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Lisa Pedscalny on Meditation, Nature, and Coming Home to Yourself | Ep. 59
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- Expanding Consciousness
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- May 16, 2025
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Summary
Lisa's Website: https://www.forestfloormindfulness.com/ Lisa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellepedscalny/ In this episode, we’re joined by Lisa Pedscalny of Forest Floor Mindfulness , a long-time meditation practitioner and teacher who shares her journey from anxious corporate life to finding healing through mindfulness, meditation, and deep connection with nature . We talk about how Lisa accidentally stumbled into meditation, how nature became a central part of her healing, and why our relationship to anxiety matters more than trying to fix it . Lisa shares her insights into forest bathing, embodied awe, equanimity through trees, and why nature might be the best mindfulness teacher we have. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 00:41 – Meet Lisa Pedscalny of Forest Floor Mindfulness 02:04 – How Lisa Discovered Meditation by Accident 05:01 – Shifting the Relationship to Anxiety Through Practice 07:26 – Nature as a Bridge When Sitting Feels Too Hard 10:16 – Why Mindfulness in Nature Feels Fun and Accessible 12:46 – Explaining Anxiety: Energy, Resistance, and the Role of Curiosity 15:61 → 16:01 – Forest Bathing and the Feeling of Coming Home 18:41 – Nature as a Non-Judging Mirror for Presence 21:31 – Physiological Reconnection Through Nature & “Nature Deficit Disorder” 24:11 – Nature and the Nervous System: Lessons from Children 26:56 – Urban Nature: You Don’t Need a Forest to Reconnect 29:31 – The Sky, the Earth, and Your Body as Portals to Presence 32:01 – The Trap of “Doing It Right” in Mindfulness Practice 34:41 – Customizing Mindfulness to Fit Real Life 37:11 – On Zen Rigidity and Discovering What Actually Works 39:51 – A Dogma-Free, Compassionate Approach to Retreats and Practice 42:61 → 43:01 – Learning Equanimity from Trees: Nature as a Living Model 46:56 – Curio…