Nature immersion practice at Hapgood-Wright Forest in Concord, MA

Connect with nature and enhance your wellBEing with Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of intentionally taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join Be Well Be Here founder and lifelong dendrophile, Lara Wilson, for this mindful in-the-moment practice and replenish in nature. Forest Bathing benefits your entire Being, one another, our communities - even the trees and the earth!

FREE and for ALL! We appreciate your DONATION in support of BWBH programs.

Location: Hapgood Wright Town Forest - park in lot across from high school entrance at 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA

What is Forest Bathing? Forest Bathing comes from the Japanese Shinrin (forest) Yoku (bathing, or what may be considered ‘immersion’). It’s the simple practice of entering the forest and paying attention mindfully. Forest Bathing is a remarkable, evidence-based wellness practice. As Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, writes in his book, Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.”

Nature immersion practice at Hapgood-Wright Forest in Concord, MA

Connect with nature and enhance your wellBEing with Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of intentionally taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join Be Well Be Here founder and lifelong dendrophile, Lara Wilson, for this mindful in-the-moment practice and replenish in nature. Forest Bathing benefits your entire Being, one another, our communities - even the trees and the earth!

FREE on October 15. We appreciate your DONATION that supports BWBH programs.

Location: Hapgood Wright Town Forest - park in lot across from high school entrance at 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA

What is Forest Bathing? Forest Bathing comes from the Japanese Shinrin (forest) Yoku (bathing, or what may be considered ‘immersion’). It’s the simple practice of entering the forest and paying attention mindfully. Forest Bathing is a remarkable, evidence-based wellness practice. As Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, writes in his book, Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.”

Deepen your prose and enlighten your process at BWBH’s mindful MasterCraft Writing BEtreat® on Saturday, September 30 at 9am - 5pm. Join us at our serene space on 12 acres in Concord, MA for top-notch writing workshops, literary inspiration, wellBEing practices, nature engagement and compassionate conversation. Masterful mindful writing teachers Whitney Scharer and Lara Wilson share insights that inspire authentic storytelling and lend clarity to your writing process. Lara also guides nature immersion and mindful creativity practices to boost wellBEing.

TENTATIVE ITINERARY

Saturday, September 30:

9:00-9:30am Warm Welcome

9:30-10:00am Mindful Moment with Lara

10-11:30am The Inspired Writing Life with Whitney

11:30-12:30pm Catered Gourmet Lunch from Concord Market

12:30-1:00 Nature Walk with Lara

1:00-2:30 Your True Story: Trust Your Writerly Intuition with Lara

2:30-3:00 Mindful Break and Snack

3:00-3:30 Choose Writing Time or Compassionate Conversation

3:30-4:15 Restorative Yoga for Creativity with Lara

4:15-4:45 Closing Mindful Practice for Writers

5:00 Fond Farewell

Invest in your writing process, sense possibilities and cultivate your flow state as you to learn, explore, write and restore.

$280. Limited to 8 participants.

Be Well Be Here offers scholarships and subsidized fees to mindfully include ALL

ABOUT LARA

Lara Wilson, BWBH’s Founder, is a writer, teacher and 40-year meditator who devotes her life to exploring the intersection of mindful wellbeing, inclusive storytelling and nature immersion. Her fiction has been published in The Kenyon Review, StoryQuarterly, American Fiction, Confrontation, Indiana Review, and the Chicago Tribune Book Section as well as anthologized in Printers Row. She was awarded a 2010 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Fiction as well as scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences. For several years, Lara served on the board of the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library and at GrubStreet, where she taught master fiction workshops for over a decade. Since 2019, she has served as the Curator of the Concord Festival of Authors.

ABOUT WHITNEY

Whitney Scharer is the celebrated author of The Age of Light, based on the life of pioneering photographer Lee Miller, which was a Boston Globe and IndieNext bestseller and named one of the best books of 2019 by Parade, Glamour Magazine, Real Simple, Refinery 29, Booklist and Yahoo. Internationally, The Age of Light won Le prix Rive Gauche à Paris, was a coups de couer selection from the American Library in Paris, and has been published or is forthcoming in over a dozen other countries. Whitney holds a BA in English Literature from Wesleyan University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington. She has been awarded residencies at the Virginia Center for the Arts and Ragdale, a St. Botolph Emerging Artists Grant, and a Somerville Arts Council Artists Fellowship. Her short fiction, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous publications including Vogue, The Telegraph, The Tatler, and Bellevue Literary Review. Whitney teaches fiction in the Boston area and is a co-founder of the Arlington Author Salon. She serves as Be Well Be Here’s co-president.

