This presentation shares our experience of educating from wholeness at our arts and nature-based integral education project for underprivileged children in rural India. A Place for Us integrates physical, emotional, cognitive, relational and spiritual dimensions of learning, addressing the whole child within socio-cultural realities. Our programme provides nourishing food, basic literacy and numeracy skills, incorporating storytelling, theatre, painting, music, and nature exploration to foster creativity, resilience, and ecological awareness. Facilitators engage in inner work such as meditation, breathwork, and embodied practices to serve the children from a place of wholeness. Evaluation tools adapted for literacy-challenged children include observational assessments, visual tools, participatory methods, and community feedback. Outcomes include enhanced nutrition, improved literacy, better focus and concentration, creativity, emotional resilience, nature connection, and community empowerment. This replicable model demonstrates how integral education principles can transform learning in resource-constrained settings, inspiring a collective vision for holistic education that nurtures every child’s potential.
