by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 20, 2023 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness in Nature
“You and I are both held up by dead things.” I said these words out loud with my hand on the boulder in this photograph, which I came across meandering in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains this summer. It may have been my imagination, but I could have sworn that I felt...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 9, 2023 | Mental Fitness
Photo: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography Who says you can’t teach old dogs new tricks? Like all assumptions that limit our personal growth, this is a lie. My sisters and I just pulled off the greatest feat of our lives: orchestrating and implementing a...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 24, 2023 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness in Nature
If you have been following my work for a while, you know that trees have become important teachers for me over the course of my mindful photography journey. It started with feeling an intimate connection with old growth redwoods while in California for my Search...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 19, 2023 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness in Nature
Aspen trees have been speaking to me this year. Our conversation started back in June, when I was on silent retreat at the Rocky Mountain Eco Dharma Center in Colorado. Since I pack away my technology while on retreat – no phone, laptop, or camera use – I don’t have...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 27, 2023 | Motivation
Photo: Martha Brettschneider “Motivation molasses.” I had jotted these words down on a post-it note recently, with no mention of where I had heard them. Specifically, I had written “July/August = motivation molasses.” How many journaling entries or blog posts had I...
