Rejuvenate in spring. Energize holistically with Indigenous values that focus on the self as part of the collective. Our well&#x2d;being nurtures the whole, fostering peace, love, health, abundance, and happiness.

Stories from the spring camp

Life is about balance. We provide you with strategies for a lifelong commitment to strength and well-being in all areas of your life. 

Lifestyle

Indigenous Springtime Traditions

Many of us struggle with our weight, which can lead us to dissatisfaction with our bodies. Yet your weight matters, and accepting your body is key to change. Forget the glamour pics on Insta; embrace your body and its importance to your overall health and well&#x2d;being.

A body-positive guide to why weight management matters

Natural is the way. We bring you credible approaches to preventative health, holistic treatments, and supportive supplements.

Health

5 Surprising Reasons You Should Care About Your Weight (It Has Nothing to Do with Your Appearance)

Marginalized communities are disproportionately exposed to polluting industries, such as dumps, landfills, pipelines, and factories. Let’s dedicate ourselves to a more inclusive form of environmentalism: intersectional environmentalism, the best way to move forward for everyone.

Embracing our planet and everyone who lives on it

Protect our planet better. Sustainability is the foundation of natural health. We teach you how to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle, one step at a time, because a healthier planet means a healthier you.

Sustainability

Why—and How—to Be an Intersectional Environmentalist

By round of applause, who’s excited about their daily (or intended daily) workout? Crickets? But do you get excited about beach volleyball, pickleball, dancing, hiking …? Hobbies can be fun and physical!

You don’t need to choose function over fun; enhance your fitness joy!

Fitness Shouldn’t Be a Four-Letter Word

Organic farming with minimal disturbance of topsoil sounds like the domain of the small&#x2d;scale farmer. One Pennsylvania farm is proving it can be done on a large scale, ensuring a safe, secure food supply, all while helping to reverse climate change.

How regenerative organic agriculture can feed the world and save the planet

Cultivating a Climate Change Remedy

By setting small and measurable goals, it can be easy to keep our healthy New Year’s resolutions all year long.

Make a plan you can stick with 

10 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions You’ll Keep This Time

Many of us are wary about making New Year’s resolutions for fear that we may well experience failure, yet again. But here’s an approach to change that involves designing your own path forward—one that puts your own dreams first.

Check out these resolution solutions and find your own way in 2022

Are You Afraid of Making—and Breaking—Resolutions this Year?

To create a beautiful and sustainable holiday tablescape, try these easy DIYs using items you likely already have, plus some simple repurposed materials.

Reduce and repurpose your way to festive elegance

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Eco-Friendly DIYs for a Festive Holiday Tablescape

Move your holiday celebrations from frenetic to restorative with Indigenous values focusing on the collective. The well&#x2d;being of the whole nurtures our individual well&#x2d;being to foster peace, love, health, wealth, and happiness.

Deepen your holiday traditions

Indigenous Values

The holidays are a time for joy and celebration; however, there is often stress associated with these events, particularly for older adults, their families, and their caregivers. Taking the time to make small incremental improvements in diet, exercise, and social connections is an evidence&#x2d;backed way to improve your resilience to these stressors.

Evidence-backed resilience resources

Stress and Your Aging Parents

One lesson we have collectively learned from the COVID&#x2d;19 pandemic is the importance of strong support systems in getting us through tough times. The term doesn’t just refer to our friends and family, though; these support systems also refer to our communities. Here’s how to build a strong community—and involve the kids, too!

Parenting to help build a better world

Family comes first. We equip you with the tools to create a holistically healthy family now, and for generations to come.

Family

Grow Kids Who Grow Communities

We can conquer stress to make the season merry

Ways to Conquer and Rise Above Stress During the Holidays

Everyone knows the holidays can be stressful. But it’s not just the effort to stay on budget or the dinnertime antics of your oddball uncle that make this time of year challenging. Healthy eating can take a nosedive at this time of year, too. End your year on a high with proactive measures to avoid getting caught in the food trap.

How what you eat affects how you feel over the holidays

Avoid Seasonal Stress-Based Eating

Can the waves of sound therapy help “rock” you to better sleep? Research and centuries of experience tell us the answer is a resounding yes. Here, discover the science of sound therapy and learn how you can get started.

How sound therapy helps you snooze and the science behind it 

A Sound Way to Get Your Zzz’s

So much more than exercise and diet, wellness in the Indigenous worldview is a celebration of spirit, mind, and body, and a way to stay connected to the earth and to each other. Learn more about how we all might live in harmony with the environment, with each other, and with ourselves.

Indigenous rituals that connect spirit, mind, and body 

How Indigenous Wellness Rituals Challenge Western Views of Health

Smartphone production and infrastructure, along with our tendency to upgrade our devices every couple of years, are threatening the planet. Read on to learn more about the problem and what you can do to help minimize it.

The environmental costs of smartphones

No App for This

The Most Vegan and Vegetarian-Friendly Cities in the U.S.

The Best Places to Practice Yoga in the US and Beyond

Many people grow up without life skills that are not only practical but also important for sustainable living. If we know how to repair a hole in a sweater, we won’t toss it in the landfill. If we know how to preserve some bruised fruit, we won’t trash it. Relearn forgotten life skills; everyone will benefit.

Let’s learn from our grandparents

Skill Building for Sustainability and Resilience

COVID has served as a wake&#x2d;up call for Canadians about the conditions older adults have been facing. But they don’t have to face their battles alone. There are myriad ways we can show up for our seniors, whether through volunteering or by supporting those in our community.

Stepping up for seniors

Kind Is Beautiful

Take time in your mornings with a routine designed especially for you that will help support your mental health and make every day a little better. Try these seven steps that will help you make the most out of every morning.

Your new morning routine for better mental health

Take Back Your Mornings

Finding time to unwind is important to achieving balance. Short getaways, somewhere local, can be a great way to find some downtime when you don’t have a lot of time. We chose a short retreat to BC’s Nectar Yoga for some inner connection and outer exploration. Find out why vacationing close to home could be just what you need.

Seeking solitude and inner connection

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Finding “Home” Close to Home

Is midlife malaise dragging you down? You’re not alone. Read on for ways of navigating midlife slumps with a positive attitude toward your past and future and enthusiastic engagement in the present.