Model biodiversity sanctuary, home of ecospiritual education and community hub near London, ON 🌱 #RegenerativeFuture Thank you for your support.
Our #RegenerativeFutures crowdfunding campaign is now live! 🌱 Visit https://chuffed.org/project/thelivingcentre to see our video and learn more. Our goal is to raise $85,000 in the next month to expand our centre and inspire a community of people who want to work together, redesign and lead new ways of co-creating with the Earth and each other. For each dollar you give, we will match it - and more
- with a selection of in-person or online workshops, mentorships and correspondence courses, a retreat in our straw-bale studio, private sessions with us and even organic pawpaw seeds. If you have the ability to donate to our campaign, we are grateful for anything you can contribute. There are many ways to participate, and if donating isn't an accessible form of support for you right now, we would be grateful if you could share our campaign on your social media and with your friends and family. If you have any questions or you'd like to get involved with the centre and/or our campaign, please leave a comment or send us a message. Thanks again for being a part of this vision. We're looking forward to connecting with you and co-creating the more beautiful world that our hearts know is possible 💚
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Shantree (Walter) Kacera opened Spirit of the Earth, ‘The Living Centre' in 1983 to fulfill a dream of being in the country and learning how to live in accordance with the laws of Nature. This he did wholeheartedly, creating a beautiful and sacred space for healing and learning, originally known as "Balance Life Gardens". He was joined by Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera in 1997. Over the years the Centre has offered life-inspiring programs and services to thousands of people on their evolutionary journey. Over the course of 30 years, The Living Centre has transformed into an integrated, multifunctional, ecologically rich, and productive living classroom. The purpose of The Living Centre is to promote a renaissance in human thought, values and conscience based on healing, eco-sustainability and openness. Our wish is to grow together as global citizens; to contribute towards the creation of a culture based in peace; as we look to life and common humanism as the core values for a sustainable society. The principal courses offered at The Living Centre integrate physical, emotional, spiritual and ecological health and well-being as the four essential factors in achieving human potential, success, and creating a healthy, happy, balanced life and society. The Living Centre has welcomed thousands of students from over twenty countries around the world — youth, adults, families and elders — seeking a deeper connection with the natural world and solutions for restoring human and planetary health. Many of these students have since become practitioners, ecological designers, herbalists, forest gardeners, community leaders, and educators, using what they have learned at The Living Centre to make positive change in the world.
10/15/2025
In this advanced 75-minute class, Shantree Kacera (The Living Centre) shares over five decades of experience exploring the dynamic interplay between mind, body, and plant intelligence. This class bridges traditional wisdom and contemporary neurodiversity insight - empowering herbalists, educators, and healers to support mental clarity and resilience in their communities.
You’ll discover:
🧠 How specific herbs influence cognitive diversity & emotional balance
🌿 How to weave bioweaving & constitutional energetics into your herbal practice
💚 How to align plant medicine with the unique patterns of each mind & body
Join Canadian Herb Conference
Nov 13–16 | Online
💚 Use code SK25 for your ticket to save $25 at herbconference.com
10/15/2025
Join us tomorrow for our free webinar: The Gut As A Garden at 7PM EST.
Your tongue holds one of the most revealing keys to your health. In Ayurveda, it is seen as a mirror of your body’s inner landscape, reflecting vitality, imbalance, and resilience.
This week, join Shantree Kacera for an immersive online course in Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis and learn how to decode these signs for yourself. These teachings offer practical tools to understand the language of your body, prevent deeper imbalance, and support lifelong well-being.
As Autumn arrives, we are invited to slow down, listen deeply, and gather in the spirit of balance and renewal. This week, The Living Centre offers three gatherings to honour the turning season.
✨Wednesday, September 17: A free Introduction to Primordial Movement with Lorenna. Reconnect with the flow of life through intuitive, heart-led movement.
🌿Friday, September 19: A Heritage Forest Walk with Shantree. Step into the wisdom of the trees and remember the stories carried in the land.
🍁Sunday, September 21: Our Autumn Equinox Celebration. Gather in ceremony with cacao, sound, and meditation as we honour the balance of light and dark.
Each moment is an opening to remember your place within the living web of life. We would love to share this week with you.
Step into the wild heart of Costa Rica this January. Rooted & Wild is a seven-day sacred immersion where you’ll awaken your body, clear your mind, and restore your spirit through elemental rituals, eco-somatic practices, and soul-centered ceremonies.
Imagine river meditations at dawn, firelight gatherings at night, vibrant plant-based meals, and spacious moments to rest and remember who you are.
This retreat is an invitation to shed what no longer serves you and return home radiant, rooted, and alive.
The vibration of sound carries us beyond thought into the heart of remembrance. Each tone ripples through the body, dissolving what no longer serves and awakening the frequencies of wholeness within.
Next Sunday, September 14, join Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera and Darren Austin Hall for Awakening the Divine Vibration: a full-day ceremonial journey of sound, movement, and soul expression. Together we will open pathways of alignment and return to the inner sanctuary where clarity and peace reside.
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