Mepkin Abbey Forum for Contemplative Ecology with Mattie Decker

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October 6, 2025

Online at 7 pm EDT

Sam King will interview Dr. Mattie Decker on the next Mepkin Abbey Forum for Contemplative Ecology. Dr. Decker is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, a mindfulness teacher, a Zen practitioner, an Episcopal oblate, and a retired professor of education. She is certified in wilderness medicine and first aid. Mattie likes to share this saying from her forest bathing mentors: “The forest is the therapist. The guide opens the door.”

Watch last month’s conversation with Ben Katt here

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