Reflections on Spectacle Pond

Listen More Deeply to the Earth and Yourself

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Reflections on Spectacle Pond is a five-book series of George Kinder’s photography and poetry of mindfulness in nature: a Weekly Edition, as well as a volume dedicated to each of the four seasons, encompassing each day of their season. Inspired by Zen poets, Thoreau's Walden, and landscape painters from China and Japan, the book is a meditative guide to living in nature’s cycle, week by week, and moment by moment. Through writing and imagery, you'll discover how nature reveals to us mindfulness in every moment.

Sign up for FREE to receive an email every Tuesday containing photography and a poetry of awakening by George Kinder along with an audio recording of him reading the poetry. Receive weekly reflections full of inspiration, meditative insights, and quiet moments on a New England pond.

Continuing to share his life's work with subscribers, George Kinder is releasing his latest poetry and photography book series in digital and audio formats. He shares the changing landscape of a New England pond on which he lives. Through his writing and imagery, you'll find teachings on mindfulness, meditation, spirituality and living in nature. His books can be read as inspiration and lessons in increasing and deepening one's mindfulness practice and to use nature as a primary guide.

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Watch author George Kinder on ABC Afternoon Live discuss Reflections on Spectacle Pond. He explores the importance of spending time outdoors and how poetry and meditation can soothe your soul in our hectic world.