The Mindful Birding Podcast

The Mindful Birding Podcast – Cultivating the health benefits and joy of Mindful Birding

Join co-hosts Holly Merker and Holly Thomas, along with other voices of the Mindful Birding Network and beyond, as we explore topics surrounding the practice of Mindful Birding.

Episodes will delve into this style of observation, which pairs together elements of mindfulness and birding, amplifying the personal wellness benefits of both. Here, you’ll find episodes featuring insights into Mindful Birding from people around the globe, science segments, author interviews, tips for enhancing your Mindful Birding practice, plus a spotlight on the joy of birdsong.

Co-host

Holly Merker

Holly Merker is a professional birding guide, author, and educator, who has a background in art therapy but today delivers Nature-based Wellness programming for people of all ages. Certified as a Nature and Forest Therapy Guide (ANFT), and in Wellness Counseling, she has also completed training in mindfulness practice (MBSR/Koru Fundamentals). A global advocate for Mindful Birding, she founded The Mindful Birding Network in 2021. Holly is a co-author of two books guiding readers into optimizing the wellness benefits that birds provide us, including Ornitherapy: For Your Mind, Body, and Soul ( Crossley Books, 2021) and The Power of Birdwatching /Die Kraft der Vogelbeobachtung (Freya verlag, 2023).

https://ornitherapy.com/