Communing & Kinning: A Gathering of the MBMS Community In-Person!

Forest Bathing at Rip Van Winkle Open Space

“The most important task of this moment is to generate a base of people who are eager to practice perceiving the complexity and interdependency in every aspect of our lives.”
— Nora Bateson

It’s time for the MBMS community to get back together – in-person!
It’s been 3 years since we’ve seen each others’ feet!

MBMS was founded in January 2016 – We are 9 years old … And what an extraordinary 9 years it has been! As a collective and as individuals we have changed, grown, and discovered more of ourselves and the world of which we are part. Some folks have been with us since the very beginning; some folks have just found us and joined our merry band.

For the first 6 years, the focus of MBMS was “Being aware and being kind.”

As we emerged from COVID and into a heightened sense of climate (and everything!) change, we carried that wisdom forward as, 3 years ago, we shifted the focus to “Cultivating conscious response and relationship in a changing world,” … And here we are, finding our way into and through a time of unprecedented events and circumstances.

Now, more than ever before, we need to sense ourselves in community, coming together to support, assist, and inspire each other as we, along with every living being on Earth, face and meet the change, uncertainty, loss, and growth of being alive. Holding paradox, not knowing, letting go, experiencing miracles, sensing deeper values, appreciating beauty, being with heartbreak … are all part of our daily lives. This is what it is to be living in a time of global transformation.

For those of us who live near-enough to Monterey, let’s get together.

For those who are geographically too far to come-over, send your name and where-you-are to Marianne ([email protected]), and we’ll set-a-place for you in the room.

“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”
– Margaret J. Wheatley

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Rip Van Winkle Open Space, 1072 Congress Avenue, Pacific Grove, United States