Mother Bear Sanctuary and Retreat Center

10/11/2026

I believe a new world is possible. Where we see each other with curiosity instead of judgment, we respect each other and the land and animals. A sustainable world that helps everyone, not just the 1%
But at times I need my faith buoyed in humanity as well. This weekend being around so many Community leaders that are actively on the front lines of doing change.... everything from helping children, to food scarcity ,
gentrification, embodied nervous system awareness, healing land and people, learning to dress as a spiritual practice etc ...

Mother Bear Sanctuary and Retreat Center will be collaborating with so many incredible leaders from Detroit.
I'm so excited
I'll update you and love for you to volunteer in these programs.

Everything from helping to affect hoarding, to addressing systemic oppression

I am so excited for these collaborations.
Beyond excited ...

Looking forward to sharing more.

As I AM WILLING to SHOW UP for the next challenge
Life, God Nature always prepares me.
This has happened before every Retreat, every book I've written, every time I've gone into spaces such as slaughterhouses, animal testing labs
government housing to serve
I was scared.
Life/God/Nature
always prepared me and protected me

I am so grateful to grandfather Ferdinand for helping me to receive more support from land people and animals.

There was also a theme this weekend of just show up.
Just show up.
In your imperfect self.

I hope each of you goes towards something that feels scary in the next week and allow life to prepare you.
A LIFE fully lived, is scary at times
Don't wait to feel comfortable to go towards the next thing.......
And I get the level of suffering in humanity right now, the next scary thing for you, might just be showing up in your day, and believing in possibilities....🩷🙏

Beyond grateful for the Hearth Summit.
Wow
Thank you to Be Well Beautiful People.
Thank you to Demarra West

10/11/2026

A researcher once shared a fascinating story with me. While discussing a project with a colleague, he noticed a trail of giant insects traversing the wall from one side to the other. Intrigued and a little unsettled, he asked, "Don’t these insects bother you?"

The scientist glanced at the trail, observing it with calm detachment. “No,” he replied, “they’re just passing through.” He explained that the insects were simply traveling from one side of the house to the other before exiting. His matter-of-fact response sparked a thought in the researcher about the concept of cohabitation—a way of life deeply understood by those who live in forests and jungles, where humans and nature coexist.

This story resonated with me and inspired me to reconsider my own relationship with the creatures I share my space with. Before hearing it, I had tried various methods to remove sugar ants from my tea cabinet, where the honey is stored. But after reflecting on cohabitation, I decided to let them be.

Now, each day when I open the cabinet, I greet the ants. Sometimes there are many, sometimes just a few, and occasionally, none at all. Interestingly, they never venture into other food cabinets or even into the honey, even when I leave the lid slightly open. Their behavior has a kind of quiet respectfulness that fascinates me.

Last month, black ants began gathering on our patio, moving from plant to plant, busy with their mysterious work. They never bit anyone, nor did they enter the house. One afternoon, I sat with them, simply observing. To my astonishment, I noticed something remarkable. Scattered among the ants were the bodies of their fallen companions. The ants were carefully scouting the dead, picking them up, and carrying them to a makeshift memorial—a lined row of their departed, placed off to the side where no one would step on them. It was an astonishing display of respect and community.

That moment deepened my respect for these often-overlooked creatures. Ants, like all living beings, carry out their lives with purpose and grace, even in a world that largely disregards them.

We are all only here for a time, sharing this planet with countless other beings. To understand the creatures around us is to better understand what it means to live harmoniously. Cohabitation challenges the conditioning that teaches us to fear or dominate nature, offering instead a path of reunification with the world we inhabit.

I’m not suggesting we invite vipers into our homes, but perhaps the next time an unexpected visitor enters your space—whether it’s an ant, a spider, or a bird—pause for a moment. Remember that your home is situated within a much larger home, one that belongs to all of us. There’s almost always a peaceful, nonviolent way to coexist.



Written by Dawn Agnos

10/10/2026

Rafae is supervising the Eco-Glamping Village!
These beautiful, "bougie" tents will offer a place for survivors of human trafficking
and domestic violence to reconnect with nature in a supportive, SAFE.healing environment.

