Join us at a later date (originally August 13th, new date TBD) for a webinar with Michael Bode on Mindfulness, Nature, and Belonging.
In this interactive webinar, we'll be reconnecting with nature through a guided practice of walking meditation. No matter where we live, the natural world is full of doorways for reconnecting with presence, resilience, and belonging. We'll start together on video, then participants will be encouraged to switch to audio through their mobile phones and be guided on an outdoor walk.
These webinars are offered by donation. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
*Sliding scale language borrowed with permission from Rev. angel Kyodo williams.
$15 - Rebalancing: for those with more than enough financial resources (personal or institutionally supported) and a desire to support access for others to help rebalance systemic inequity.
$12 - Fair: for those with sufficient financial resources who can pay fair value for the experience.
$10 - Supported: for those with currently limited financial resources who will avoid further hardship while benefiting from access supplemented by the community.
Please contact Alyssa (alyssa@presencecollective.org) if you have any comments/questions.
Michael Bode (he/him) is a meditation teacher and dedicated Presence Collective Sangha member who has studied extensively with Caverly Morgan since 2014. First inspired and trained in the Zen tradition, Bode has come to love a variety of orientations to meditation and spiritual practice, including working with the chakras and energy system, tea ceremony, and immersion in the natural world. He is passionate about spiritual practice being accessible to all, and has experience as a mindfulness instructor for Peace in Schools, a teen retreat mentor though Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, and a teacher and practitioner with countless Presence Collective events.
Bode offers individual practice consults through Presence Collective for both beginning meditators and those looking to deepen their practice.
Bode is inspired by the freedom that comes through examining and releasing patterns of suffering and separation, both personally and collectively. He has particular interest in the intersection of spiritual practice and the expression of masculinity and internalized patriarchy. As a white, cis-gender, male-identified practitioner, Bode is committed to the continual practice of uncovering and dismantling systems of oppression, internally and societally. Some of his notable influences are Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron, Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Rupert Spira, Lau Tzu, and Shunryu Suzuki.