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Nature is not a luxury. It is not a weekend hobby for those with spare time. It is a biological imperative.
All of us who have stood on Superior’s shores can recall stepping into the cool lake air, hearing waves swish upon pebbles, and feeling the mind and body quiet as they begin to match the rhythms of the lake. We yearn for this. We need this connection to nature in order to be whole, healthy, and centered.
The Bakken Center’s new Nourishment in Every Season workshop provides skills, strategies, and inspiration to prepare delicious, healthy food.
There are many things in life we don’t notice or fully appreciate simply because we are too close to view them within a greater context of space and time.
With a newly-awarded prestigious grant from the Weil Foundation, the Bakken Center and UMN Psychiatry Department are collaborating to pioneer a new training program that integrates health coaching into the care of adults with ADHD.
There’s humility in this, and beauty. The moths on the water. The deer nourishing both forest and family. Death, endlessly recycled into life.
Craig Blacklock’s new work including the Encroachment series, will be on display at the Joseph Nease Fine Art Gallery in Duluth, Minnesota from August 9th through September 27th.
Science supports it: Collective art can heal. Here’s one way in which the Minnesota Orchestra and the Bakken Center are bringing it to the Twin Cities.
I know of no better way to teach mindfulness than to give a person a camera and take them into the natural world; whether they use a cell phone or a top-of-the-line professional camera makes little difference because the results will be just as impressive.
