Organizations
These are organizations we support, collaborate with, or are inspired by. Feel free to explore what they have to offer.
The Ojai Foundation ~ Our mission is to foster practices that awaken connection with self, others, and the natural world. Council, the practice of listening and speaking from the heart, is at the core of all our offerings. Inspired by the timeless wisdom of multiple world traditions and cultures, The Ojai Foundation is bringing practices of connection and wholeness to our contemporary world. Fostered at the Land Sanctuary in Ojai, the practice of Council is changing communities around the world -- from social justice non-profits and public schools in Southern California, to prison yards in Central California, to Israeli and Palestinian groups in the Middle East.
The Conscious Elders Network (CEN) ~ is a budding movement of vital elders, dedicated to growing in consciousness while actively addressing the demanding challenges facing our country. We work inter-generationally for social and economic justice, environmental stewardship, and sound governance. We bring our multiple talents and resources, offering these in service to the goal of preserving and protecting life for all generations to come.
Hummingbird, Center For A Co-creative World ~ Nestled in a valley among the Aspens, Cottonwoods, and Ponderosa Pines in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, rests a 500 acre ranch that is home to Hummingbird Community. Hummingbird Community calls to those who desire to serve humanity’s collective awakening while realizing their own true nature. We view all of our daily activities exchanges with nature, relationships, and inward focus as a spiritual practice. As social pioneers, our Community is dedicated to the practices and principles of co-creation in service to the evolution of consciousness. We honor diverse spiritual traditions, and are committed to personal and planetary transformation. We value resonance, right relation, right timing, right circumstance and soul alignment with our vision, mission, values and processes as the guiding principles for engagement in our community. We invite you to take a tour of our website and discover what inspires you with our vision, mission, people, and programs.
“Hummingbird is the first community dedicated to conscious evolution and co-creation. It represents the heart and soul of the co-creative movement.” Barbara Marx Hubbard
“Hummingbird is the first community dedicated to conscious evolution and co-creation. It represents the heart and soul of the co-creative movement.” Barbara Marx Hubbard
Channel Islands Boating Center ~ based in Oxnard, California, provides educational and recreational opportunities for youth and adults of Ventura County, CSU Channel Islands community and others from around the State. While the main focus of the Center is to teach boating skills and support boaters, the CIBC also provides other educational resources on the local marine environment.
Oceanna Visions ~ based in Ventura, California, fully merges with the living world of oils. The changing rhythm and heart beat of each hue creates a phenomenal ride of brilliant colors on canvas. Years of study in the techniques of art, have now escalated to intuitive, inspired, visionary imagery. Themes of Victory, of Flesh and Spirit rising up to a greater cause, to a greater calling, this is the purpose of ART… to encourage, and elevate the core sense of the viewer.
Books and Articles
These are books we have pulled from, are inspired by or believe are helpful.
- From Age-ing to Sage-ing, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Ronald S. Miller
- Conscious Living Conscious Aging, Ron Pevny
- The Second Half of Life, Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.
- The Four-Fold Way, Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.
- Fruitful Aging, Finding The Gold In The Golden Years, Tom Pinkson, Ph.D.