UPCOMING EVENTS
Guided Mindful Walks | Workshops + Retreats | Presentations
Mindful Walks with Nature
Forest Bathing in East Haddam, CT
May 3 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Free event. Please visit the East Haddam Land Trust website for details.
Forest Bathing Along the Artists’ Trail — Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme
May 11 | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Awaken your senses on a forest bathing experience along the Artists’ Trail.
Summer Solstice Celebration at Pleasant Valley Preserve, Lyme, CT
June 20 | 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Celebrate the arrival of summer with a guided forest bathing session and enjoy creating a mandala together in honor of the Sun.
Mindfulness Workshops and Retreats
June 13-15 at Mercy by the Sea in Madison, CT
About this Offering
During this retreat, we will explore our bodies and the body of Earth as sources of wisdom that inform and reflect each other. When we practice cultivating an embodied awareness through the art of grounding, sensory attention, gentle movement exercises, and creativity, we invite an open and receiving heart that naturally returns the gift with reciprocity and gratitude. Nature supports us in bringing awareness to our body and breath, our elemental nature, and the cycles and rhythms of life as we participate in the dance. Embodiment is not only about living a more balanced and easeful life, but also a practice of relationship, an invitation to awaken to the intimacy of self, one another, and Earth — a calling into community. Our time together will also include Forest Bathing to open our senses and experience how being immersed among the trees reconnects us to Spirit. In their free time, participants may also enjoy the option of contemplative walks through the seven-circuit outdoor labyrinth overlooking Long Island Sound.
About the Presenter
Regan Stacey is a returning Mercy by the Sea presenter. She is an artist and advocate for Earth whose passion is to reconnect humans to nature for personal, collective, and planetary well-being. She is the founder of the Earthsong Project, an initiative offering mindful nature connection through guided forest walks, retreats, and courses designed to nourish a sacred life. She is co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, teaching people to guide mindful walks with nature in their communities. Regan holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Philosophy, Science, and Religion through the University of Edinburgh. She is trained as a mindfulness meditation teacher through Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, a mindfulness-based stress reduction teacher through Brown University, a Buddhist Eco-Chaplain through the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, and is skilled in various nature-based and embodiment practices.
Embodying Earth
August 2 at Mercy by the Sea in Madison, CT
About this Offering
“Living Earth, Living Cosmos” will invite participants into an immersive day-long experience of spiritual renewal through deep connection with our planetary home. We will orient ourselves by watching the “Journey of the Universe” film, weaving together science with ancient spiritual wisdom to tell the epic story of cosmic evolution. Participants will then journey through the “Cosmic Walk,” an embodied ritual experience of the 13.8-billion-year Universe Story, held along a 138-foot spiral on the shores of expansive Long Island Sound. We will reflect together on what it means to be interconnected with life from cells to animals to stars bringing forth the elements of our bodies.
During our afternoon session, we will come into our Earthly being and touch into the aliveness that is present in every moment. Opportunities to connect with the land and ocean will be offered through a series of sensory meditations that invite us to awaken to the sacredness of life, renewing a sense of kinship and community with the natural world.
Our time together will conclude with a final reflection that will unite our Cosmic and Earthly interconnection, from stars to trees and the sea that laps the shores of time, expanding our sense of belonging in vast and intimate ways.
About the Presenters
Sam King is an environmental educator, writer, facilitator and activist. He serves as a Researcher for the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology and Project Manager for the Emmy Award-winning “Journey of the Universe” film and multimedia project where he curates a monthly newsletter and hosts a podcast inviting audiences into a deeper understanding of what it means to be woven into the 13.8-billion-year story of the cosmos. He is also Director of Integral Ecology for the Marist School Network, working with youth leaders around the country to nurture their spiritual connection with nature and advance climate action, biodiversity restoration, and environmental justice. Learn more about Sam at https://fore.yale.edu/About-Us/Who-We-Are/Our-Team.
Regan Stacey is a returning Mercy by the Sea presenter who has facilitated many day and weekend program offerings. She is an artist and advocate for Earth whose passion is to bring humans and nature together for personal, collective, and planetary wellbeing. She is the co-founder of The Forest Therapy School, a forest therapy guide training program, and offers forest bathing and mindfulness in nature retreats. She is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher though Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. Learn more about Regan at https://reganstacey.com/.
Living Earth, Living Cosmos
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