This 5 week online course will meet Saturdays, June 6th - July 11h (except on July 4th) from 10:00-11:30am via Zoom.
Pause and deepen attention in mindfulness while capturing a conscious moment that tells a story and creates a memory. In this workshop, John will lead you through developing and deepening mindful meditation and breath practices while mentoring you in photographic techniques. You will be building a portfolio of work to express the special moments that you have experienced. Within the Zoom class room, presentations will be given as well as time for participants to share their work and receive feedback from their peers. During this course there were will presentations in the LIVE classroom as well as doing assignments at home; either outside in nature or within your home.
Class Topics Include:
What is Contemplative Photography
What is Mindfulness and What Does it Have to Do With Me?
Re-Learning to See
Contemplative Exploration
Photographic Expression
Cost: $125
John Canan is a naturalist, educator, writer, and Conservation Photographer whose work focuses on the rewilding of the human imagination and our sense of place. As a mindfulness practitioner, John has 40 years of experience and practice. John’s work and consulting is frequent utilized to support the efforts of professional services, non-profit organizations and stewards of our natural resources to promote, educate and foster a sense of connection between people and the natural world. Learn more bout John Canan’s work and offerings at Nature Awareness.
This workshop is being offered in partnership between Nature Awareness, Frederick Meditation Center and Roots & River Yoga. The link below will take you to a registration and payment site hosted by Nature Awareness.