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The #PowerofNature: #LakeSuperior (Part 3)

December 27, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is the last in this story excerpt from Ocean of Insight, a book in the works. I’m crowd-sourcing the project and welcome your feedback. Thanks for your input–H For the rest of our Lake Superior family vacation I refuse to take the helm. As a matter of fact, I…

The #PowerofNature: #LakeSuperior (Part 2)

December 26, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is part two of an excerpt from Ocean of Insight, a book in the works. I’m crowd-sourcing the project and welcome your feedback. Thanks for your input–H Lake Superior is kicking up. Bursts of wind push hard against the mainsail and cause us to tilt over and then bob…

The #PowerOfNature: #LakeSuperior

December 11, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is an excerpt from Ocean of Insight, a book in the works. I’m crowd-sourcing the project and welcome your feedback. Thanks for your input–H Sailors’ Log: July 17, 1992, 15:40—Apostle Island National Lakeshore, Lake Superior I feel melancholy at the wheel of our rented twenty-nine foot sloop as I…

The #ForumOnReligionandEcology at #Yale

December 10, 2013 by heatherlynmann

The Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology explores religious worldviews and the insight they offer into complex environmental concerns. Here, conferences, publications and a website unite spiritual wisdom with the disciplines of science, economics, and public policy to create comprehensive solutions to local and global environmental challenges.

#Floods, #Drought, and how #ClimateChange Ruined my #FloridaVacation

December 10, 2013 by heatherlynmann

For spring break in 2008 our college kids joined my husband and me aboard our sailboat: Wild Hair. We planned for them an eight-day roundtrip cruise from Ft Lauderdale to Key West. But our scheme fell apart and the trip turned out to be the worst of our family vacations…

A #ClimateChange #Koan

December 7, 2013 by heatherlynmann

[wpvideo c5Ubcbnk] Here is a Koan to hold with curiosity during a time of quiet reflection. Perhaps it will unlock for you a new understanding about the workings of nature-- Sailor: Who hears the sound of the last wave? Ocean: I have no waves. Note: I shot this video on…

#MeditationPractice for the #SacredEcologist

December 6, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Through the ages, wise ones handed down two forms of meditation: active and selective. In active meditation, we sit in an upright way, calm our body, and place attention on the inflow and outflow of our breath. Here we meet our wandering mind. The "practice" of active mediation involves 1)…

#Hope in the Knowledge that #EverythingIsConnected

December 3, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Do you ever wonder if environmental protection makes a difference? Hurl yourself through cyberspace by clicking here to find the answer. This podcast explores nature's interconnection and why skillful action matters. (When you arrive to the link, scroll down to open the Ted Talk entitled, "Everything is Connected.")

#NewYorkTimes #LivingandDying with #ClimateChange

November 13, 2013 by heatherlynmann

In this provocative opinion piece, Roy Scranton considers what it means to be human during civilization's climate collapse. Click here to read Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene. Thank you, Roy, for this insight--

#Dharma Leadership with #angelKyotoWilliams

October 31, 2013 by heatherlynmann

I have the great fortune to co-lead a retreat with angel Kyoto Williams this coming April. The event, sponsored by Spirit Rock Meditation Center, is for the Community Dharma Leadership Program, forth cohort. Here is a gentle story from the Huffington Post that reflects her lovely way.

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