Dear all, I had pusrsued the idea of aesthetic experience of nature as a part of the thesis during Applied Ethcis masters programme in 07-08. Subsequently, I further evolved it into a contemplation of nature workshop. This typeical half a day workshop also incorporates related aspects from fields of psychology and modern medical science besides a 40 minute practice session. I have had an extremely positive feednack from most participatns in India and USA. I travelled to USA under a Fulbright Grant to further refine the workshop. I am sending a link herewith to my article in the newsletter of the Association of Contemplative Mind in Higher Education that puts it in the persepective of a lifelong expereince. The idea of contemplation of nature as a part of transformative education, which is being talked about these days might interest some of you. I would appreciate if any of you are interested to know more about it or would like to collaborate; I would be happy to share more details. http://www.contemplativemind.org/enewsletter/2011_Spring/acmhe.html best wishes and regards Ajay Ajay Rastogi Majkhali, Uttarakhand Himalaya, India. Tel: +91 5966 240223 Cell: +91 975 872 7196 email: ajayras@xxxxxxxxx