Mindful Earth Liberation

an online workshop in 5 sessions for WTR facilitators

Mindful Earth Liberation (MEL) is an in-depth exploration of the decolonized expanded spiral of the Work That Reconnects. It offers you practices and tools to strengthen your facilitation skills and to support you on your own path of liberation and decolonization.

Mindful Earth Liberation (MEL) will be offered as an online workshop in 5, 3-hour sessions. The MEL workshop is based on the Mindful Earth Liberation guidebook along the Decolonized Expanded Spiral of the Work That Reconnects. All participants will need to purchase a copy of Angela and Mutima’s guidebook. The guidebook is based on Angela’s dissertation research on the three sisters’ revolution of mindfulness, sustainability and social justice and Mutima’s extended spiral of WTR. This workshop is for all (new or advanced) facilitators of WTR.

Angela and Mutima wrote this guidebook for a threefold reason:

Guidebook for participants to support learning in the Great Turning, with space to further reflect and explore mindfulness (self), social justice (others), sustainability (earth)–the three sisters revolution.
Support WTR facilitators in understanding how to engage WTR workshop participants in the expanded spiral.
Designed to encourage WTR facilitators to move beyond business as usual to reduce harm in WTR spaces, in support of the promise of the Great Turning.

Facilitated by Dr. Angela Miller-Porter and Queen Rev. Mutima Imani

Registration open now through August 30, 2025.

MEL Session Outline:

Session 1: Intro, group grounding & introductions, 3 sisters revolution, expanded spiral, coming from gratitude

Session 2: Self awareness and social location and understanding oppression

Session 3: Honoring our pain

Session 4: Seeing with new eyes and Liberation

Session 5: Going forth

Schedule:

3-hour webinars every other Saturday for 5 sessions starting September 6th 2025.

11am-2pm Pacific time (2-5pm ET / 7-10pm UK / 8-11pm CET) on September 6, September 20, October 4, October 18, and November 1.

Required Reading:

Miller-Porter, A., and M. Imani, 2025. Mindful Earth Liberation: An Expanded Spiral Guide for the Work that Reconnects.

Dr. Angela Miller-Porter (she/her) is a mindfulness-based sustainability and social justice educator. Her doctoral research was concerned with Mindfulness in Sustainability Education with a foundational pedagogy in the expanded spiral of the Work that Reconnects.

Angela is a multiracial woman with predominantly German, African, and English American ancestry. She has been studying the three sisters revolutions of mindfulness, sustainability and social justice, both formally and informally, all her life.

It is Angela’s daily mindfulness practice to be an instrument of love and inspiration in this Great Turning of our time. She is the mother of two young adult daughters.

Angela is the co-author of Mindful Earth Liberation: An expanded spiral guide for the Work That Reconnects.

Queen Rev. Mutima Imani (she/her) is an internationally recognized facilitator, speaker, and author specializing in transformative practices that awaken personal and collective potential for a thriving global society. As the convener of Awaken to Love and a dedicated steward of the Work That Reconnects (WTR), Mutima brings a decolonized, inclusive lens to themes of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in social and environmental activism. Drawing on a wealth of experience as a spiritual leader and healer, Mutima intertwines ancestral wisdom, deep ecology, and community-based practices to address the root causes of oppression, disconnection, and ecological collapse.

Mutima is the author of The Promise of the Great Turning, a groundbreaking exploration of how Joanna Macy’s WTR spiral can evolve to address the polycrisis of our time. With a focus on healing intergenerational and racial trauma, nurturing resilience, and fostering liberation. She empowers individuals and communities to navigate the transition toward a just, regenerative future.
Mutima is the co-author of Mindful Earth Liberation: An expanded spiral guide for the Work That Reconnects.