Collective wellness

Collective wellness begins with recognizing that our personal health is shaped by the conditions of our communities and the environments.

It’s not just about clean air, green spaces, or walkable neighborhoods (though those absolutely matter). It’s also about having real, meaningful access to human connection — the kind that reminds us we belong.

We’re wired for it.

When community is missing, something essential in us begins to dim. Our nervous systems struggle. Our resilience weakens. We even get sick more easily. COVID made this impossible to ignore, revealing how isolation quietly erodes both mental and physical health. The truth is simple and ancient: we can't thrive alone.

Indigenous communities have always understood this. Many Western cultures are only now beginning to catch up — reckoning with how capitalism, individualism, and disconnection from land have pulled us away from one another.

I could go on (about the wellness industrial complex, whiteness, community care, and mutual aid as medicine), but for now, let’s begin here:

Collective wellness starts with community connection. That’s why we offer classes and coworking — to create spaces where we can gather, be seen, and take that first step out of isolation toward a mindset and action of collective care.