Why Mindfulness?

So often, our minds get stuck in the past, longing for what no longer is, or regretting what might have been. Or perhaps, the mind has thrust itself into the future — planning, fantasizing, worrying. The job of the mind is to catalog and categorize information and to decide how and when to bring that knowledge to bear in decision making. Still, the past is over and the future hasn’t arrived. Participation in the act of being alive requires us to make some space in our mind for what is happening now. At Mindful by Nature, we want to help you to cultivate stress resilience in order to enjoy the experience of living.

Approach

Finding Calm Amid Life’s Storms

Stress is a part of life - but it doesn’t have to control your experience. At Mindful by Nature, we help you build resilience and discover inner peace, even when external pressures remain. Whether you’re tired, stressed, or simply seeking a new way to relate to life’s challenges, our approach empowers you to live differently with stress.

offerings

  • An introduction to guided formal mindfulness practices, building from the body scan, to awareness of breath, awareness of sound, awareness of thoughts, awareness of emotions, to awareness of patterns of thought and emotion

  • Instructions for incorporating informal mindfulness practices into daily living (bringing awareness to the things we do routinely) in order to strengthen adaptive neural pathways.

  • Exploration of relevant concepts such as the role of perception in reality (including the assumptions we make and the stories we tell ourselves), negativity bias, intrusive thoughts, habitual patterns of behavior, stress physiology and reactivity, neuroplasticity, options for skillfully responding to stress, managing difficult communications, differentiating between goals and purpose, etc.

  • Ongoing discovery & finding what works for you!

What We Offer

“We don’t need to calm the storm. The storm will pass.
We need only learn to calm ourselves.”

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How You Might Benefit

Evidence of the effectiveness of MBSR can be found in nearly 40 years of research – randomized clinical trials using objective measures of brain function, inflammation, and immunology – as well as the self-reporting of participants who overwhelmingly express experiencing improved quality of life.
Measurable results include:

Benefits Include:

  • Lower levels of stress and anxiety

  • Reduced symptoms of burnout

  • Reductions in pain levels and enhanced ability to cope with pain

  • Lasting decreases in symptoms of physical and psychological ailments

  • Greater sense of well-being, generally

  • Improved ability to focus, prioritize, and handle distractions

  • Greater cognitive flexibility

  • Increased ability to regulate emotions

  • Less stress reactivity and an increased ability to respond skillfully to stressful situations

  • Greater self-awareness, supporting better decision-making, fostering positive habit formation, and leading to the interruption of unconscious patterns of behavior

  • Less critical of self and others

  • More compassionate, including towards one’s self

Who Can Benefit

People Seeking to Relieve Symptoms of:

Chronic Pain
Compassion fatigue
Heart Problems
GI Problems
Auto-immune conditions
Panic attacks
Mental Health Issues
Behavioral Health Issues

People Seeking to Improve:

Relationships
Performance
Focus
Avoidant behavior/Procrastination
Emotional Regulation
Energy Levels
Health
Sleep Habits

meet your guide

Kimberly Morrison

Kimberly is a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher, a Certified Mindful Outdoor Leadership Guide, and a trained Yoga practitioner. She came to mindfulness in nature, lucky enough to have spent the best days of her childhood in the Adirondack Mountains (where she continues to hike the high peaks) — and was more formally introduced to meditation 15+ years ago. Be it times of great financial uncertainty, or her former career as a political operative, or being a mother of four children, who continues to grieve the loss of a child after years of caregiving, or decades of coaching youth sports (including two daughters who landed in top ten D1 programs), she is no stranger to the stressors of daily life.
Mindfulness presented itself as a gift in her life, and she has created an opportunity to introduce others to this healthy and accessible route to resiliency.

Get in Touch

Have questions or ready to get started?

Reach out to Kim today to schedule your free consultation.