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Nature-Based Practice Meditations
Mindfulness Meditations
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A Field Guide to Nature Meditation
52 Mindfulness Practices for Joy, Wisdom, and Wonder
by Mark Coleman
Have you ever wanted to take your meditation practice outdoors? Wondered how your time in nature can be a support for well-being, joy, and peace? Or, do you already meditate in nature and wish to deepen your practice?
Whether you are new to meditation or have extensive experience, insight meditation teacher and wilderness guide Mark Coleman has created a clear and easy-to-use field guide that shows you step-by-step how to develop a nature-based meditation practice. Learn accessible mindfulness practices that deepen your awareness of the natural world, open you to states of wonder and love, and help bring connection, clarity, and focus to your daily life. With meditations for every week of the year, you’ll be able to practice in different seasons, various terrains, and whatever the weather. Follow these simple, yet profound meditations and you’ll discover immediate ways to relieve stress and access peace, joy and beauty anywhere you are.
Poems from the Wild: The Poetry of Mark Coleman
Meditating in Nature
Part 1& Part 2
App-Based Guided Meditations
Hosted by Waking Up
In Meditating in Nature, Mark Coleman invites us to cultivate “the joy and profundity of a nature-based practice.”
Across eight guided sessions, Mark reveals how the simplest of experiences—”listening to morning birdsong, gazing up at the vastness of the night sky, lying in a wildflower meadow”—can make meditation more effortless and enjoyable, and even “open the mind to insight about timeless truths.”
Where to Find More Online Meditations and Talks
Meditation Journeys the VR App
Presented by The New York Times
with Mark Coleman
Take a moment to be more mindful as The New York Times presents Meditation Journeys, an immersive VR experience that will transport you to a spectacular Pacific Ocean vista, the peaceful shade beneath the giant redwoods, a babbling stream where you can watch the sunrise and the quiet stillness atop the California hills at sunset. Throughout each journey, the meditation coach Mark Coleman, founder of Awake in the Wild and The Mindfulness Institute, will guide you through these mindful meditations.
With four videos in this collection, you can choose the meditation and location that suits your mood. Meditating while immersed in VR may change the way you think about mindfulness – or simply make it easier to shut off the outside world and focus on your meditation practice.