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As we enter the last few weeks of summer break and excitement builds for the fall, we encourage you to take some time to recenter and recharge. 

That’s why we’re revisiting our Nature as Teacher meditation series— featuring the captivating nature footage of Research Associate Professor, Director of UMBC’s Imaging Research Center and award-winning filmmaker, Lee Boot. 

All three Nature as Teacher video meditations have officially been released on our Youtube channel. Learn more about Lee Boot and watch the video meditations here!

Boot’s video meditations were recently featured as “Curated Picks” in Nature Sacred’s monthly newsletters! Previously released as audio meditations, this series is kindly narrated by UMBC’s HR’s Director of Workplace Learning, Organizational Development, and Wellness, Jill Wardell. 

Nature Sacred:

CULTIVATE THIS

Our latest Nature Sacred Guide is the third in a three-part “Nature as Teacher” meditation series that works to cultivate mindfulness with the natural world and deepen inner-awareness. Created by our partners at The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture at UMBC, these programs leverage imagery and inspiration from the nearby Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park — home of a unique and much-loved Sacred Place.

Hit reset with this calming mediation: 

https://naturesacred.org/programming_kit/nature-as-teacher-cultivating-peace-in-uncertain-times/

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Each video meditation is kindly filmed by Research Associate Professor, Director of UMBC’s Imaging Research Center and award-winning filmmaker Lee Boot and narrated by UMBC’s Director of Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness and Founder & CEO of Wardell Development Group LLC.,Jill Wardell. The project is supported by the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture and the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership with a generous gift from Nature Sacred (naturesacred.org).

BATHE IN THIS.

Set aside deadlines and expectations for 12 minutes. Instead, place yourself in nature's hands to find stability and peace. Our partners at the Center of Arts, Design and Visual Culture at UMBC, home to this Sacred Place, can show you how. This is the second of three "Nature as Teacher" meditations, set in a serene nature backdrop near their Sacred Place.

Listen and watch the program here: https://naturesacred.org/programming_kit/nature-as-teacher-cultivating-peace-in-uncertain-times/ 

Each video meditation is kindly filmed by Research Associate Professor, Director of UMBC’sImaging Research Center and award-winning filmmaker Lee Boot and narrated by UMBC’s Director of Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness and Founder & CEO of Wardell Development Group LLC.,Jill Wardell. The project is supported by the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture and the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership with a generous gift from Nature Sacred (naturesacred.org).