About this course

Learning Objectives

• Describe the foundational teachings of mindfulness with nature.
• Describe the teaching and meditations of mindfulness in nature to support the health.
• Utilize creative expressions for a deeper understanding of embodiment with nature.
• Utilize ways to integrate teaching and practices that can serve for personal and collective healing within the therapeutic process to respective psychological conditions.

Learning Levels

• Intermediate to Advanced

Target Audience

Course Instructor(s)

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  Rochelle Calvert, PhD, CMT, SEP, BCBA

  Certified Mindfulness Trainer & Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

  Rochelle Calvert, PhD, CMT, SEP, licensed clinical psychologist, certified mindfulness teacher, somatic experiencing practitioner has a devoted love to share the power and healing potential of mindfulness, somatic awareness and nature. She has studied and taught mindfulness for the past 20 years and knows personally the transformational potential. To share the love of these healing practices she has published a book Healing with Nature: Mindfulness and Somatic Practices to Heal from Trauma. Dr. Calvert leads courses and retreats in mindfulness, somatic experiencing, and Awake in the Wild, nature-based mindfulness. She also facilitates professional trainings in mindfulness for clinicians and travels the country teaching retreats and seminars. She is the director of the Ecotherapy Program at SouthWestern College and New Earth Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is a certified mindfulness teacher with the Mindfulness Teaching Institute, the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, and Awake In The Wild organization. Rochelle is the founder and clinical director of New Mindful Life, which offers mindfulness, nature-based, and somatic experiencing therapies. She teaches individual meditations with nature that assist in healing from trauma. She supports her clients and takes them into nature with the aid of Bertha Grace, a Sprinter van that serves as a mobile therapy office. Rochelle now lives in Taos, New Mexico, and has a private practice in both Taos New Mexico and San Diego, California. She enjoys spending her free time in nature, hiking, practicing yoga, exploring Indigenous heritage, and resting with trees. She practices mindfulness-based meditation rooted in the Buddhist Theravada Tradition and practices meditation outside in nature daily.

Disclosure

References

• Calvert, R (2021). Healing with Nature: Mindfulness and somatic practices to heal from trauma. New world Library
• Coleman, M (2006). Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness as a path to self discovery. New World Library
• Costa, M. R., Bergen-Cico, D., Grant, T., Herrero, R., Navarro, J., Razza, R., & Wang, Q. (2019). Nature inspired scenes for guided mindfulness training: presence, perceived restorativeness and meditation depth. In Augmented Cognition: 13th International Conference, AC 2019, Held as Part of the 21st HCI International Conference, HCII 2019, Orlando, FL, USA, July 26–31, 2019, Proceedings 21 (pp. 517-532). Springer International Publishing.
• Djernis, D., Lerstrup, I., Poulsen, D., Stigsdotter, U., Dahlgaard, J., & O’Toole, M. (2019). A systematic review and meta-analysis of nature-based mindfulness: Effects of moving mindfulness training into an outdoor natural setting. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(17), 3202.
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• Van Gordon, W., Shonin, E., & Richardson, M. (2018). Mindfulness and nature. Mindfulness, 9(5), 1655-1658.
• Williams F (2017). The nature fix: why nature makes us happier, healthier and more creative. W. W. Norton & Company.
• Zhang D. Lee E. K, Mak E. C. W., Ho C. Y. and Wong, S. Y. S (2021). Mindfulness Based Interventions: an overall review. British Medical Bulletin, Volume 138, Issue 1, June 2021, Pages 41–57, https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldab005