Mark is a life-long nature lover and is passionate about guiding people into the beauty of meditation and nature. He has led wilderness nature retreats for over twenty years worldwide. Through his organization Awake in the Wild Mark leads year long nature meditation teacher trainings in the US and Europe.

Mark has trained extensively in the Buddhist tradition, both in the Insight meditation and in the Dzogchen tradition. He is a senior teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and has taught insight meditation retreats since 1997.

Co-founder of the Mindfulness Training Institute Mark also leads year long professional mindfulness teacher  trainings in Europe and the US. 

He is author of Awake in the Wild - Mindfulness in nature as a path to self-discovery, Make Peace With Your Mind, From Suffering to Peace and his recent book A Field Guide to Nature Meditation.

He lives in Sausalito, Marin and likes nothing more than hiking biking and kayaking in the outdoors.

For more information about Mark's Awake in the Wild nature meditation work, retreats, teacher trainings, you can go to www.AwakeintheWild.com. To subscribe to Mark Colemans newsletter you can go to www.markcoleman.org