Title: Healing with Nature: Mindfulness Practices to Restore Well-being and Ease in Life

Presenter: Rochelle Calvert, PhD, CMT, SEP

Credit: 1 Complementary Medicine (CoM)

Session Description: During this workshop, we will explore how to practice mindfulness with nature and to cultivate more ease, well-being, and health in life. Mindfulness is to be clear and kindly aware and present with what is arising in our life. Research has shown mindfulness to be effective in supporting stress reduction, changing the health of our brain chemistry, and bringing happiness in overall life. Spending time with nature has also been shown to have many well-being benefits like improving our mood, concentration, and overall sense of satisfaction in life. Nature allures us into being present and aware of life in each moment.

Learning Objectives

1. Practice mindfulness with nature to learn how to awaken your breath, senses, and body.
2. Learn how bringing mindfulness with nature into everyday life offers health and well-being.
3. Explore how to integrate mindfulness with nature into the activities of your life.

Bio: Rochelle Calvert, PhD, is the author of Healing with Nature: Mindfulness and Somatic Practices to Heal from Trauma. She has studied and taught mindfulness for the past 18 years and personally knows the transformational potential. As a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of New Mindful Life, she supports her clients by taking them into nature with the aid of Bertha Grace, a Sprinter van that serves as a mobile therapy office.