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We are a global community mending societal harms with the goal of empowering communities with the life affirming tool of mindfulness.

We are a global community of educators, creatives, change-makers, helpers, and healers dedicated to the mending and repair of societal harms. From Weekly Meditation Practices for all, to our BIPOC Affinity Group, as well as immersive Retreats, in-school Youth Sessions, Workplace Self-Care Toolkits, and Facilitator Certifications — it is our goal to empower communities through leaders of all ages, equipping them with the life affirming tool of mindfulness. Through practice, study, and reconnecting each other with the things that matter most, we hearten ourselves and commit to the wellbeing of future generations.

10/08/2025

"I began at Copper Beech 9 or 10 years ago. It was wonderful and life-changing...Although I have not come for a few years, once again, Copper Beech is teaching. I think beginnings and endings are so important and it's what our life is made up of."

CBI Community Member, Pat, reflected on over a decade of learning and connection during our closing circle hosted this summer (announced via newsletter).

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10/07/2025

"Copper Beech is a part of my life journey which I can always travel back to, to find peace, calm and tranquility."

CBI Community Member, Jill, shared gratitude for years of community during our closing circle hosted this summer (announced via newsletter).

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10/06/2025

"I found Copper Beech last year by looking it up online and I signed up for the mindfulness class. Signing up gave me access to invitations, resources, retreats and grants! It was life-changing for me."

CBI Community Member, Kareen, shared gratitude for a year of affinity retreats, mindfulness certification, grants and belonging, during our closing circle hosted this summer (announced via newsletter).

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10/05/2025

"Hope is like a road in the country. There was never a road, but when many people walk on it the road comes into existence." ~Lin Yutang

CBI Community Member, Susannah, shared farewell thoughts and a meaningful quote during our closing circle hosted this summer (announced via newsletter).

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10/04/2025

"I think it's wise or useful for us to reckon with the bitter and the sweet. Surely there's a lot of sweetness in what has transpired in the number of lives you have touched both known and unknown to you that can't be diminished or dismissed in any way. The impact, that's the reason that you exist. It's more than an idea, it's a reality...to touch people's lives and be touched by their lives. That's what makes a community. And it is bitter on the other hand that something that has had 11+ years of life is closing. Surely it will go on in our own hearts and minds and in many instances our actions...There's also a poignancy and finality in this institution ending, at least in its current incarnation. Holding both is an essential dimension of mindfulness practice and even if you've known it for months, letting go is not so easy as the way it spills out of our mouths. It takes time...It seems to me, if we hold it all, and not deny the shadowy sides, then we do the true work of mindfulness practice of realizing that we can hold the whole show, as well as see the whole show."

CBI Retreat Facilitator, Saki Santorelli, former ED of the Center for Mindfulness at UMass joined us for our closing circle, and his wise words helped us reckon with the bittersweet goodbye.

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10/03/2025

"It means so much to me that you've gathered to celebrate our beloved Copper Beech Institute and all of the work, community and practice we've shared over the years. I remember when we gathered together years ago to generate the idea for this community grounded in mindfulness practice. The community grew out of this idea that we needed friendship and fellowship, and that it was in community that we are most healed. We needed a place to find each other--a place to create friendships and deepen our mindfulness practice. As we were searching for names we came across the Copper Beech tree as a symbol since the Romans used to use the smooth bark to write their most prized pieces of wisdom. A wisdom community seemed like a fitting symbol for our work together. Of course, communities arise and are created and communities go forth and they depart from one another. It's time to say goodbye."

CBI Founder, Brandon Nappi joined us for our closing circle and sent us off with well wishes.

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10/02/2025

We may be sunsetting, but the circle of practice and compassion we created isn’t broken—it’s turned outward. From 2012 onward, you’ve carried CBI into classrooms, workplaces, homes, and hearts. Thank you.

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10/01/2025

Copper Beech Institute turns its final page this Fall, but the stories, connections, and practices we’ve shared since 2012 live on in each breath, each act of compassion, each mindful moment with eyes towards racial justice. You, my friend, are the CBI legacy. Our work lives on in you. We are grateful for your part in our community.

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02/11/2025

We’re excited to invite you to our Day of Love: A 12-Hour Virtual Mindfulness Event this Saturday, February 15, 2025!

🧡 When: Saturday, February 15, 2025, from 6 AM – 6 PM EST
🧡 Where: Online from anywhere you want to practice: In bed, on a walk, on the go, or any combination that creates your version of the perfect self-care day.
🧡 Why: Because healing ourselves is the first step in healing the world.

Reserve your spot today!

02/01/2025

Save the Date for our Annual February Fundraiser!

This year we are hosting a single day immersion event in place of our 14 Days of Love.

You are invited to our Day of Love: A 12-Hour Virtual Mindfulness Event

Join us from home on February 15, 2025, for a leisurely self-love experience, and come and go as you please from 6am-6pm EST.

☕ Morning with Intention: Join us with your favorite hot beverage for a nourishing start to the day that then flows into a morning of guided meditation, expressive art, yoga, and sound healing.

🌿 Midday Connection: Enjoy community conversation as you eat lunch (or connect outdoors in nature), followed by an afternoon of sound healing, understanding mindfulness, and guided writing.

🌅 A Meaningful Closing: We’ll wind down with a two-hour session led by our Executive Director, featuring yoga, a reflective talk, and shared insights to close the day with gratitude.

Copper Beech Institute invites you to our Day of Love, a 12-hour virtual event dedicated to loving yourself, mindfulness, and belonging. Whether you’re new to mindfulness or a seasoned practitioner, this day is designed to nourish your well-being while supporting our meaningful mission.

11/19/2024

You're invited to join us on retreat by the sea! This special retreat is designed to help you tap into your inner strength and your bliss body to face the challenges of our world.

We still have a few spots left! The Hemera application deadline for this retreat is Wednesday, November 20th midnight EST. Registration deadline is Friday, November 22nd at noon EST.

Learn more and book your restorative getaway here:
copperbeechinstitute.secure.retreat.guru/program/mbts-december-2024

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303 Tunxis Road
West Hartford, CT
06107

Telephone

+18607609750

Website

http://www.copperbeechinstitute.org/

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The Copper Beech Institute envisions a future where mindfulness and contemplative practice are transforming education, health care, business, government, and every level of society affecting a healing shift in how we relate to one another and the earth. By cultivating the inherent human capacity to be aware, we access our innate reservoir of resilience, empathy, forgiveness, and creative problem solving necessary in today’s world. The Copper Beech Institute will be instrumental in making contemplative practice available and commonplace in our community to support this critical shift in thinking and being.