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R&B: Teaching Youth To Build Their Roots & Branches🌳
This month we had the chance to visit the Afro-Caribbean Cultural Center (ACCC) and teach their Cuyo Youth Program about how mindfulness...
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Seeds of Change
mindfulness in the modern world
R&B: Cultivate Holistic Trauma Recovery Practices 💌
There is an increasing body of research highlighting the profound impact of contemplative practices—such as mindfulness, meditation,...
R&B: Embark on Love's Journey🧡
Staff Member, Anne Marie Pfeiffer, practicing a heart mudra (symbolic hand posture) at the closing MFC retreat in June. In Western...
R&B: Embrace Affinity Spaces for Healing and Connection🧡
CBI community members practice yoga under the pavilion. In a world that can feel overwhelming, finding spaces where we can simply be...
Renewal (Day 7 of 7): Our Blog, Newsletter and New Website!
Pictured above: CBI community members enjoying mindful dialogue on the green at Holy Family Passionist Retreat, the birthplace of our...
Renewal (Day 6 of 7): Mindful Leadership in the Community (via MFC)
Pictured Above: Kay Mello, MFC Graduate '24 on retreat. "Drawing inspiration from leaders like Audrey Tang—the former Taiwanese Minister...
Renewal (Day 5 of 7): Our Community Canopy
"Is sorrow the true wild? And if it is—and if we join them—your wild to mine—what's that? For joining, too, is a kind of annihilation....
Renewal (Day 4 of 7): Giving + Receiving
Pictured Above: Executive Director, Danae Laura, and MFC trainee, Martha-Rea (Sunshine) Nelson practice giving and receiving. “The Asian...
Renewal (Day 3 of 7): Our Self-Care Toolkit
Pictured Above: Emergency services provider receiving mindfulness training via our Self-Care Toolkit. "Mindfulness makes it possible to...
Renewal (Day 2 of 7): Educator Support
"The thing is that we're not going to be perfect, right? We're just going to make our way in the world, and do our best. Our...
Renewal (Day 1 of 7): Youth Empowerment
"Mindfulness is so much about expansion- learning that when something happens, we have so many possibilities. Youth sometimes feel...
Summer Meditation + Movement Series
This summer, The Copper Beech Institute is excited to announce a Donation-Based Summer Meditation + Movement Series. The inspiration...
A Juneteenth Thank You from our Executive Director
It's amazing what a difference many months make for a newcomer like myself to feel at home in a community, and to be able to offer that...
United Way 2024 Partnership: Empowering our Youth and Educators to Find Their Voices
For the last year we’ve provided mindfulness training to youth, teachers, and parents throughout Waterbury.
A letter from our Executive Director, Danae Laura
Hi there! Tomorrow, February 1, we start our fourth 14 Days of Love Meditation Challenge, with nearly 100 participants and donations....
Get to know our new Executive Director, Danae Laura
We are thrilled to introduce our new Executive Director, Danae Laura! Danae’s work has always been about nourishment: nourishing bodies,...
A LETTER FROM OUR CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD, KIM SIROIS PITA:
Hello to the Copper Beech community! So much has happened at Copper Beech over the last year, and as the current chairwoman of the Board...
A Groundbreaking Partnership brings Mindfulness to Hartford Residents
On the Tuesday morning of September 19th, the Copper Beech team arrived at the Riverfront Boathouse in Hartford for a highly anticipated...
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