• MINDFUL OF NATURE

Deepening our
connection to
nature & ourselves

Nature has the power to restore what modern life often fragments. Through intentional time in nature we help people reconnect with themselves, each other, and the living world.

✓ All programs offered free or at low cost to qualifying communities

OUR MISSION

Mindful of Nature cultivates connection, awareness, and love of the natural world through nature-based practices, programs, and retreats. When people feel genuinely connected to nature, care and stewardship for the earth and all its living beings follow naturally.

EXPLORE MINDFUL OF NATURE

The First Steps
Into Nature Connection

Our Initiatives

Explore the interconnected initiatives that power our mission: immersive programs, the MBNC™ curriculum, a thriving practitioner network, and science-driven research.

Who We Serve

We bring the benefits of nature connection to people and communities, helping cultivate resilience, connection, and well-being.

Lead or Partner With Us

Are you a trained nature-based mindfulness teacher, forest therapy guide, group facilitator or mission-aligned organization? Join our network tp help bring programs to the communities that need them.

MoN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK

A collaborative community where
practitioners grow together

Connect with fellow practitioners, deepen your craft, and expand your reach through shared knowledge, skills-building events, and meaningful dialogue with people who care about the same things you do. Always free for mission-aligned practitioners.

Nature-Based Practitioners

You are doing some of the most meaningful work in the world. Connect with a national community of fellow guides, facilitators, and teachers, access live learning events and shared resources, and find the peer support you need to deepen your impact and grow your reach.

Partner Organizations

Environmental nonprofits, healthcare institutions, community organizations, and universities can connect with our national network of trained leaders, guides and facilitators to bring programs directly to your people.

Leaders Across Our Fields of Service

Whether you serve first responders, lead youth programs, champion environmental causes, or work with underserved communities, the network connects you with colleagues who share your commitment to healing people and the planet.

ROOTS OF WISDOM

Guiding Voices
In Nature-Based Practice

Many of the practitioners in the Mindful of Nature network have followed the trusted training pathways of the following authors.

Forest Bathing

Our Founder

Rooted in thirty years
of meditation in the wild

Mindful of Nature draws on the work and teachings of Mark Coleman, Buddhist meditation teacher, nature retreat leader, and author of Awake in the Wild. Mark has led over a hundred nature meditation retreats worldwide and trained more than 100 nature meditation teachers over the past two decades. His lifelong synthesis of mindfulness practice and deep love of the natural world is the heart of everything Mindful of Nature does.”

“When we attune to nature with sensitivity,
we can see just how connected we are.”

Mark Coleman, Founder of Mindful of Nature

✓ All programs offered free or at low cost to qualifying communities