Join us in BWBH’s Fresh Air Studio for this relaxing hour-long crystal bowl sound bath with meditation, brought to you in collaboration with Rachel Munyard of Rachel’s Space. Rachel will guide sensory and somatic meditation to calm the nervous system before sleep. Comforting tea will be provided as well. Show up to Be at ease and feel connected as your entire Being is surrounded by relaxing sound.

$44. Includes all props and tea service - just show up and choose your comfy space.

Be Well Be Here offers scholarships and subsidized fees to mindfully include ALL

WRITE and shine this summer! Explore ways to deepen your prose and enlighten your process at BWBH’s 3-day mindful MasterCraft Writing BEtreat®. Join us to ILLUMINATE YOUR STORY at our serene space on 12 acres in Concord, MA with top-notch writing workshops, literary inspiration, compassionate conversation and nature engagement. Be inspired by BWBH mindful mentors, bestselling authors and master instructors, Marjan Kamali (The Stationery Shop), Maryanne O’Hara (Little Matches), Michelle Hoover (Bottomland) and Jenna Blum (Woodrow on the Bench). BWBH founder Lara Wilson will guide Meditation for Creativity, restorative Nature Walks and personal Mindful Writing consulting sessions.

Please note: this is an in-person day retreat, not a residential program. For lodging recommendations, email info@bewellbehere.org

MASTERCRAFT WRITING TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Friday, July 28:

7:00-9:30pm Fire Up Your Writing! Be Inspired by Fire Pit Practice

Kick off the BEtreat® with fun writing exercises by the fire.

Saturday, July 29:

9:00-9:30am Welcome

9:30-10:00am Mindful Moment with Lara

10-11:30am How the Shadowside Ignites Your Story with Michelle Hoover

11:30am - noon Nature Walk with Lara

12:00-12:45 Catered Lunch from Debra’s Natural Gourmet in West Concord, MA

1:00-3:00 Story Kintsugi: Writing to Heal and Restore with Maryanne O’Hara

3:00-3:30 Mindful Break

3:30-4:15 Meditation for Creativity with Lara

4:30-5:00 Closing Mindful Practice

Sunday, July 30:

9:00-9:30 Welcome

9:30-10:00 Mindful Moment with Lara

10-11:30 Maintain Joy and Stamina in Your Writing Practice with Marjan Kamali

11:30am - noon Nature Walk with Lara

12:00-12:45 Catered Lunch from Debra’s Natural Gourmet in West Concord, MA

1:00-1:30 BLAZE Your Writerly Intentions with Jenna Blum

1:30-5:30 Tarot for Creatives with Jenna / Mindful Writing with Lara

Take time to write, reflect or wander AND sign up for 30-min. 1-with-1 meetings:

Mindful Writing Your Way with Lara Wilson

Tarot for Creatives with Jenna Blum

$777 per person. Limited to 8 participants - Register today! BEtreat details, directions and info about sharing your 3-page excerpt will follow.

Be Well Be Here offers scholarships and subsidized fees to mindfully include ALL

ABOUT JENNA

Jenna Blum is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of novels Those Who Save Us, The Stormchasers, and The Lost Family; the novella “The Lucky One” in the collection Grand Central; and the memoir Woodrow on the Bench, about her senior black Lab and what his last seven months taught her, available now from Harper Collins.

Jenna is one of Oprah’s Top Thirty Women Writers, with her work published in over 20 countries, and cofounder/CEO of literary social media marketing company A Mighty Blaze. Jenna’s New York Times and internationally bestselling first novel, Those Who Save Us, won the Ribalow Prize, awarded by Hadassah Magazine and adjudged by Elie Wiesel; Jenna interviewed Holocaust survivors for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation for five years. Jenna is a sought-after public speaker, traveling nationally and internationally; for her 1st novel, she visited over 800 book clubs in the Boston area alone.

Jenna is based in Boston, where she has been running master fiction and novel workshops for over 20 years. She earned her M.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University and was the fiction editor for AGNI Literary Magazine. For more information about Jenna and to share her real-time adventures, please follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

ABOUT MARYANNE

Maryanne O’Hara’s deeply moving story has been featured in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The Boston Globe and Psychology Today. Her memoir Little Matches: A Memoir of Finding Light in the Dark is a People Magazine Book of the Week and led to a New York Times story. Since the release of Little Matches, Maryanne has spoken to hundreds of general readers, medical professionals, and students, and has been hosted by Harvard Medical School’s Author Series as well as other universities, bookstores, libraries, and hospitals. Maryanne is also the author of the novel Cascade, which was the Boston Globe Book Club’s inaugural pick, a Massachusetts Book Award fiction nominee, and a People Magazine Book of the Week. Her story collection was a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and the Iowa Short Fiction Award. After volunteering as an end-of-life volunteer at care facilities in Boston and Pittsburgh, Maryanne trained as a certified end-of-life doula at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine in 2019.

