Carl & Audrey Lavin Speaker Series: Celebrating Native Plant Month

Outdoor Mindfulness: Presence with Place

How many seeds can one plant before the mind starts wondering? Can you walk the same trail and see it anew each time, with each step? What will you notice about the relationships in nature? In this session we cultivate present awareness through mindfulness practices aimed at deepening our connection to everyday sights and routine actions. Visitors will leave with a handful of practices to try out in their own backyards, gardens, or favorite hiking trails.

Speaker Bio:

Caryl Church-Jesseph, M.A., (she/her) is an award-winning educator, artist and writer in the Great Lakes Region. She is a licensed art educator with certifications in trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness, and eco-therapy facilitation. After 20 years of school teaching, Caryl founded Phia Creative Arts which offers arts and nature-based programming. You can learn more about her offerings at phiacreativearts.com

Hosted by The Wilderness Center. Attendance for this program is offered in-person or virtually. 

Please note that recordings of the presentations will be subject to each presenter’s preferences. For those who register as ‘Virtual,’ you will receive a Zoom link for the presentation 1-2 days prior to the event date.