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Awake in the Wild Teacher Training

Awake in the Wild Teacher Training

Led by Mark Coleman and Lori Schwanbeck

The Awake in the Wild Teacher Training is an apprenticeship training in guiding contemplative nature practice, inspired by wisdom teachings from the Buddhist tradition, by Mark’s book Awake in the Wild (AITW) and by the wilderness retreats led by Mark and Lori for more than two decades across the Americas.

The Awake in the Wild Teacher Training is for people who care deeply about the earth, who have a strong Dharma / meditation practice and who take that contemplative presence into the outdoors. Equally important, it is for those who feel called to take people deep into nature with a spirit of reverence and contemplation.

The 2024-2025 training program will be held in North America.

2025 – 2026 US-Based Mindfulness Teacher Training

Led by Mark Coleman and Martin Aylward
Based in Berkeley, California

This unique yearlong professional teacher training combines transformational cultivation of your own mindfulness practice and systematic development of mindfulness teaching skills, enabling you to teach a variety of mindfulness programs with confidence and clarity. You will be part of a committed, focused group of like-minded individuals with whom you will receive skilled, guided direction and personalized instruction that will allow you to flourish as a mindfulness facilitator. Our yearlong teacher trainings utilize in-person teaching intensives, online learning, individualized guidance from the teachers and learning mentors and peer group support.

Mindfulness Teacher Training

is a holiday meditation retreat in Baja to unplug, reset and realign as we connect to ourselves, others, and nature.

Natural Radiance

is a silent week-long meditation retreat where you will explore the quality of awareness as a foundation for wisdom, compassion, and awakening. Held at Spirit Rock in Woodacre, CA in November.

Your Brain Isn’t Broken: Meeting ADHD with Mindfulness, Wisdom, and Compassion

In this workshop, you’ll discover how ADHD interrupts our functioning, how to navigate it, and how we can meet ourselves with compassion, forgiveness, & humor.

Baja Kayaking and Meditation Retreat

is a Vipassana meditation retreat and sea kayaking trip held in March 2025 in the pristine wilderness of the Sea of Cortez, around Baja, Mexico.

MARK IS AVAILABLE FOR ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING OR CONSULTING WITH YOUR BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION. TO DISCUSS OPTIONS, RATES, AND TIMES CONTACT MARK.

A Field Guide to Nature Meditation Released as Print Book on Amazon

A Field Guide to Nature Meditation: Available in Print, Audio & Kindle

“From the simplest feeling of a gentle breeze to the great mysteries of life and death, Mark Coleman guides us into an ever-deepening appreciation and understanding of the world around us. A jewel of a book, and highly recommended.”
—Joseph Goldstein, author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening