“There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits: there is strength in the hills,
if only we lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.” -Calvin Coolidge
“There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits: there is strength in the hills,
if only we lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.” -Calvin Coolidge
Scheduled Events
Compassion, Loss & Grief Meditation and Nature Walk Location: Wells Reserve, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd, Wells, ME An opportunity to learn about the Power of Compassion and Awareness as a resource for loss & grief while walking in nature. We have ongoing losses in our lifetime and have a choice to turn away or meet grief with compassion. Grief needs to be heard and seen; when we witness and compassionately care for it, we can move through and integrate the sorrow. Come learn how compassion and nature help us care for grief. This event shares the principles of compassion as a resource for loss and grief. Participants practice cultivating compassion through a Portaling (i.e., Expanding) Awareness Walk (PAW). PAW is an opportunity to step into nature while being guided to expand your awareness (i.e., our outer senses, inner sensations, thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and connections). This experience grounds and opens you to what needs your attention as it settles and supports your mind and body. |
Weather permitting (~75minutes) Sunday November 10, 2024 10AM Sunday November 24, 2024 10AM email or text to register [email protected] (207) 408-5657 Cost: Free with site admission ($6) |
Third Gate: Sorrows of the World: Loss and Grief Meditation and Walk Location: Wells Reserve, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd, Wells, ME Come join others as we pause at the Third Gate of Grief: The Sorrows of the World. This gate encompasses the collective grief we feel for the suffering in the world. We meet at the Wells Reserve Portal (land art sculpture in the field that stands right of the entrance booth). Learn about the Portal of Awareness that teaches us how to expand our awareness which has the power to cultivate compassion and heal. We start with a sitting meditation and move to a mindful walking meditation that includes a sorrow and grief ritual. GRIEF: G - seek Gratitude as medicine R- seek Resilience I - be aware with Intention E - be willing to Embody suffering F- meet all Feelings with compassion |
Sundays (weather permitting) November 17, 2024 at 10AM text or email to register [email protected] (207) 408-5657 COST: free with site admission ($6) |
Exploring Loss, Grief, and Compassion (3-session Series) Location: Wells Reserve, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd, Wells, ME Loss and grief* touch all of us yet we are often unsupported to navigate it. We tend to turn away from it rather than toward it with compassion and care. In this series, participants learn how to turn toward and be present with loss and grief as they create a space of compassion to facilitate healing and build resilience. The series offers compassion, awareness and nature as resources for grief. *Loss and Grief refer to any and all the losses we encounter in life |
3 session series (must attend all sessions) 9:30 - 11:30 AM March 15, 22, 29, 2024 Series (closed) April 20, 27, May 4, 2024 (closed) Dec 2024 and Jan 2025 TBD email or text to register or inquire [email protected] (207) 408-5657 COST: $75.00 for 3 sessions |
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Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
-Dalai Lama XIV
-Dalai Lama XIV