Upcoming events
reset this spring: Easy ayurveda for lifestyle & nutrition
Reset this Spring: Easy Ayurveda for Lifestyle and Nutrition
When: March 11th, 6-8 pm
Where: Kennebec Neighbors Adult Education
Cost: $55.00
Registration: Register Here
Spend 2 hours with a family doctor, Josie Conte, DO and discuss simple practices to refresh your mind, body, and lifestyle.
Roses and Cocoa: VAlentine’s day self-care
Self Care starts with intention. We’ll learn to make scrubs, today it will be Rose and cocoa. We will melt in a foot soak.
Coyote INSTITUTE’S Fifth annual two eyed seeing CONFERENCE
Coyote Institute's Fifth Annual Two-Eyed Seeing Conference
When: January 23-25, 2026
Where: Virtually (on Zoom) and in-person at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine.
Register: HERE
Our Fifth Annual Two-Eyed Seeing Conference will be held January 23-25, 2026 both virtually and in-person at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine.
Our inspiration for this annual conference comes from Albert Marshall, a M’iqmak elder who popularized the term two-eyed seeing, or etuaptmumk, in his language. Two-eyed seeing establishes the equal validity of indigenous ways of knowing with contemporary scientific ways of knowing. It is a generous concept that recognizes the value of understanding these various paradigms and acknowledging that they can co-exist, and be applied, in integrative ways. In this year's conference, we explore the application of the concept of Two-Eyed Seeing in healthcare through the work of our presenters.
We are excited to have already confirmed expert speakers from around the globe with deep knowledge to share in Ayurveda, Osteopathy, Indigenous mental health practices, Women’s health, herbalism, and much more. Our conference will feature a diversity of voices, as we believe that inclusion, equality, and diversity are of upmost importance in our conference programming. Please see our full schedule below.
Our conference will take place live - both virtually and in person - in Maine, USA. For those joining us in person, the event space in Maine will open at 7:30 AM daily. For those joining virtually, the Zoom meeting will start at 8 AM each day. We will end at 5 PM each day.
All presentations will be recorded for later viewing by attendees. All attendees will receive free access to all recorded presentations for one month following the conference. Lifetime access to all recorded presentations is available for an additional fee.
This three-day program also includes 19.75 hours of CME/CE for licensed professionals, DO’s and MD’s.
Conference Pricing:
MD/DO (includes CME): $450
Other Licensed Practitioners (includes CE): $300
General Public, Students and Residents: $150
Lifetime Access to recordings (Add-on only): $100
*special pricing available with Tribal ID, please email us here for details
Two Eyed Seeing Conference Jan 23-25 2026 Full Schedule
Day 1: Friday Jan 23, 2026
8 - 8:30 AM: Welcome and Opening Prayer with Steve Knockwood (Recovery coach and student of culture) (Maine, USA)
8:30 - 9:15 AM: On Two-Eyed Seeing with Albert Marshall and Lewis Mehl- Madrona, MD, PhD. (Maine, USA) (0.75)
9:15 -10:00 AM: Current Issues Across Wabanaki in What is Now Called Maine: Research, Pedagogy, and Collaborative Outreach with Darren Ranco, PhD (Maine, USA) (0.75)
10:00 - 10:30 AM: Break
10:30 - 11:30 AM: 10:30 - 11:30 AM: Healing at Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness: Taking a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach with Lisa Sockabasin, MS, RN (Maine, USA) (1.0)
11:30 AM-12:15 PM: White Guy on the Good Red Road with Robert Smith (Two Eagles), B.A, LMT (Lakewood, NY) (.75)
12:15 - 1:45 PM: Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 PM: It Takes a Village: Forming a Pod of Healing Supporters with Barbara Mainguy, LCSW, Sharon Jordan, LCSW, and Steve Knockwood (Maine, USA) (1.0)
2:45- 3:00 PM: Break
3:00- 4:00 PM: to be announced (1.0)
4:00- 5:00 PM: Recreating Songlines from Trauma Trails: The Ceremony of Indigenous Facilitation Practice - Country Holds the Space with Caroline (Carlie) Atkinson, BSW (Hon), PhD, MAASW (Acc) (Australia) (1.0)
Day 2: Saturday Jan 24, 2026
8 - 8:15 AM: Day Two Welcome and Opening Prayer with Sandra Bassett (Maine, USA)
8:15-9:00 AM: The Recovery Journey with Sandra Bassett (Maine, USA) (.75)
9:00-10:00 AM: Violence and Health: Moving Toward Decolonizing with Patrick McFarlane, MSN, MSW, MA, PhD (c) (Detroit, Michigan, USA) (1.0)
10:00 - 10:15 AM: Break
10:15-11:00 AM: Creating Waning Moon with Two-Eyed Seeing: A Menopausal Transition Health Promotion Intervention with Indigenous, Integrative, and Conventional Health Education Developed with Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Women with Lisa J. Taylor-Swanson PhD, MAcOM, LAc, Dipl OM (Utah, USA) (0.75)
