Fostering connections between animals, people, and the Earth.
Mother Bear Sanctuary’s Mission is to remind people of their innate connections to their bodies, the Earth, all animals, and each other and to inspire joy and service to a new paradigm of sustainable living that allows all people and animals to thrive.
Mother Bear Sanctuary
Mother Bear Sanctuary is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to accomplish our mission through rescuing animals from abuse and neglect and providing life-changing outreach teaching programs with the rescued animals as our “co-teachers,” helping to heal children, veterans, sexual abuse survivors and the elderly.
Free programs for traumatized populations
We host domestic abuse, sexual abuse and veteran survivors in free day retreats. ALL donations go to these free retreats and animal’s care. We offer paid retreats focusing on Radical Self Love, Deep Ecology, Women’s Empowerment, Men Healing, Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Chi Cong and Equine Therapy.
Rescuing horses, cows, chickens and goats from abusive situations.
Farm animals and some senior dogs are brought into schools to teach about nature, the care of each other, core resilience, kindness, and compassion. Many children are not experiencing enough time in the natural world or with animals. Nature-Deficit Disorder is a real issue affecting the psyche of children: current research shows a direct link to the lack of nature and animals as a source of ADD and ADHD. Mother Bear Sanctuary brings the animals to the children!
Retreats AND Private Sessions
We offer paid retreats focusing on Radical Self Love, Deep Ecology, Women’s Empowerment, Men Healing, Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Chi Cong and Equine Therapy.
Mother Bear Retreat Center
Our for-profit arm, Mother Bear Retreat Center, works to accomplish our mission though sessions and retreats that focus on radical self acceptance, empowerment, conscious communication, embodiment, inner peace and having nourishing relationships with the human and natural world.
Barbra White, Express Joy LLC, Dave Tuscany, Into Through Fire LLC, and Mother Bear Sanctuary do not diagnose or treat disease. Barbra J. White or Dave Tuscany are not medical doctors, psychologists, chiropractors, or licensed social workers. Sessions are not intended to replace current medical treatment, therapy, or religious practice. Barbra White and Dave Tuscany field is Personal Empowerment, Self-Awareness and Self Love. The nature of the work is Spirituality/Transpersonal/Deep Ecology based. Please do not substitute any mental health care, with these services. These sessions, workshops, and retreats will be treated as Personal Development, Self-Love, Ecological Well-Being and Spiritual Evolution only.