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		<title>A Month in the Wilds</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;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&#8217;ve spent a full month with the gear up, but I&#8217;ve been in and out, coordinating logistics and getting supplies for groups.  This year (after our 5-day retreat), it&#8217;s just me and [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&rsquo;ve done month&#x2d;long silent meditation retreats before, but never in the wilderness. Most years over the past 7 years of doing nature retreats, we&rsquo;ve spent a full month with the gear up, but I&rsquo;ve been in and out, coordinating logistics and getting supplies for groups. This year (after our 5&#x2d;day retreat), it&rsquo;s just me and a few others in practice together for 30 days. I feel the safest and&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Forces of Healing</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Goodness Everything within us is trying to help. This perspective is perhaps the most practically important mantra for healing work. Just as we generally accept for our bodily systems, our thoughts and emotions are also trying to help us. When we see with this lens, we see our distressed patterns are either trying to protect us somehow and/or show us something important. Consequently&#8230;</p>
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		<title>The Art of Compassion</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&rsquo;s wonderful that compassion has become a popular topic today. However, it&rsquo;s a concept that can be easily misunderstood. All too often, compassion today is usually equated with what we do, as in &ldquo;doing the right thing,&rdquo; or with who we are, as in &ldquo;being a good or virtuous person.&rdquo; It often becomes a moral judgment of character and action tied to our self&#x2d;image and social esteem.</p>
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		<title>New Year, New Dates and Locations</title>
		<link>https://naturesheart.net/2024/01/02/new-year-new-dates-and-locations/</link>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2023, Nature&#8217;s Heart became part of Eugene Insight Meditation Community, 501c3.&#160; 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.&#160; In collaboration with Rachelle Cornelius of Creative Spirit Collaborative, we hosted [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2023, Nature&rsquo;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&#x2d;compassion retreats at Mandala Sanctuary, and two wilderness retreats. In collaboration with Rachelle Cornelius of Creative Spirit Collaborative, we hosted a new retreat&#8230;</p>
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		<title>The Planetary Self</title>
		<link>https://naturesheart.net/2023/12/11/the-planetary-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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 &ldquo;being good,&rdquo; 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 very literally the Earth walking. Acknowledging this basic fact is a profound act of self&#x2d;compassion.</p>
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		<title>The Nervous System of Our Earth</title>
		<link>https://naturesheart.net/2023/12/08/the-nervous-system-of-our-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The body of the Earth is trillions upon trillions of times larger than our body. It&rsquo;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 did in our early years. The vibrational resonances of the planet (i.e.</p>
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		<title>Dharma Talks from the Wilderness</title>
		<link>https://naturesheart.net/2023/11/11/dharma-talks-from-the-wilderness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2023 17:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Links to Justin's Dharma talks past and present]]></description>
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		<title>Touching the Earth</title>
		<link>https://naturesheart.net/2023/09/14/touching-the-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 23:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to the stories passed down, in the final moment before Siddhartha’s (the future Buddha’s) awakening, he was challenged by Mara, the embodiment of delusion. Mara asked the young prince why he thought he could awaken or by whose authority he could do such a thing &#8211; trying to inspire doubt. Sitting devotedly underneath the [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to the stories passed down, in the final moment before Siddhartha&rsquo;s (the future Buddha&rsquo;s) awakening, he was challenged by Mara, the embodiment of delusion. Mara asked the young prince why he thought he could awaken or by whose authority he could do such a thing &ndash; trying to inspire doubt. Sitting devotedly underneath the Bodhi Tree, Siddhartha simply reached down and touched the Earth.</p>
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		<title>Why I Love Nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2020 21:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fortunate to grow up near natural areas, Justin’s love for being in nature began young. He began practicing mindfulness and meditation at the age of 15. His growing appreciation and care for the natural world inspired him to complete a BA in Environmental Studies at Colorado College. For several years after, he applied his love [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fortunate to grow up near natural areas, Justin&rsquo;s love for being in nature began young. He began practicing mindfulness and meditation at the age of 15. His growing appreciation and care for the natural world inspired him to complete a BA in Environmental Studies at Colorado College. For several years after, he applied his love for nature, meditation, and the environment through living/</p>
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		<title>Insight Meditation &#038; Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2020 21:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Insight Meditation (otherwise known as Vipassana) is a mindfulness-based spiritual practice and philosophy that seeks the healthy resolution of our psychological stress and suffering. Based in the roots of Theravada Buddhism, Insight Meditation holds that contentment and peace arise from insight into and alignment with our innermost nature or natural state of being (along with [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Insight Meditation (otherwise known as Vipassana) is a mindfulness&#x2d;based spiritual practice and philosophy that seeks the healthy resolution of our psychological stress and suffering. Based in the roots of Theravada Buddhism, Insight Meditation holds that contentment and peace arise from insight into and alignment with our innermost nature or natural state of being (along with the cultivation of&#8230;</p>
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