Learning from Nature with Mark Coleman

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Buddhist teacher Mark Coleman joins Forrest and Dr. Rick to share how we can learn from nature and incorporate it into our practice. Mark shares his insights and experiences from years of leading wilderness retreats, and explains how reconnecting with the natural world can deepen mindfulness and enhance our well-being. You’ll learn specific meditative practices, how to bring the outside inside, the power of our “wild” aspects, and how we can move from being in nature to simply being nature.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.6	If you're new to the podcast, thanks for listening today, and if you've listened before,
0:14.4	welcome back.
0:15.4	I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, Rick is a clinical psychologist.
0:20.3	He is an author, and he is also my dad, so dad, how are you doing today?
0:25.3	I'm doing great, and I'm thoroughly psyched to have a chance to talk with our friend,
0:29.6	my friend Mark Coleman, who's a wonderful meditation teacher, and has been my buddy in a lot of
0:35.7	cool walks over many, many years.
0:38.6	So Mark has studied in a wide variety of Buddhist traditions since the 1980s, and he's a senior
0:44.6	meditation teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California, and he's also
0:49.7	the founder of Awake in the Wild, an organization that runs programs focused on a
0:54.7	nursing people in the natural world, which is going to be a significant focus of our conversation
0:59.5	today.
1:00.5	And he's also the author of four books, including From Suffering to Peace, The True Promise
1:04.9	of Mindfulness, and his newest book, A Field Guide to Nature Meditation, 52 Mindfulness
1:10.4	Practices for Joy, Wisdom, and Wonder.
1:13.8	So Mark, thanks for joining us today.
1:15.4	How are you doing?
1:16.8	Thank you for having me.
1:18.0	I am doing very well.
1:19.7	I am particularly delighting in this wild spring weather we're having here in Northern
1:24.8	California.
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