Maryanne earned her MFA at Emerson College, where she taught creative writing and spent many years as the Associate Fiction Editor for Ploughshares, the award-winning Boston literary journal. In addition to teaching at Clark University, she won grants from the St. Botolph Club and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

ABOUT MARJAN

Marjan Kamali is the award-winning author of The Stationery Shop (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster), a national bestseller, and Together Tea (EccoBooks/HarperCollins), a Massachusetts Book Award finalist. She is a 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship.

Kamali’s novels are published in translation in more than 20 languages (19 languages for The Stationery Shop and 8 languages for Together Tea). Her essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Literary Hub, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. 

Kamali holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University, and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from New York University. Born in Turkey to Iranian parents, Kamali spent her childhood in Turkey, Iran, Germany, Kenya, and the U.S.  She currently teaches creative writing at GrubStreet and lives in the Boston area with her family.

ABOUT MICHELLE

Michelle Hoover is a 2014 NEA Fellow in fiction. She has been the Fannie Hurst Writer-in-Residence at Brandeis University, a Writer-in-Residence at Bucknell University, a MacDowell Fellow, and a winner of the PEN/New England Discovery Award. Her debut, The Quickening, was a 2010 Massachusetts Book Award “Must Read,” and her novel Bottomland was the 2017 All Iowa Reads selection. Michelle co-created and now leads GrubStreet’s year-long Novel Incubator program, with many students experiencing publishing success as well as lifelong literary camaraderie due to Michelle’s dedication, encouragement and leadership. A native of Iowa, Michelle divides her time between Cypress and Boston.

ABOUT LARA

Lara Wilson, BWBH’s Founder, is a writer, teacher and 40-year meditator who devotes her life to exploring the intersection of mindful wellbeing, inclusive storytelling and nature immersion. Her fiction has been published in The Kenyon Review, StoryQuarterly, American Fiction, Confrontation, Indiana Review, and the Chicago Tribune Book Section as well as anthologized in Printers Row. She was awarded a 2010 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Fiction as well as scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences. For several years, Lara served on the board of the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library and at GrubStreet, where she taught master fiction workshops for over a decade. Since 2019, she has served as the Curator of the Concord Festival of Authors.

WRITE and shine this summer! Explore ways to deepen your prose and enlighten your process at BWBH’s 3-day mindful MasterCraft Writing BEtreat®. Join us to ILLUMINATE YOUR STORY at our serene space on 12 acres in Concord, MA with top-notch writing workshops, literary inspiration, compassionate conversation and nature engagement. Be inspired by BWBH mindful mentors, bestselling authors and master instructors, Marjan Kamali (The Stationery Shop), Maryanne O’Hara (Little Matches), Michelle Hoover (Bottomland) and Jenna Blum (Woodrow on the Bench). BWBH founder Lara Wilson will guide Meditation for Creativity, restorative Nature Walks and personal Mindful Writing consulting sessions.

Please note: this is an in-person day retreat, not a residential program. For lodging recommendations, email info@bewellbehere.org

MASTERCRAFT WRITING TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Friday, July 28:

7:00-9:30pm Fire Up Your Writing! Be Inspired by Fire Pit Practice

Kick off the BEtreat® with fun writing exercises by the fire.

Saturday, July 29:

9:00-9:30am Welcome

9:30-10:00am Mindful Moment with Lara

10-11:30am How the Shadowside Ignites Your Story with Michelle Hoover

11:30am - noon Nature Walk with Lara

12:00-12:45 Catered Lunch from Debra’s Natural Gourmet in West Concord, MA

1:00-3:00 Story Kintsugi: Writing to Heal and Restore with Maryanne O’Hara

3:00-3:30 Mindful Break

3:30-4:15 Meditation for Creativity with Lara

4:30-5:00 Closing Mindful Practice

Sunday, July 30:

9:00-9:30 Welcome

9:30-10:00 Mindful Moment with Lara

10-11:30 Maintain Joy and Stamina in Your Writing Practice with Marjan Kamali

11:30am - noon Nature Walk with Lara

12:00-12:45 Catered Lunch from Debra’s Natural Gourmet in West Concord, MA

1:00-1:30 BLAZE Your Writerly Intentions with Jenna Blum

1:30-5:00 Tarot for Creatives with Jenna / Mindful Writing with Lara

Take time to write, reflect or wander AND sign up for 30-min. 1-with-1 meetings:

Mindful Writing Your Way with Lara Wilson

Tarot for Creatives with Jenna Blum

$777 per person. Limited to 8 participants - Register today! BEtreat details, directions and info about sharing your 3-page excerpt will follow.

