About Bauman Wellness

Our Mission

to foster diverse community engagement in wellness activities to transform personal and social illness into wellness.

Our Vision

is that wellness for all is embraced as a global priority.

Our Methodology

to teach five wellness practices, integrated with creative expression and social justice, to nourish wellness in the family, workplace, and community.

Embark on a Wellness Voyage

Dr. Bauman’s current passion is Bauman Wellness.com, a non-profit institute that nourishes cultures of wellness through healing foods, arts, and community learning. Bauman Wellness is a diverse and inclusive community of professional, family and individual members. Dr. Bauman is the co-author of many renowned books, including the Holistic Health Handbook, Holistic Health Lifebook, Foundations of Nutrition Textbook, Therapeutic Nutrition Textbook, Flavors of Health Cookbook, Whole Food Guide for Breast Cancer Survivors, Spice for Life: Self- Healing Recipes, Remedies and Research, Affordable Nutrition, Kidz Culinary Academy Cookbook, Nutrition Essentials for Everyone and Ways to Be Well: Integrative Wellness Handbook.Dr Bauman is a tireless champion for wellness, which he sees as an innate human right, that has been damaged by our degraded food system, and culture of greed, distraction, and dis-ease. Dr Bauman motivates, inspires, and leads by example how we can reclaim our individual, and social wellbeing by mentoring the five integrative wellness practices: eating, moving, reflecting, relating, and serving together.

Dr. Ed Bauman has been at the forefront of the holistic health and nutrition renaissance for the past 50 years. He holds an M.Ed. from the University. of Massachusetts, a M.S. in Nutrition from Heartwood College, and a Ph.D. in Community Health Promotion from the University of New Mexico. After studying traditional health and nutrition systems for more than 30 years, Dr. Bauman created the Eating for Health approach, which forms the basis of his professional and community nutrition programs and consulting practice. He is the founder of Bauman College: Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts. Dr Bauman is the founder of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. He serves as an advisor and advocate for the Rainbow Chef Academy, who brings whole food education and culinary skills to children and families in the California Bay area. Dr Bauman has served as the president for the Sonoma West Medical Foundation, wherein he brought an Integrative Health Institute to his nearby rural hospital which offered in patient education, a whole foods hospital café, research and outpatient referrals to integrative health and wellness providers.

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Our History

It all begins with an idea. Institute for Educational Therapy, (IET) doing business as Bauman Wellness, is a California non-profit corporation, incorporated on April 23, 1984. It has received its IRS 501(c)3 issuance letter on October 30, 1984.

From 1989 to 2020, IET ran Bauman College, which is committed to individual and collective healing through quality education in integrative health. National Holistic Institute announced the acquisition of Bauman College from IET in June, 2020.

We appreciate your support as we transform towards being a self-sustaining, service-oriented, community wellness non-profit member of the community.

IET is overseen by a board of five directors, including three independent board members.

IRS EIN# and EIN confirmation letter: 94-2944848.

IRS determination letter: 1984-Oct-30

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Bauman Integrative Wellness

The wellness of the whole is far greater than the sum of the parts.

Bauman Integrative Wellness courses guide students to learn and practice the five core principles of wellbeing: food,movement, mindfulness, relationship, and service. Founded by Dr. Ed Bauman, and based on Dr. B’s decades of teaching, research and thought leadership, our aim is to identify areas of conflict and dis-ease that can be resolved with group intelligence and engagement. Our programs are based on five wellness practices: Eating for Health, Joyful Movement, Mindfulness, Healing Relationships and Soulful Service integrated with social emotional arts for creative expression and diverse community collaboration for social justice.

Over 80% of disease comes from poor diet and lifestyle: stacking up decades of being overstressed, undernourished, sedentary, toxic, and lacking meaningful community. Our approach is to teach students how to make conscious diet and lifestyle choices. We offer physical, mental, and creative arts exercises to strengthen and align body, mind and spirit. The Bauman Integrative Wellness approach is to connect people to their authentic self, and to a community of belonging where they are valued. Integrative wellness is a vehicle to promote social well-being and transformation.

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Our flagship course is Ways to Be Well: Tools for Healing. This 12-hour course, taught online or in-person, demonstrates to students how to work five nourishing and restorative wellness practices into their daily routines. Integrated with social emotional arts for creative expression, these tools help students to manage stress, adapt to change, and stay well during cycles of turbulence and transformation. In our advanced Facilitator Training, students learn the tools and skills to lead courses themselves, bringing healing to an even wide audience.

Success is achieved when multiple, proven wellness practices work in synergy to provide exponentially greater results than one alone.

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Meet YOUR Bauman Wellness Team

Board of Directors:

Bauman Wellness is led by a dedicated and diverse Board of Directors. Comprising individuals with a wide range of expertise, our board plays a pivotal role in guiding the organization. Their insights and strategic direction are instrumental in shaping our approach to serving sponsors, partners, and communities in need.

Advisory Board:

Our active and diverse Advisory Board brings valuable perspectives to Bauman Wellness. Committed to providing guidance on effective service delivery, sponsor and partner connections, and outreach to populations in need, our Advisory Board members contribute significantly to the success of our mission.

Facilitators, Moderators, and Volunteers:

At Bauman Wellness, our team of Program Facilitators (F), Moderators (M), and Volunteers (V) work in harmony to implement our mission. By integrating five wellness practices with creative expression and social justice, they actively contribute to the nurturing of wellness in families, workplaces, and communities.

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