11:00 AM-11:45 AM: Designing Culturally Responsive eMental Health Apps: Insights from Indigenous Youth Using a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach with Johanna Sam, PhD (Vancouver, BC)(.75)
11:45 AM-12:45 PM: Native American Chaplaincy with Terri Delahanty, Rick Bourque, and Mike Brown (Prison Chaplains, York, CT, USA) (1.0)
12:45 - 2:00 PM: Lunch
2:00 - 2:45 PM: Blending Western Healing Tools with Indigenous Ways of Approaching the Body and Story with Lewis Mehl- Madrona, MD, PhD; Barbara Mainguy, MSW, LCSW; Josie Conte, DO and Magili Quinn, DO (Maine, USA) (.75)
2:45- 3:15 PM: Nomadic science and knowledge: Two-Eyed Seeing in Mongolian Pasture Management with Alexandra Heller, Bulgamaa Densambuu, Ph.D., and Burmaa Dashbal, Ph.D. (Maine, USA and Ulaanbaatar, Mongola) (0.5)
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-5 PM: He Whaiwhakaaro: in pursuit of a philosophy of voices and visions in Māori Healing and Psychiatry with Allister Bush, MD and Wiremu NiaNia (Wellington, NZ) (1.5)
5:00 - 5:30 PM: Break
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Trans-Temporal, Trans-Cultural Healing with Sound Immersion: A Journey Through Sound with Peter Blum, C.Ht, C.I., M.S.C. (New York, USA)
Day 3: Sunday Jan 25, 2026
8 - 8:30 AM: Day Three Welcome and Opening Prayer with Lauren Stevens (Maine, USA)
8:30-9:30 AM: Healing Together: Community, Culture, and Connection in Mental Wellbeing with Sophie Redlin, MD (London, England) (1.0)
9:30-10:30 AM: The Journey through Cancer with Ayurveda: When Hope is a Four-Letter Word with Bhaswati Bhattacharya MPH, MD, PhD (Pharmacology, Ayurveda) (New York, USA) (1.0)
10:30 - 10:45 AM: Break
10:45 - 11:30 AM: Therapeutic support for spiritual awakening experiences with Lorraine Tolmie, PhD(c)(Scotland) (0.75)
11:15 AM-12:15 PM: Barriers to Mental Health Care for the Wabanaki People with Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD,, Joshua Newman, MD, Patrick McFarlane, and Benjamin Huerth, MD (Maine, USA and Detroit, MI) (1.0)
12:15 - 1:45 PM: Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 PM: Healing the Circle: Ancestral Trauma, Somatic Archaeology, and Native Wellness with Ruby Gibson, PhD (Evergreen, CO, USA) (1.0)
2:45- 3:45 PM: Disassociachotic: Seeing the Non-psychosis with Matt Ball, PMHNP (Adelaide, Australia)(1.0)
3:45-4:15: Break
4:15- 5:00 PM: Where Do We Go from Here? Turning Nouns into Verbs and Other Steps to Decolonize Psychiatry with Lewis Mehl- Madrona, MD, PhD (Maine, USA) (0.75)
Two-Eyed Seeing Conference CME/CE Details:
The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the Maine Medical Association (MMA) Council on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians. UNE COM has requested that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education approve this program for a maximum of 19.75 hours of AOA Category 2-A CME credits. Approval is currently pending.
UNE COM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 19.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
UNE COM designates 19.75 University of New England contact hours for non-physicians. Contact hours may be submitted by non-physician, non-PA health professionals for continuing education credits
Physicians and other attendees should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity. The University upon receipt of this completed and signed form, will submit the osteopathic credits to the AOA.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Maine Medical Association through the joint providership of University of New England, and Coyote Institute. University of New England is accredited by the Maine Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Rabbit Medicine: Manual Healing, Movement and Story for Healing
When: Thursday, January 22, 2026 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Where: University of New England in Biddeford, Maine.
Price: $100 - $195
MD, DO, NP: $195 (Includes 5.5 CME/CE)
General Admission: $100 (No CME/CE)
Register: HERE
Join us this year in person for a special pre-conference workshop featuring Magili Chapman, D.O., Josie Conte D.O., C-NMM/OMM, Lewis Mehl-Madrona MD, PhD, and Barbara Mainguy, MA, LCSW.
Embodied approaches to trauma have emerged as necessary and vital to healing in recent years. Yet, the question remains how to release the effects of trauma from the body. Osteopaths and other manual therapists are uniquely positioned to accomplish this. Through a combination of discussions, demonstrations, and practice exercises, we will deepen people’s understanding of trauma-associated healing and the ability to practice in this way.
