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Nature Sacred is featuring our video meditation!

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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).

Posted: June 23, 2021, 1:32 PM

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“Nature as Teacher” Video Meditation feat. by Nature Sacred

Check it out in their May care package!

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).

Posted: May 24, 2021, 2:16 PM

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From the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park: Happy summer break!

Our Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park Firesoul, Sandra Abbott, would like to share one of her favorite stories of the Beuys Park in celebration of summer. She encourages you to look for the little instances of peace and serenity in nature as it is blooming. 

“ One evening, I stopped by the park at dusk to check in on a dance rehearsal for a performance that the Beuys park was hosting.

As the sun dimmed, I realized I wasn't the only one watching. 

A beautiful red fox had trotted into the park and positioned herself up against one of the smaller stones. Curiously, she leaned back on one elbow in the laziest repose. I was stunned by her human-like attitude and what seemed like genuine interest in the dancers' performance! It was a remarkable and funny thing to see — this gorgeous animal interacting with us at a distance, yet thoroughly engaged. 

Asking the dancers if they'd noticed her, they nonchalantly replied, "Oh, yeah. She's been one of regulars at rehearsals this week."

One never knows what kinds of human and nature connections one will make in a Sacred Place!”

In nature, we find connection in the little moments. We encourage you to reconnect with nature, with yourself, and with the things that make you happy this summer!

Posted: May 20, 2021, 1:46 PM

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