical instruction for mastering the Wheel of Awareness, a tool for cultivating more focus, presence, and peace. This audiobook teaches listeners how to harness the power of the principle "Where attention goes, neural firing flows, and neural connection grows"....

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

Applying scientific research, Dr. Joe Dispenza provides tools and step-by-step guidance to make measurable changes in any area of your life.

Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthough Program to End Negative Behavior...and Feel Great Again

Learn how to end the self-destructive behaviors that stop you from living your best life with this breakthrough program....

Good Inside

Dr. Becky Kennedy, wildly popular parenting expert and creator of @drbeckyatgoodinside, shares her groundbreaking approach to raising kids and offers practical strategies for parenting in a way that feels good....

Beginning with Gratitude

Think of five things you're grateful for and five things you're looking forward to today - one can even be simply the sun on your skin. Soak in these good feelings and use this frame of mind to set an intention for your day....

Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect

In Social, renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience....

Secure Relating

Secure Relating offers a refreshing and innovative approach to understanding and improving relationships in today's increasingly polarized world....

Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors

Parenting and neuroscience expert Robyn Gobbel is here to reveal how all behavior, no matter how baffling, can be explained and remedied. You just need to look past the behavior and understand what's going on inside....

The Mindful Path

What if I told you there was a path you could follow to take back control of your own well-being, rather than have it be controlled by circumstance? Perhaps you have tried psychotherapy but felt it didn’t work or something was missing.

Whole Brain Living

The New York Times best-selling author of My Stroke of Insight blends neuroanatomy with psychology to show how we can short-circuit emotional reactivity and find our way to peace....

Win the Day: 7 Daily Habits to Help You Stress Less

Too many people delay, downsize, or shrug off their dreams just because they don’t know where to start, but playing it safe doesn’t account for the massive cost of a life not fully lived. Win the Day is the jump-start you need to go after your goals, one day at a time....

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development....

the Let Them Theory

What if the key to happiness, success, and love was as simple as two words? If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words—Let Them—will set you free.

Outsmart Your Pain: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion to Help You Leave Chronic Pain Behind

Pain can be a big, unwieldy box that we struggle to carry all day. But what if we could put down this box, unpack it, and tackle the contents one by one? Outsmart Your Pain is Dr. Christiane Wolf's radically clear, evidence-based guide to relieving chronic pain with mindfulness....

The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation

This book offers therapists an integrated approach to adding a polyvagal foundation to their work with clients. With clear explanations of the organizing principles of Polyvagal theory, this complex theory is translated into clinician and client-friendly language....

8 Secrets to Powerful Manifesting: How to Create the Reality of Your Dreams

Noted manifestation expert Mandy Morris shares the eight powerful manifestation techniques she has developed based on divine guidance, scientific research, and a decade of work that are fast, effective, and proven.

Raising Your Spirited Child

A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic

Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success

A refreshingly practical and honest guide that rewrites the script on ADHD....

Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's key teaching is that through mindfulness, we can learn to live in the present moment and develop a sense of peace....

Setting Boundaries That Stick: How Neurobiology Can Help You Rewire Your Brain to Feel Safe, Connect

There is a science to creating boundaries—one that will empower you, deepen your connection with others, and improve your self-esteem. Setting Boundaries That Stick offers a scientific, neurobiological approach to boundary work....

Living Without Stress or Fear: Essential Teachings on the True Source of Happiness

A life without stress or fear may seem like an impossible dream-yet Thich Nhat Hanh has spent a lifetime proving not only is it possible, but it is also within our grasp....

What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew

Veteran psychologist Sharon Saline shares the words and inner struggles of children and teens living with ADHD - and a blueprint for achieving lasting success by working together....

8 Keys to Parenting Children With ADHD

Parenting children with ADHD, whether diagnosed or undiagnosed, can be challenging and complex....

Taming the Tiger Within

Grounded in the Buddhist practices of mindfulness and compassion, Taming the Tiger Within is an audio handbook of meditations, analogies, and reflections that offer pragmatic techniques for diffusing anger, converting fear, and cultivating love in every arena of life....

Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions

Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions is an effective guide to de-escalating your child's emotions and helping your child express feelings in productive ways....

Bodhisattva Mind: Teachings to Cultivate Courage and Awareness in the Midst of Suffering

On Bodhisattva Mind, ChĂśdrĂśn examines sheshin, or "guarding alertness", and the other qualities of mind we need to develop on the path to enlightenment....

Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating

Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating offers hope, even if your child has "failed" feeding therapies before. After gaining a foundation of understanding of your child's challenges and the dynamics at play, you'll be ready for the five steps that transform feeding and meals....

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times best seller....

The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get W

One of the very best scientific predictors for how any child turns out - in terms of happiness, academic success, leadership skills, and meaningful relationships - is whether at least one adult in their life has consistently shown up for them....

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries, meditations, personal anecdotes, and stories from Nhat Hanh's experiences....

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

Bestselling author Michael A. Singer reveals how the development of consciousness can help us all to achieve happiness and self-realization.

The Art of Happiness

The Dalai Lama is probably one of the only people who, if you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, will give you an unconditional "yes." What's more...

What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home

In What Do You Say?, Johnson and Stixrud show how to engage in respectful and effective dialogue, beginning with defining and demonstrating the basic principles of listening and speaking....

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity....

Mindfulness Meditation for Kids: Powerful Guided Meditations for Kids, Daily Exercises to Help Relie

Powerful Guided Meditations for Kids, Daily Exercises to Help Relieve Stress, Anxiety, Gain Clarity, Find Peace and Boost Positive Thinking. Would you like to teach your kids mindfulness, but don't know where to start? Mindfulness meditation is the new tooth brushing. The benefits of this simple practice are beyond measures - happiness, focus, health, and emotional regulation is just the tip of the iceberg....

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

In The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, now revised with added material and new insights, Nhat Hanh introduces us to the core teachings of Buddhism and shows us that the Buddha’s teachings are accessible and applicable to our daily lives....

The Shaman's Mind: Huna Wisdom to Change Your Life

The Shaman's Mind is a book that teaches the listener how to align and transform their own mind into one that sees the world through the lens of the indigenous healers of old....

Living Clarity

Buddhism is a philosophy and way of life that has been practiced for centuries, and its principles can be applied to our modern world to help us navigate the challenges of daily life with greater ease and compassion.

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