1. The Ground We Stand On

We live with the land, not on top of it. Our health rises and falls with the health of the country, the waters, and the communities we belong to. To care for self is to care for others, and to care for others is to care for the land.

2. Health as Relationship

Illness is rarely just a broken part to be fixed; it is a disruption in relationship, to body, to breath, to food, to community, to meaning. Healing is fostered when we restore those relationships.

3. Educare & Educere

We teach and instruct (educare), but only so that we can draw out the wisdom and vitality already present (educere). Every human being carries inner resources for healing, growth, and creativity. Our role is to facilitate their return.

4. The Commons of Care

Health cannot belong to a single profession, discipline, or ideology. We commit to a commons of care where physiotherapists, medical practitioners, artists, scientists, elders, children, and environmental stewards exchange knowledge, skills, and presence.

5. Practice as Transformation

Training the body, the mind, the voice, the memory, is not only technical it is relational and spiritual. Through disciplined practice, we reconnect with ourselves and with the living world.

6. Elders and Youth Together

The wisdom of elders is medicine. The vitality of youth is medicine. We bring them back together to share skills, stories, and ways of living that keep communities whole.

7. Beyond Monetary Incentive

Sustainability matters, but our deeper motive is not profit. It is the flourishing of people, place, and planet. Monetary exchange may sustain us, but never define us.

8. Our Call

We call on healthcare practitioners, educators, environmentalists, and community members to recognise the web that holds us together. Healing is not delivered it is cultivated. Connection is not optional it is essential.