//podcastplus.net/feed/podcast~435212b6ef66d01ac8fd7217cfd604f82dda611c115c02709318afad56208d49 Mark Coleman has been engaged in meditation practice since 1981, primarily within the Insight meditation tradition. He has been teaching meditation retreats since 1997. His teaching is also influenced by his studies with Advaita Vedanta and Tibetan teachers in Asia and the West, and through his teacher training with Jack Kornfield. Mark primarily teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, though he also teaches nationally, in Europe and India.He leads backpacking retreats, nature-based retreats, and teaches retreats for environmental activists in the wilderness at Vallecitos Mountain Refuge in New Mexico, and at Knoll Farm in Vermont. In the Bay Area, Mark has a counseling practice, where he integrates his studies of psychotherapy and meditative work. He is the author of “Awake in the Wild - Mindfulness in Nature as a path of Self-Discovery." Mark has been an avid hiker, and backpacker for most of his life and spends much of his time in the outdoors. He lives in the woods in Marin County, Northern California. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:25:22 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/90784/20250613-Mark_Coleman-VMRC-nature_as_beloved-90784.mp3?rss= (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) Exploring the four diving abodes amidst the natural world Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/90784/20250613-Mark_Coleman-VMRC-nature_as_beloved-90784.mp3?rss= https://dharmaseed.org//talks/90783/20250611-Mark_Coleman-VMRC-wisdom_teachings_from_nature-90783.mp3?rss= (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) Exploring how the three characteristics are revealed in nature practice Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/90783/20250611-Mark_Coleman-VMRC-wisdom_teachings_from_nature-90783.mp3?rss= https://dharmaseed.org//talks/89242/20250310-Mark_Coleman-SR-meeting_the_reality_of_the_climate_ecological_crisis_with_awareness_wisdom_and_compassion-89242.mp3?rss= (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:30:00 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/89242/20250310-Mark_Coleman-SR-meeting_the_reality_of_the_climate_ecological_crisis_with_awareness_wisdom_and_compassion-89242.mp3?rss= https://dharmaseed.org//talks/89241/20250310-Mark_Coleman-SR-being_the_earth_rapture_rupture_regeneration-89241.mp3?rss= (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/89241/20250310-Mark_Coleman-SR-being_the_earth_rapture_rupture_regeneration-89241.mp3?rss= https://dharmaseed.org//talks/90299/20250127-Mark_Coleman-SR-taking_refuge-90299.mp3?rss= (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:30:00 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/90299/20250127-Mark_Coleman-SR-taking_refuge-90299.mp3?rss= https://dharmaseed.org//talks/87188/20241118-Mark_Coleman-SR-exploring_the_nature_of_awareness-87188.mp3?rss= (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) What is Awareness. This talk explores its presence, dimensions, function and capacity and how recognizing and abiding in awareness allows freedom and non-reactivity. Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:37:53 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/87188/20241118-Mark_Coleman-SR-exploring_the_nature_of_awareness-87188.mp3?rss= https://dharmaseed.org//talks/87044/20241028-Mark_Coleman-SR-resilience_in_these_challenging_times-87044.mp3?rss= (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/87044/20241028-Mark_Coleman-SR-resilience_in_these_challenging_times-87044.mp3?rss= https://dharmaseed.org//talks/86271/20240928-Mark_Coleman-VMRC-anatt_dissolving_the_sense_of_separation_in_nature-86271.mp3?rss= (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) Immersion in nature, with a contemplative awareness, can support insight into the ephemerality of the sense of self. Dissolving of the habit / contraction of self can emerge effortlessly and in doing so reveal its intrinsic empty nature. Sat, 28 Sep 2024 23:30:00 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/86271/20240928-Mark_Coleman-VMRC-anatt_dissolving_the_sense_of_separation_in_nature-86271.mp3?rss= https://dharmaseed.org//talks/86270/20240927-Mark_Coleman-VMRC-exploring_the_beauty_and_power_of_love_in_nature-86270.mp3?rss= (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) The natural world is a playground for the heart - where love/metta, compassion and joy can be experienced in abundance. Nature is a perfect environment to cultivate these innate heart qualities and where they can also arise effortlessly. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 23:30:00 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/86270/20240927-Mark_Coleman-VMRC-exploring_the_beauty_and_power_of_love_in_nature-86270.mp3?rss= https://dharmaseed.org//talks/86269/20240926-Mark_Coleman-VMRC-wisdom_teachings_from_nature-86269.mp3?rss= (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) The natural world beautifully and eloquently sings the Dharma. there are countless wisdom teachings emanating from nature. In particular, we explore how nature teaches us about impermanence, dependent arising, perfection and imperfection and belonging. Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:30:00 +0000 https://dharmaseed.org//talks/86269/20240926-Mark_Coleman-VMRC-wisdom_teachings_from_nature-86269.mp3?rss=