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Mountain Zen Den Podcast ~ Episode 7 – The Mountains Are Calling

Meditation, Mountains, Nature, Personal Growth, Podcast, Simple Living, Simplicity, Well-being

There is something so invigorating, soul-awakening, renewing, restoring, refreshing and healing about being in the mountains for us. It truly is like being home. For time out of mind the mountains have provided a place of restoration and renewal. Refreshment and retreat. Relaxation and reflection. The prefix "Re-" generally means to do again. And again and again, like a second chance. Join us as we take a few minutes to enjoy a re-visit to the mountains today and just take in their restorative power for re-energization and renewal. So glad you're here! http://traffic.libsyn.com/mountainzenden/MZD_-_Ep_7_The_Mountains_Are_Calling.mp3 Photos by Brett Wilson for Mountain Zen Den Want more Mountain goodness? [maxbutton id="8"]

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Mountain Zen Den Podcast ~ Episode 6 – The Art of Slowing Down

Health, Meditation, Mountains, Nature, Personal Growth, Podcast, Simple Living, Simplicity, Well-being

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover I had not lived." ~ Henry David Thoreau ~ Walden The Art of Slowing Down means being present... for yourself and for the ones you love. It means living deliberately. It means accomplishing more by doing less. We invite you to slow down just long enough to join us for today's show to learn how this works. Glad to have you here! http://traffic.libsyn.com/mountainzenden/MZD_-_Ep_6_The_Art_of_Slowing_Down.mp3 Want more natural goodness? [maxbutton id="8"]

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Mountain Zen Den Podcast ~ Episode 5 – The Power of Persistence

Meditation, Mountains, Nature, Personal Growth, Podcast, Simple Living, Simplicity, Well-being

Nature offers us so many lessons and examples of the power of persistence. The sun rises every morning and sets every evening, and as it does it’s work plants and grasses, trees and flowers grow and are nurtured by its warmth and radiance. Animals tirelessly gather food for the winter Rivers cut through rock, boulders and mountainsides over eons forming deep and beautiful canyons How can water carve out a rock? How does a river form a canyon? The truth reveals itself like a friend who has always been there. By never giving up. By continuous joyful persistence and perseverance. Through untiring, unwavering regularity - doing the same thing day by day, an awes-inspiring, joy-imparting ravine connects unfathomable height with valley and lowland. Heaven with earth. You with…

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Mountain Zen Den Podcast ~ Episode 4 – Finding Your Focus

Meditation, Nature, Personal Growth, Podcast, Simplicity

There is a truism that says, "Whatever you focus on you get more of". The logical thing for us to do now is to ask ourselves the question – “What is it that I want more of?” Whatever your dream, the most important thing is that you get clear on what it is you want to do, have or be. To get clear, you’ve got to tune in ~ focus. We'll spend a few minutes here today doing just that by asking the question – “How can I better focus on the things I want and not the things that I don’t want or that are driving me crazy right now?” Glad you're here! http://traffic.libsyn.com/mountainzenden/MZD_-_Ep_4_Finding_Your_Focus.mp3 Want more natural goodness? [maxbutton id="8"] Photo by Paul Skorupskas on…

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Mountain Zen Den Podcast ~ Episode 3 – Be the Mountain

Meditation, Mountains, Nature, Personal Growth, Podcast, Simplicity, Well-being

Throughout the ages Mountains have represented so many things ~ strength, majesty, endurance, tranquility, greatness, and power,… They have always been a symbol of shelter and permanence - something you can count on to always be there. They rise above the plains, the dull, the ordinary, the everyday and speak to us of greatness, hope and possibility. They awaken the senses and renew our vision. The mountains have always been a place where people seek spiritual guidance… The ten commandments were given to Moses on the mountain. We talk of climbing mountains for better vision and seek gurus at the top of them. We retreat to them for rest and relaxation. We look to them for meaning and purpose and shelter. Today's show features an awesome meditation ~ one…

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Mountain Zen Den Podcast ~ Episode 2 – Developing A Nature Awareness

