WHAT We Do:
Be Well Be Here, a 501c3 non-profit mindful wellness collaborative, inspires wellBEing through creative mindful wellness practices and the transformative power of storytelling to build compassionate communities. Our teachers share extensive knowledge of mindful wellness modalities and embodied experience in their areas of expertise to co-create supportive experiential learning models. As a mindful wellness educational collaborative, we endeavor to meet people where they are, share practices that befriend, honor inclusion, cultivate belonging and design creative mindful wellness strategies that are easily incorporated into daily life. All this to mindfully foster caring, connected communities for the wellBEing of ALL.
WHO We Are
The Be Well Be Here team includes:
● BWBH founder Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS, RYT-200, writer, teacher, perpetual student and meditator for over 40 years
● BWBH Operations Manager, Jen Barlow; Communications Coordinator, Salma Selim; Ambassador, Tracey Wright
● BWBH Faculty and Collaborative Connections continues to grow! Please visit our Meet Us page to learn more
● BWBH Board of Directors: Usha Pasi (Board President), Whitney Scharer (Board Vice President), Katherine Batson (Board Treasurer), Paula Ledbetter (Board Clerk), David Roane (Board Member) and Allison Amend (Board Member)
● Interns from Lesley University’s Mindfulness Studies program and Concord-Carlisle High School
For more about our BWBH WellBEing Council and biographies of our team members, please see our Meet Us page.
WHY We Do What We Do
Lara Wilson, a well-published author of short fiction and writing teacher, established Be Well Be Here after successfully completing stage III breast cancer treatment with the help of an optimistic outlook, top-notch medical professionals, a team of holistic practitioners, a community of 100 caring friends, a deep connection with nature, and a dedicated 40-year meditation practice. Aware that decades of mindfulness practice and study were fundamental to her positive health outcome, Lara deepened her healing arts practice and education with deep resolve to share it with others. She earned her Reiki Level II designation and RYT-200 with additional certification in restorative/yoga nidra. Lara continually studies of qi gong with Daisy Lee and has worked with experts such as Master Yang Yang of the breast cancer center at Memorial Sloane-Kettering in NYC. At Harvard, Lara studied the mind/body connection and learned from data-driven research how mindfulness practice along with integrative therapies can promote improved health. In 2018, she earned a graduate certificate in Mindfulness Studies at Lesley University, where she delved deeply into the history of mindfulness from the Buddhist traditions to contemporary scholarship and practices. A committed daily meditation practioner, she continues to go to annual retreats at centers such at Insight Meditation Society and the Barre Center for Buddhist studies. Lara’s experience as a lifelong student of meditation, a storyteller, a writing teacher, a collaborator, and a devotee of holistic health inspire her to share her expansive mindful wellness methodologies with a broader community. Her mission to compassionately connect and co-create mindful wellness practices with people of all walks of life inspires the collaborative nature of Be Well Be Here.
WHERE We Meet One Another
Meet us online and in-person! For Be Well Be Here’s online programs and free weekly meditation practice, your registration will automatically send an email with a Zoom link. For in-person programs at BWBH’s BEtreat space in Concord, registrants will receive location details and a link to fill out the required Mindful Wellness Waiver.
WHEN We Meet
Choose to Be Present any time - we will Be Here to support you! Our weekly 30-minute online meditation sessions are FREE and open to ALL (online participants are invited to Be completely anonymous in BWBH meditation Zoom rooms). Looking to Be Present for in-person practice? BWBH offers unique mindful wellness educational sessions each month at a beautiful, sunny space on 12-acres in rural Concord, MA. To learn about BWBH practices in community, please see our Calendar.
PLEASE NOTE: To respect community members with compromised immune systems, those entering the BEtreat space must have no symptoms of illness and have had no contact with someone who may have Covid-19 or any another ailment. As a wellness center, we appreciate a negative Covid test taken on the day of your program.
HOW We Connect
Be Well Be Here’s unique mindful wellness educational offering are guided by experience, embodied practitioners who continually deepen their knowledge and practice.
We are here for you! Through the generous support of BWBH donors, we offer FREE weekly online meditation practices as well as scholarships for our in-person programs and BEtreats. Thank you for considering a DONATION to support our mindful wellness programming! We invite you to find your way to wellBEing by joining our community through the variety of mindful events we offer and by subscribing to our monthly BEnews newsletter.
If you are interested in guiding a mindful wellness practice co-created specifically for the Be Well Be Here community, please fill out our Presenter Proposal Form. And please share your ideas/requests by emailing us at info@bewellbehere.org
