• MoN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK

A community where
nature teachers 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

The MoN Collaborative Network was built for one reason: nature-based mindfulness teachers should not have to do this work alone. Teaching in forests, meadows, and wild places is profoundly meaningful… and it can also be isolating. When you’re working at the edge of two growing fields, it’s hard to find your people.

This network changes that. Whether you lead forest bathing walks, guide mindful outdoor experiences, facilitate deep ecology practices, or counsel in a clinical setting infused with nature, you belong here. We’re bringing together teachers and practitioners in the field to learn, share, and grow in community.

Professionals from like minded traditions united in one collaborative, open network

WHAT'S INSIDE

Everything you need to thrive in your practice

The network platform gives you five interconnected spaces for learning,
collaboration, and community – all in one place.

Knowledge Bases

Collaboratively built libraries of resources, guides, research, and best practices — organized by topic so you can find what you need and contribute what you know.

Skills-Building Events

Live online workshops, guest speaker sessions, and practice labs hosted by teachers and leaders from across the mindfulness and nature-based practice landscape.

Topic Forums

Focused discussion spaces where practitioners dialogue about specific interests — from working with trauma in nature to adapting practices for urban settings and healthcare environments.

Practitioner Community

A private social network for sharing news, articles, research, and inspiration with colleagues who understand your work. Fewer algorithms, more real connection.

Resources & Blog

Curated articles, program news, and a growing blog highlighting tools, research, and stories from the wider world of nature-based mindfulness practice.

WHO BELONGS HERE

Teachers, practitioners,
and everyone in between

The network was designed primarily for teachers, but it warmly welcomes everyone contributing to nature-based mindfulness in the world. Whatever your role, if you share our values, there is a place for you here.
  • Nature-based mindfulness teachers and guides
  • Researchers studying nature and human wellbeing
  • Healthcare practitioners integrating nature into care
  • Advocates for environmental and ecological healing
  • Program leaders, educators, and community organizers
  • Anyone actively contributing to the broader MoN mission

Immersion

Forest Bathing
The Japanese practice of Forest Bathing (Shinrin-Yoku) – immersive, sensory time in forests for health and restoration

Insight

Awake in the Wild
Nature-based mindfulness teachings in the tradition of Mark Coleman’s contemplative outdoor practice

Mindful Experiences

Kriplau Outdoor Guides
Kripalu’s certified training for leading mindful nature experiences in restorative outdoor settings

Deep Ecology

Work That Reconnects
Joanna Macy’s transformative practices for reconnecting with life and responding to ecological crisis

Buddhism

Nature Dharma
A teacher training program weaving Buddhist practice and nature connection into transformative guidance

Boddhisattva

EcoSattva Training
One Earth Sangha’s training for engaged ecological practice, rooted in care and collective action

Why Join?

01

Deepen your craft

Access curated learning resources, live workshops, and peer wisdom from teachers across the most respected training traditions in nature-based mindfulness.

02

Find your people

End the isolation of solo practice. Build genuine relationships with colleagues who understand the profound, unusual, and deeply meaningful work that you do.

03

Grow your reach

Connect with organizations, researchers, and leaders across the field. Collaborate on projects, share opportunities, and bring your work to communities that need it most.

ALWAYS FREE TO JOIN

Your community is waiting.
Come find your roots.

Membership in the MoN Collaborative Network is free and always will be. We believe that teachers who are well-supported and well-connected do better work — and that better work heals people and the planet.

No Cost - Just Community!