Meditation, Nature, Personal Growth, Podcast

Episode 2 Developing A Nature Awareness Photo by Brett Wilson All the great creative thinkers, artists, poets and naturalists throughout the ages were deeply connected to the Source of wisdom – the calm and depth, balance and purpose that comes from time spent in Nature and observing her secrets. Men like Plato, Socrates, Galileo, da Vinci, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman and John Muir all found their inspiration and genius in the insights found in the wild and natural world. More recently Teddy Roosevelt, Einstein, and even John Denver … This wasn’t by accident. They were aware and purposeful in learning from their natural environment. You and I can do the same today. Great and noble thoughts and ideas, powerful emotions, passions and ideals can be sparked…

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The 40% Rule ~ Pushing Yourself for Personal Growth

Blog Cabin, Personal Growth

The Navy SEALs have a term called “The 40% Rule”, which states that when your mind is telling you that you’re done, you’re only forty percent done. I experienced this myself during a backpacking trip through an organization called Outward Bound, the summer after my sophomore year of high school. Eight other teens and I, along with two instructors, spent a total of two weeks in the Gore Mountain Range of Colorado. We had no cell phones, no music, no connection to the outside world. We had only ourselves, and the wilderness. During this time I pushed myself further than I ever had before, gaining a much greater perspective for life. The program was designed in such a way that the instructors were only there to teach us how to…

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Why We Love the Mountains

Blog Cabin, Mountains, Simple Living, Simplicity

“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.” ~ John Muir, Our National Parks My wife and I share the same sad disorder. We LOVE the mountains! (That’s not the disorder). We love their beauty and just looking at the mountains. We love to visit the mountains, take our vacations in the mountains, and have plans to actually live IN the mountains, not just at the base of them in the foothills. There is something so invigorating, soul-awakening, renewing, restoring, refreshing and healing about being in the mountains for us. (That’s still not the disorder). The disorder we have is the let down and sadness we feel as we head down out of the…

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Personal Growth Strategies Through Nature

Blog Cabin, Health, Meditation, Mindfulness, Nature, Personal Growth, Simple Living, Simplicity, Well-being

So maybe you recently reached a new life stage or milestone, like a birthday, or perhaps find yourself thinking about the upcoming new year, and have decided to pull out all stops for becoming the person you want to be. You are ready to really make it happen this time! You’ve been here before and have tried and failed miserably. Or perhaps you have made a little progress but are not satisfied with your progress and want to strive for more. As you do so 2 questions should come to mind: Why didn’t it work before? What can I do to truly achieve success this time? Setting Yourself Up for Success First of all, if you believe that you truly made a decision to begin a new life, or start…

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Reinvent Yourself In 10 Steps

Blog Cabin, Nature, Personal Growth, Top Posts, Well-being

“Our self-portrait is merely a simple description that we have made of ourselves…we are in fact much more than this.” ~ Mario Alonso Puig There comes a time in nearly all of our lives when we reach a point where we wake up one day with the painful realization that we are not the person who we once thought we would be. At this point, something deep within has died, (or is dying), and we feel a need to bring to life a new and better self. This is a normal part of what it means to be a healthy, growing and fully-functional human. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs Self-Actualization is at the top of them. Life equals growth and growth equals change. It is normal to resist change…

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Mountain Zen Den Podcast ~ Episode 1 – Welcome!

Nature, Personal Growth, Podcast, Simple Living, Simplicity, Well-being

Episode 1 - Welcome to Mountain Zen Den! Self-Development & Simplicity for Nature Lovers You've discovered the place to connect with Nature for Personal Growth & Simple Living ~ Mountain Zen Den ~ offering daily motivation, inspiration and meditations, all inspired by the natural world to help you achieve success in having the life you've always wanted. In this pilot episode I introduce myself and the show, and discuss the concept of reaching your goals and improving your life in every area ~ relationships, health, finances, etc., through simplicity, and a return to the natural world around us. We begin with Gratitude. Glad you're here! Listen to Episode 1 http://traffic.libsyn.com/mountainzenden/MZD_-_Ep_1.mp3 Want more mountain goodness? [maxbutton id="8"]