Relax~Reconnect~Renew
Join our one-of-a-kind nature based mindfulness programs
  • guided meditations
  • mindful movement
  • meditation talks
  • community connection in nature
Duration: 1.5 - 5+ days
Journey deeper into healing, insight, and connection with the support of wild nature, experienced guides, and a community of friends.
Duration: Half-day (6 hours)
Relax, reconnect, and renew at local nature spots through guided meditations, mindful movement, inspiring reflections, and community connection.
Duration: 2 - 4 hours
Stay open, connected, and tuned-in through the regular practice of Natural Mindfulness in community.
Duration: 1+ hours - day trips
Receive personalized guidance in your nature-practice and spiritual path with meditation teacher and wilderness guide, Justin Michelson.
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The Flowering Heart ~ a mindful self-compassion immersionActive Events

Experience the heart-centered practices of mindfulness and self-compassion with a loving community of sincere practitioners. Through guided meditations, yin yoga, dharma talks, and discussion, we invite you into deeper healing and insight, and into the awakened heart that lives inside each of us. 🙏🌱🧘‍♀️ ***EARLY-BIRD ends February 15th (price ...
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Mandala Sanctuary
85344 Forest Hill Lane, Eugene, OR 97405
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    A Month in the Wilds

    I’ve done month-long silent meditation retreats before, but never in the wilderness. Most years over the past 7 years of doing nature retreats, we’ve spent a full month with the gear up, but I’ve been in and out, coordinating logistics and getting supplies for groups.  This year (after our 5-day retreat), it’s just me and […]

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    Forces of Healing

    There’s a little-known but very important secret about healing: when we commit to a healing or spiritual journey, we come into alignment with the entire universe.  This may sound romantic or dramatic, I know, but it can be described quite logically.   Biological sciences have long acknowledged that the evolution of an organism occurs for […]

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    The Art of Compassion

    It’s wonderful that compassion has become a popular topic today. However, it’s a concept that can be easily misunderstood. All too often, compassion today is usually equated with what we do, as in “doing the right thing,” or with who we are, as in “being a good or virtuous person.” It often becomes a moral […]

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    New Year, New Dates and Locations

    In 2023, Nature’s Heart became part of Eugene Insight Meditation Community, 501c3.  As a combined organization, we hosted 50 Sunday evening sessions, offered meditations in the park and at hikes at Mt Pisgah, conducted two self-compassion retreats at Mandala Sanctuary, and two wilderness retreats.  In collaboration with Rachelle Cornelius of Creative Spirit Collaborative, we hosted […]

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    The Planetary Self

    Simply by virtue of our birth in this human body, each of us retains an inalienable belonging to Life. Without lifting a finger, saying a word, or even “being good,” we are entitled to a home in the ancient ancestry of the Earth. Woven from the earth, air, fire, and water around us, we are […]

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    The Nervous System of Our Earth

    The body of the Earth is trillions upon trillions of times larger than our body. It’s also been here millions of times longer than our body has. The Earth literally constructed our bodies from her body, just like our mothers did. It must have also tuned our nervous systems not dissimilar to how our mothers […]