Begin the new season of hope and change with inspiration and beauty. Attend BENEFIT TARA on October 1, 2026, and ignite your open-hearted creativity. 

The TARA Approach vision is expansive. Support this groundswell of regenerative health by attending the BENEFIT TARA Poetry & Music Event with TARA Founder Stephanie Mines and TARA Advanced Practitioner and Foundations Teacher, musician Sanson Shines (formerly known as Peter Heard).

All proceeds are directed towards these major projects. 

• TARA at Bumi Sehet. This is a two-pronged vision. Stephanie will interview in-person Bumi Sehat founder and CNN Hero Ibu Robin Lim, and impart TARA resources to the Bumi Sehat team of midwives and therapists. 

• The Nisaba Series. Help Stephanie and Girl God Books manifest an anthology that resurrects Nisaba, the inventor of writing, libraries and universal literacy. In addition, Stephanie and Trist Hendren, Girl God Books publisher, are creating a children's book so that all youth can know about the lineage of Nisaba, the mother of storytelling.

When you register with a minimum donation of $25 USD you can both attend the event/performance of poetry and music on Zoom and receive the event recording to replay and re-ignite your muse. 

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Stephanie Mines is an award-winning poet. Her latest collection is The Great Physician: Medicinal Poetry for the Anthropocene. She is also the founder of the writer's mentorship program, Writing Like a Medicine Woman.

Sanson Shines (formerly known as Peter Heard) is a well-known musician in Aotearoa where he practices and teaches the TARA Approach. Sanson and Stephanie have collaborated many times before to exhilarated audiences who always beg for more.

Date: October 1, 2026 (October 2 downunder in Aotearoa/New Zealand)

Where/When: Online via Zoom,

1 PM Pacific/ 9am NZDT (1 hour)

Suggested Minimum Donation: $25USD
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