by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 25, 2023 | Mindfulness
Photo: Martha Brettschneider/Damselwings Photography The sound of her weathered hiking boots hitting the dirt trail alternated with the lighter taps of her trekking poles as she made her way up the mountain slope. Christina was like a one-person percussion band...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 11, 2023 | Mindfulness, Mindfulness in Nature
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center Nature helps us find the way out of the prison of our mind. ~ Eckhart Tolle The moose didn’t notice me sitting on the glacial boulder just about 20 yards away. This was understandable, since my clothes and daypack blended in...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 8, 2023 | Mindfulness in Nature
Photo credits for this post go to Melissa Maillett Photography I am still buzzing with gratitude and the heightened sense of connection and aliveness that follows our mindfulness in nature retreat experiences at the National Botanic Garden in Chantilly, Virginia....
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 25, 2023 | Mental Fitness
I put my photography on the back burner this year. It had become too commercially driven for my comfort level. The sense of wonder, mindful connection with nature, and playfulness that originally inspired me to make photographs seemed harder to access. I felt pushed...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 22, 2023 | Life Lessons, Mental Fitness
I surprised a friend recently when I told her that I was hiring someone to do my spring garden clean-up this year. This friend has known me for twenty years, so she knows that in an earlier chapter I never could have imagined not doing my own gardening. Looking back...
