About

Restoring Relationship

“Life is an ecological balance, which encompasses everything.“

The Nature Studies Conservatory (NSC): Center for Healing, Education, and Applied Research is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization/public charity and a comprehensive resource dedicated to nature-aligned cultivation of altruism, reciprocal relationship development, transformative learning/activism, and community restoration for the healing of planet and humanity. The Conservatory provides heart-centered programs, education, services, and resources to holistically nourish the spirit, optimize health and wellbeing, improve the quality of life, heal emotional pain/trauma, and offer assistance in achieving one’s full potential. Our emphasis of assisting underserved/disadvantaged communities, who are disproportionately BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), is for personal-collective empowerment and sustainable/regenerative, community revitalization. Affordable offerings are provided to increase accessibility and support personal-collective work to heal, develop, and grow/expand experiencing freedom to live fully from heart-centered inner truth, creative purpose, and prosperity.

Sustainable Culture

We are Spirit….

We are not human beings in search of a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings emersed in a human experience.” ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer

The Harmony Project was initiated to help nurture regenerative, altruistic connection and interpersonal/transpersonal relationship via our connection and relationship with Nature. The Natural Design: Holistic Health, Healing, and Environment model includes natural cycles and rhythms as well as Nature’s inherent relationships and flows drawing from ancient, Ancestral-Indigenous, and Eastern wisdoms; healing technologies; wellbeing self-practices; and relational/folk/ethno-botany. Inner relationship and personal healing work are developed and supported to engender altruistic interactions and community.

Our Pay-It-Forward Program and Fund assists with accessibility via sliding-fee scale or free services and resources. The workshops, classes, 1:1 and group sessions, and nature-immersion retreats support personal depthork for rematriation, reclamation, and re-storying of individual, ancestral/family, and collective narrative and experiences. The ReSET Healing Communities Program and Mediation help to heal adverse childhood and life experiences and related beliefs, behaviors, and potential vulnerability to further harm. Adversity and trauma significantly increase risks for emotional dysregulation, executive dysfunction, stress response overstimulation, re-traumatization, anxiety, inflammation, and chronic health conditions. Restorative, community interactions/relationships offer protective benefits to assist with reducing vulnerability to further harm and undermine altruistic connection and reciprocity. Through our endeavors, we aspire to unify humanity in renewed relationship with one another and Nature/the Earth.

The Harmony Project consists of: 

Currently, we are fundraising for the Pay-It-Forward Fund (sliding-fee scale and free services/resources) and to lease or purchase a space for the NSC’s physical location. We appreciate your support! In addition to our current online programs and services, we will offer onsite holistic health and healing resources.

  • Gardens & Green House
  • Solarium
  • Apothecary
  • Kitchen Medicine Classes
  • Nature & Agricultural Arts Classes

Healing as Collective Growth & Development

“We grow together.” ~ Plant Wisdom

For a cut to heal, the tissue must grow and develop…

As we learn about ourselves and our environment, it changes how we see and experience the world; it changes our relationship with self, others, and Nature, the Earth. Relationship anchors our humanity; it is the foundation of identity and community development. The quality of our relationships affects health and wellbeing; art/design, science, and tech advancement; and social, cultural, and consciousness evolution. Contact us to learn more about our resources for local-global community building and renewal.