Are you seeking the antidote to the stress of modern living?
Spending time in nature is a powerful antidote to the stress of modern living. In recent years, a growing body of evidence has proven what many naturalists, outdoor enthusiasts, poets, and indigenous cultures have long known: the great outdoors is profoundly good for us on all levels.
Nature and Mindfulness Immersion
with Dr. Matt Rushford
Re-Wilding Ourselves for Inner Peace and Healing
Spending time in nature is a powerful antidote to the stress of modern living. In recent years, a growing body of evidence has proven what many naturalists, outdoor enthusiasts, poets, and indigenous cultures have long known: the great outdoors is profoundly good for us on all levels.
Join Master Naturalist Dr. Matt Rushford for a day of forest bathing, guided meditations, and council sharing to help ease the stress and traumas of modern life and weave threads of connection to our source within and without ourselves. Learn about the science of “Re-Wilding” and rediscover the mystery and magic that the natural world has to promote a deeper sense of connection, belonging, and joy.
The day will include:
2 hour mindful forest walk with “sit spot” meditation and wildcrafted tea ceremony
Council circle.
Guided meditation to meet your inner Guide.
Organic lunch catered by local farm.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction technique training.
Location: Metta Earth Institute, Lincoln, VT
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 18th
We tend to think of ourselves as modern people delving occasionally into an alien primitive environment.
In reality, we are primitive people trying to cope with life in an alien modern environment. Nature is not an aesthetic, it is our most fundamental matrix ("matrix" from the word for "mother"), and every cell in our bodies longs desperately for the smell, sight, touch, taste and connections that time spent in our matrix provides.
Guided nature immersions have been proven to help reduce stress hormones, lower blood pressure, reduce anxiety and depression, and increase feelings of joy and peace.
One-day outdoors immersion with science-based mindfulness practices, nature encounters, guided meditations, and stress reduction work. Organic catered lunch included
Dr. Matt Rushford is an Associate Professor in the Environmental and Health Sciences department at Northern Vermont University, where he directs the Holistic Health degree program. He is a Vermont Master Naturalist and has earned both basic and advanced certification in Mindful Outdoor Guiding from the Kripalu School for Mindful Outdoor Leadership. Dr. Matt has studied with some of the great teachers of nature awareness, including Nova Kim and Tom Brown, Jr. [He is the author of Born Broken: De-Pathologizing the Human Condition and Rainbow Sparkle Party: Notes on Courage, Humor and Hope from a Cancer Dad, and many articles and stories on holistic family living and nature.] He lives in Williston, Vermont with his wife Julieta, son Storm and their German shepherd Athena,