Nature-Informed Mindfulness and Yoga

11201 Garrison Forest Road,Owings Mills MD 21117

26 August, 2021

Description

Nature informed Mindfulness and Yoga invites the healing powers of nature to improve mental health & wellbeing, and renew the spirt. Step back from the fast-pace of summer and open your senses to the wonders of nature. Join Mira Tessman and Phillip McKnight in a 1.5 hour event that invites you to slow down and listen to the body, center the mind in the present moment, open the heart, and renew the spirit in connection with community and the healing powers of nature. This event will include yoga/mindful movement in a natural setting under a spacious open tent, guided nature-informed mindfulness in the forest with metta (loving-kindness) for self, community, world peace, and will conclude with a final sharing circle. No experience is needed. Bring a yoga mat or beach towel, and water bottle. Spaces are limited. Sliding scale fee of $20-50. “How I go to the woodsOrdinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way of praying, as you no doubt have yours. Besides, when I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, until the foxes run by unconcerned. I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much.” ― Mary Oliver, Swan: Poems and Prose Poems Event Facilitators Phillip McKnightPronouns- he/him Phillip has experience teaching a wide variety of ages, backgrounds, and abilities and uses his MA in Instructional Systems Design to determine the needs of the participant and help them develop skills in mindfulness meditation with tools for body, heart, mind, and community. Trained in the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, Phillip will help design and facilitate course implementation. In addition, Phillip brings with him fifteen years of environmental leadership where he has acted as a naturalist, educator, community advocate, and guide for groups such as The Audubon Society and Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Mindfulness Teacher, Chesapeake Mental Health Collaborative Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Accredited by the International Mindfulness Teacher's Association https://www.natureinformedtherapy.com/ "Mira" Mary E. Tessman, MA, LCPC, RYT-500, C-IAYT Pronouns- she/her Mira is a clinical psychotherapist and has been in private practice since1997 and specializes in mindfulness-based and trauma-informed clinical psychotherapy. She loves teaching, creating yoga sequences, hiking, biking, kayaking and hanging out with family and friends. We all need to heal, to regain our center when we fall off balance, to recalibrate when we veer off course, to remember our True Nature when we're lost in self-doubt, depression, and anxiety and lose touch with our sense of purpose and meaning. The healing arts offer us maintenance and support for daily living. Yoga helps us bring ease to our bodies, open our hearts, and clear our minds. The healing arts are my passion! Mindfulness-Based & Trauma-Informed Clinical Psychotherapy www.wellspringhealingarts.orghttps://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/331859 Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Yoga Therapist & Teacher Teaching Schedule: https://imcw.org/Teachers/Teacher/TeacherID/131Teaching Schedule: https://www.baltimoreyogavillage.com/Mira-Tessman/http://www.heartsjourneyyoga.comLocation: Irvine Nature Center https://www.explorenature.org/ Therapeutic Yoga incorporates slower paced movement flows with breath awareness, gentle strength-building, alignment cues that encourage a safe practice, and balancing of the nervous system. Each class draws from a palette of yogic healing arts including gentle, yin, somatics, kriya, restorative, pranayam, yoga nidra, and meditation. This is a great class for beginners, students recovering from injuries, illness, stress, and for those wanting a more peaceful practice.