Nurturing Abundance:
Seeking harmony and health with the Self, Community, and Earth
August 1-8, 2026
Join us for a transformative week where visionary leaders and changemakers gather to explore what it truly means to live abundantly with others and with our planet.
Nurturing Abundance Week invites us to redefine prosperity — not as accumulation, but as generosity and synergy. Replenishing our inner vitality gives us excess energy and talent to engage with one another, and with the living systems of the earth that sustain us. Together, we will examine how cultivating an abundant mindset allows us to care for ourselves more deeply, strengthen our communities, and steward the planet with wisdom and intention.
Around the world, innovators, educators, and activists are advancing regenerative ways of living — approaches that restore rather than deplete, that connect rather than divide. Throughout the week, we will explore:
- Stress resilience and whole-person health
- Regenerative agriculture
- Thoughtful land stewardship and backyard cultivation
- Indigenous wisdom and intergenerational knowledge
- Community-building and systems thinking
- Practical pathways to sustainable living at home and beyond
Through keynote conversations, experiential workshops, garden walks, and dialogue circles, participants will gain both practical tools and renewed inspiration. The goal is not simply awareness — it is inspiration and activation.
This is an invitation to step into a more conscious, connected, and life-affirming way of being — one that honors both personal fulfillment and collective flourishing.
Featured Presenters:
Sarah Livia Brightwood
Steve Sando
Norma Meza
Pandora Thomas
Sharon Horesh Bergquist, MD
Tarah Hines
Wild Women of Song (Pamela Rose, Kristen Strom, Scott Sorkin, Ruth Davies, Daria “Shani” Johnson)
Aman Keays
Laura West
Pat Mitchell
Tom Blue Wolf
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