Inner Ocean

Restoration of health, building resilience, and empowering leadership in the individuals and communities we serve.

We provide education for women, girls, and children in everything from Psychological and Wilderness First Aid to how to ward off dysentery with local herbs. We find that spending time within these communities allows us to understand the needs from the inside out. Because of this, we also travel to these areas and host health clinics, offering both First Responder resources as well as psychological resources and holistic medicine. We always ally with local nonprofits and host trainings alongside these organizations.

Over the last 5 years, IOEP has developed strong relationships within the international communities we regularly work: India, Nepal, and at the Thai-Burma border. It is through these connections that we never assume we know what is needed but rather, we ask them on a regular basis. We have a wide array of US volunteers from a Trauma-ER nurse to reiki practitioners. We also have many Wilderness First Responders from which we can draw multiple skills from. Additionally, when we are responding to communities in need within the US, we often respond during or after disasters. We have a plethora of volunteers with a multitude of skills however our focus is always on treatment and prevention of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Each and every volunteer becomes a Trauma-Informed Practitioner and therefore has the appropriate skills to offer during these difficult times.

1. Refugees in Thailand/Burma Border- hosted several private clinics for clients with very challenging medical cases and then worked in a clinic for refugees at the border of Thailand and Burma. There we assisted in labor and delivery as well as worked with land mine victims and refugees with ailments such as malaria, dengue fever, and tuberculosis. In addition, we were invited to co-teach several workshops

2.Sex-trafficking in New Delhi, India-hosting several acupuncture clinics in the slums of New Delhi. After treating hundreds of women, children, and a few men, too, we also taught a few educational programs that focused on leadership and creating an awareness of sex-trafficking not only in impoverished communities but even in places like Denver, Colorado. The educational component of this work is on-going as well as working to empower women and stop the oppression of our most vulnerable populations.

3.Poverty and Oppression in Kathmandu and Mustang, Nepal
Hosting several independent clinics and working in clinics established by Acupuncturists Without Borders though run by Nepali acupuncturists. There we teamed up with a local doctor and put on several health camps" which were a huge success in bringing free healthcare to hundreds, if not more than a thousand people.
4.100 Year Flood in Colorado
Inner Ocean joined with several local healthcare workers as well as teams from Acupuncturists Without Borders, and together created and sustained ongoing clinics during the flood and afterward. Also hosted several donation-based health clinic in the community as a way to fundraise for the people of Colorado who had lost their homes.

5. Nepal Earthquake Relief Effort - currently raising funds and supplies for the people of Nepal. Many of the clinics we have supported in the last year have been paused due to the instability of the buildings and so makeshift clinics are being erected and supplies are needed. We have been sending supplies over as they come in.

Next Projects:
1.Addiction and Suicide in Native American Reservations
2.Karen Tribal Medicine Program

Nepal Service Trips
Medicine People Initiative - Empowering the local community leaders within our region with the necessary healthcare training, and education to help those in their own community