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table of contents
  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Note from the Authors
  3. Part I. Grounding
    1. Baseline
    2. Seeing the Unseen
    3. Perspective
    4. The Essential Question
    5. Blind Spots
    6. Listening to the Birds
    7. Fox Walking
  4. Part II. Deep Listening
    1. Matches in the Dark
    2. Uncertainty
    3. Pause and Presence
    4. Snow in Spring
    5. On Birch Bark Peeling
    6. Tracking Self
    7. The Earth Is Happy to Remind You to Be Mindful
  5. Part III. Leaning In
    1. Lost in Thought
    2. Concentric Rings
    3. Natural Navigation
    4. Is It True?
    5. Footprints of the Sun
    6. Go a Different Way
  6. Part IV. Wise Action
    1. Intention
    2. Walking with Coyotes
    3. Connection, Intention, and Attention
    4. Being Sensible
    5. I Looked
    6. The Curse and Blessing of the Tracker
    7. Going the Right Speed
  7. Part V. Coming Home
    1. Remembering the Sacred
    2. Tracking and Stories
    3. Exploring the Edges
    4. Harvesting Stories
    5. Mourning
  8. Afterword
  9. Notes
  10. Further Reading

Further Reading

Cited Poems

Faulds, Danna. “Walk Slowly.” In Go In and In: Poems from the Heart of Yoga. Peaceable Kingdom Books, 2002.

Foley, Laura Davies. “The Quiet Listeners.” In Syringa. Star Meadow Press, 2007.

Hạnh, Thích Nhất. “The Good News.” In Call Me By My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh. Parallax Press, 1992.

Postlethwaite, Martha. “Clearing.” Reprinted by permission of the author.

Stephenson, Hannah. “Ancient Language.” The Storialist: Poems, Practice, and Process by Hanah Stephenson (blog). December 13, 2013. http://thestorialist.blogspot.com/2013/12/ancient-language.html

Mindfulness

Brach, Tara. Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN. Penguin Life, 2020.

Cole-Dai, Phyllis, and Ruby R. Wilson, eds. Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems. Grayson, 2017.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life. Hachette, 2005.

King, Ruth. Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out. Sounds True, 2018.

Lingo, Kaira Jewel. We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption. Parallax, 2021.

Magee, Rhonda V. The Inner Work of Social Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness. TarcherPerigee, 2021.

Mauricio, Dawn. Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners: Fifty Meditations to Practice Awareness, Acceptance, and Peace. Callisto, 2020.

Salzberg, Sharon. Loving-Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. Shambhala, 2002.

Meditating in Nature

Coleman, Mark. Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self Discovery. New World Library, 2006.

Mortali, Micah. Rewilding: Meditations, Practices, and Skills for Awakening in Nature. Sounds True, 2019.

Plotkin, Bill. Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. New World Library, 2003.

Buddhism

Chödrön, Pema. Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living. Shambhala, 2018.

Hạnh, Thích Nhất. Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life. Bantam, 1991.

Kornfield, Jack. A Path with Heart: A Guide through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life. Bantam, 1993.

Ñānamolí, Bhíkkhu, and Bhíkkhu Bodhí, trans. The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Maj́j́híma Nikāya. Wisdom, 1995.

Thera, Nyanaponika. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: The Buddha’s Way of Mindfulness. Weiser, 2014.

Human/Nature Connection

Louv, Richard. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Algonquin, 2008.

Louv, Richard. The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age. Algonquin, 2012.

Rakow, Donald A., and Gregory T. Eells. Nature Rx: Improving College-Student Mental Health. Comstock, 2019.

Williams, Florence. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative. W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.

Wilderness Awareness and Natural History

Brown, Tom Jr., with Brandt Morgan. Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking. Berkley, 1986.

Gooley, Tristan. The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills. The Experiment, 2015.

Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Milkweed, 2015.

Young, Jon, Ellen Haas, and Evan McGown. Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature. 2nd ed. Owlink, 2010.

Young, Jon. What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World. Mariner Books, 2013.

Wessels, Tom. Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England. Countryman, 2005.

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