We have been calling our approach “Rabbit Medicine”, for Rabbit dwells in the south on the medicine circle – the place of compassion and relationship. Rabbit Medicine is gentle and persistent. Here in the Wabanaki territory of Maine, Rabbit lost its beautiful, bushy tail through its altruism for others. What seemed a terrible wound became a great gift, for it enabled Rabbit to run faster through the forest and escape Fox. The wandering, winding way of Rabbit is to turn wounds into advantages. In this story, Gluskabe, the cultural hero of the Wabanaki people, serves as the narrative therapist for Rabbit.
During our time together, we will integrate manual medicine, movement, narrative therapy, and yoga into our work to varying degrees, depending on our individual backgrounds. Together, we will also illustrate a team approach to trauma healing. We will provide practical ways to use polyvagal theory, power-threat-meaning concepts, and dissociachosis in healing work.
We know that uninvited, unanticipated events that remain unprocessed can manifest as physical, emotional, or psychological challenges—from digestive, reproductive, and neurological issues to anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. Together, through Rabbit Medicine, we will explore ways to heal and transform these afflictions. We will learn to remember that we are all angels with a single wing; only by embracing each other are we able to fly.
Rabbit Medicine Workshop Itinerary
9:00 - 10:00 AM: Gathering: Meet, greet, and establish the circle (All)
10:00 - 11:00 AM: Introduction to the History of Working with People Who Have Experienced Trauma (All Faculty)
We will draw on the work of Peter Levine, Gabor Maté, and Bessel van der Kolk from the Western perspective; Still and Hildreth from the Osteopathic tradition; wisdom shared by Indigenous peoples; the practices of Benedicaria from Southern Italy; Ayurvedic teachings; and the Five Element perspectives of Eastern medicine as represented in Chinese and Japanese healing traditions.
11:00 - Noon: The Science of Trauma; an Osteopathic View (All Faculty)
We will explore polyvagal theory, the Power-Threat-Meaning framework, and dissociachosis, with attention to the anatomy and physiology of shock. We will also examine how the four tenets and five models of Osteopathy inform approaches to healing trauma, and consider the burden of the perpetuated stress response.
Noon - 1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 PM: Demonstration and Discussion of Narrative Interviewing: Skills for Gathering Trauma Stories and Sitting in the Company of the Wound (Mainguy)
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Demonstration: Integrating Story and Osteopathy (All Faculty)
3:00 - 4:30 PM: Hands-on practice of lessons, followed by Q&A (All Faculty)
Rabbit Medicine Workshop CME/CE Details:
The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the Maine Medical Association (MMA) Council on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians. UNE COM has requested that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education approve this program for a maximum of 5.5 hours of AOA Category 1-A CME credits. Approval is currently pending.
UNE COM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
UNE COM designates 5.5 University of New England contact hours for non-physicians. Contact hours may be submitted by non-physician, non-PA health professionals for continuing education credits.
Physicians and other attendees should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity. The University upon receipt of this completed and signed form, will submit the osteopathic credits to the AOA.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Maine Medical Association through the joint providership of University of New England, and Coyote Institute. University of New England is accredited by the Maine Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Ayurveda 101: Gentle Fall Practices for Wellness & Balance
Ayurveda 101: Gentle Fall Practices for Wellness & Balance
When: October 8th 6-8 pm
Where: Kennebec Neighbors Adult Education
Cost: $55.00
As the air turns crisp and the energy of autumn sets in, it’s the perfect time to slow down, release what no longer serves you, and nourish your body and mind. Ayurveda 101 is a workshop grounded in wholistic and natural practices designed to help you align with the rhythms of the season, strengthen digestion, calm the nervous system, and prepare for the inward journey of winter. Whether you are new to Ayurveda or looking to deepen your seasonal practices, this workshop offers a nourishing reset to help you root down—so you can rise with clarity, energy, and ease.
Dancing the Serpent, Dancing the Sky
Dancing the Serpent, Dancing the Sky
Featuring the element: Ether
When: August 24th 2-4 pm
Where: The River Studio, 332 Water St. Hallowell, Maine 04347
Cost: $30.00
Registration: Please pre-register by contacting us.
Float into spaciousness with this unique yoga and dance fusion inspired by the element of Ether (Akasha). Through gentle warm up, flowing isolations, and expressive movement, we’ll explore expansion, subtlety, and the vast inner space of the body and mind. Perfect for cultivating lightness, clarity, and creative expression, this class invites you to move with grace and connect to the essence of stillness and sound. All levels welcome. Colors: deep blue, black, indigo, violet, gold. Bring a journal and pen and a veil or lightweight fabric 3/12 to 4 yards.