Would you like to help bring this vision to life? You can pre-purchase five nights to support the building project, or make a donation toward the tents and materials. The tents will also be open to the public. Where you can be restored with the Mother Bear sanctuary Land and animals!

We still need $1,100 to cover the remaining materials.
Thank you Jayme Matthew for donation for first tent
Thank you to all the MKP brothers and Mother Bear UBUNTU Crew who donated their time today!!!

Every contribution helps create a place where survivors can rest, feel safe, and begin to reconnect with themselves and the natural world.

We appreciate your support so much.

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Mother Bear Sanctuary and Retreat Center
20470 Barton road
Pinckney Michigan
48169

We are registered 5013c all donations are tax
deductible 🐻🐐🐄🐮🩷🐷

10/10/2026

10/09/2026

For tomorrow's service day here at Mother Bear Sanctuary. My sweetheart made a list for everyone to check off for who can do what.
I love this. Brilliant honey ❣️🥰

10/09/2026

Please give Mother Bear Sanctuary and Retreat Center FB STARS! 1 star ⭐ ONE cent! Support our animal rescue and ecotherapy trauma healing programs for human trafficking. Safe houses and organizations!
fb.com/stars. OR go to PayPal link! How YOU can help – Mother Bear Sanctuary & Retreat Center https://share.google/tcpfU8UU9fRnH85MQ

We are a grassroots organization directly working with relieving suffering of both humans and animals in the world. Fostering connections back to yourself, nature and each other.
We rescue animals that rescue people.

We also offer programs for the public.

Info below!!

Volunteer opportunities

Educational opportunities

TODAY!!!!!
October 10th 9-6 volunteering opportunity to help us with our eco glamping building
Next date Nov 14th 9-6pm

October 17th 12-4pm Animal and nature communication workshop.
Facilitated by Barbra White Crow over 25 years experience

Thursdays 6-8pm online zoom
Be the Visionary and Healer You were BORN to Be

Oct 31st Barn dance Halloween 🎃 fundraiser.
6-9 pm arrival 530-6
Come celebrate the amazing mural in the barn and help us raise funds for donation-based Retreats for human trafficking, survivors and animal rescue

E mail 🐻 [email protected]
TO register for events above

10/08/2026

“Nowadays, people can no longer hear the voice of the rivers, the mountains, or the sea. The trees and meadows are no longer intimate modes of spirit presence. The world about us has become an ‘it’ rather than a ‘thou.’”

Everything has a right to be recognized and revered. Trees have tree rights, insects have insect rights, rivers have river rights, and mountains have mountain rights..

The Great Work now, as we move into a new millennium, is to carry out the transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner."

Fr. Thomas Berry
"The Great Work" (1999)

10/08/2026

Please give Mother Bear Sanctuary and Retreat Center FB STARS! 1 star ⭐ ONE cent! Support our animal rescue and ecotherapy trauma healing programs for human trafficking. Safe houses and organizations!
fb.com/stars. OR go to PayPal link! How YOU can help – Mother Bear Sanctuary & Retreat Center https://share.google/tcpfU8UU9fRnH85MQ

We are a grassroots organization directly working with relieving suffering of both humans and animals in the world. Fostering connections back to yourself, nature and each other.
We rescue animals that rescue people.

We also offer programs for the public.

Info below!!

Volunteer opportunities

Educational opportunities

October 10th 9-6 volunteering opportunity to help us with our eco glamping building

October 17th 12-4pm Animal and nature communication workshop.
Facilitated by Barbra White Crow over 25 years experience

Thursdays 6-8pm online zoom
Be the Visionary and Healer You were BORN to Be

Oct 31st Barn dance Halloween 🎃 fundraiser. 530-830
Come celebrate the amazing mural in the barn and help us raise funds for donation-based Retreats for human trafficking, survivors and animal rescue

E mail 🐻 [email protected]
TO register for events above

10/06/2026

Exactly 🙏💓