Join senior Spirit Rock meditation teacher Mark Coleman for an enriching class exploring how mindfulness and compassion can be essential tools for navigating life’s challenges. Through guided meditation, lecture and discussion we will explore how to meet inner and outer adversity with clarity, compassion and resilience.

About Mark Coleman

Mark has trained extensively in the Buddhist tradition, both in the Insight meditation and in the Tibetan tradition. He is a senior teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and has taught insight meditation retreats since 1997.

Mark is passionate about guiding people to meditate in nature. He has led wilderness nature retreats for over twenty years worldwide. Through his organization Awake in the Wild Mark leads  year-long nature meditation teacher trainings in the US and Europe. He recently founded a non-profit dedicated to helping connect people contemplatively with nature called Mindful of Nature.

Co-founder with Martin Aylward of the Mindfulness Training Institute Mark also leads year long professional mindfulness teacher trainings in Europe and the US. 

He is author of many books including: Awake in the Wild - Mindfulness in nature as a path to self-discovery; Make Peace With Your Mind - How Mindfulness and Compassion can free you from the Inner Critic; From Suffering to Peace The True Promise of Mindfulness; and his recent book A Field Guide to Nature Meditation - 52 mindfulness practices for joy, wisdom and wonder.

Mark is a sought after speaker, consultant, trainer and coach.

He lives in Sausalito, Marin and likes nothing more than hiking, biking, and kayaking in the outdoors.