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Birding and Mindfulness: Seeing the familiar with new eyes

January 18, 2020 By Dean Nicholson

It’s a sunny morning as I walk beside a favourite wetland, binoculars in hand, looking for interesting birds.  Suddenly, a startled duck lifts off the pond. I glance quickly. ‘Oh, it’s just a mallard’ I say, a common bird I can see by the dozen any day of the year.  I quickly forget it and […]

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Alive Mindfully
Alive Mindfully offers individual and couples counseling online and in-person, meditation and wellness courses and retreats. Founded by counsellor and meditation teacher Maureen Smith in 2015, Alive Mindfully is based in the East Kootenay area of British Columbia, in the beautiful Canadian Rocky Mountains.

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Dharma Hub, Calgary

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