Be Well Be Here offers scholarships and subsidized fees to mindfully include ALL

ABOUT JENNA

Jenna Blum is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of novels Those Who Save Us, The Stormchasers, and The Lost Family; the novella “The Lucky One” in the collection Grand Central; and the memoir Woodrow on the Bench, about her senior black Lab and what his last seven months taught her, available now from Harper Collins.

Jenna is one of Oprah’s Top Thirty Women Writers, with her work published in over 20 countries, and cofounder/CEO of literary social media marketing company A Mighty Blaze. Jenna’s New York Times and internationally bestselling first novel, Those Who Save Us, won the Ribalow Prize, awarded by Hadassah Magazine and adjudged by Elie Wiesel; Jenna interviewed Holocaust survivors for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation for five years. Jenna is a sought-after public speaker, traveling nationally and internationally; for her 1st novel, she visited over 800 book clubs in the Boston area alone.

Jenna is based in Boston, where she has been running master fiction and novel workshops for over 20 years. She earned her M.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University and was the fiction editor for AGNI Literary Magazine. For more information about Jenna and to share her real-time adventures, please follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

ABOUT MARYANNE

Maryanne O’Hara’s deeply moving story has been featured in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The Boston Globe and Psychology Today. Her memoir Little Matches: A Memoir of Finding Light in the Dark is a People Magazine Book of the Week and led to a New York Times story. Since the release of Little Matches, Maryanne has spoken to hundreds of general readers, medical professionals, and students, and has been hosted by Harvard Medical School’s Author Series as well as other universities, bookstores, libraries, and hospitals. Maryanne is also the author of the novel Cascade, which was the Boston Globe Book Club’s inaugural pick, a Massachusetts Book Award fiction nominee, and a People Magazine Book of the Week. Her story collection was a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and the Iowa Short Fiction Award. After volunteering as an end-of-life volunteer at care facilities in Boston and Pittsburgh, Maryanne trained as a certified end-of-life doula at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine in 2019.

Maryanne earned her MFA at Emerson College, where she taught creative writing and spent many years as the Associate Fiction Editor for Ploughshares, the award-winning Boston literary journal. In addition to teaching at Clark University, she won grants from the St. Botolph Club and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

ABOUT MARJAN

Marjan Kamali is the award-winning author of The Stationery Shop (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster), a national bestseller, and Together Tea (EccoBooks/HarperCollins), a Massachusetts Book Award finalist. She is a 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship.

Kamali’s novels are published in translation in more than 20 languages (19 languages for The Stationery Shop and 8 languages for Together Tea). Her essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Literary Hub, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. 

Kamali holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University, and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from New York University. Born in Turkey to Iranian parents, Kamali spent her childhood in Turkey, Iran, Germany, Kenya, and the U.S.  She currently teaches creative writing at GrubStreet and lives in the Boston area with her family.

ABOUT MICHELLE

Michelle Hoover is a 2014 NEA Fellow in fiction. She has been the Fannie Hurst Writer-in-Residence at Brandeis University, a Writer-in-Residence at Bucknell University, a MacDowell Fellow, and a winner of the PEN/New England Discovery Award. Her debut, The Quickening, was a 2010 Massachusetts Book Award “Must Read,” and her novel Bottomland was the 2017 All Iowa Reads selection. Michelle co-created and now leads GrubStreet’s year-long Novel Incubator program, with many students experiencing publishing success as well as lifelong literary camaraderie due to Michelle’s dedication, encouragement and leadership. A native of Iowa, Michelle divides her time between Cypress and Boston.

ABOUT LARA

Lara Wilson, BWBH’s Founder, is a writer, teacher and 40-year meditator who devotes her life to exploring the intersection of mindful wellbeing, inclusive storytelling and nature immersion. Her fiction has been published in The Kenyon Review, StoryQuarterly, American Fiction, Confrontation, Indiana Review, and the Chicago Tribune Book Section as well as anthologized in Printers Row. She was awarded a 2010 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Fiction as well as scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences. For several years, Lara served on the board of the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library and at GrubStreet, where she taught master fiction workshops for over a decade. Since 2019, she has served as the Curator of the Concord Festival of Authors.

WRITE and shine this summer! Explore ways to deepen your prose and enlighten your process at BWBH’s 3-day mindful MasterCraft Writing BEtreat®. Join us to ILLUMINATE YOUR STORY at our serene space on 12 acres in Concord, MA with top-notch writing workshops, literary inspiration, compassionate conversation and nature engagement. Be inspired by BWBH mindful mentors, bestselling authors and master instructors, Marjan Kamali (The Stationery Shop), Maryanne O’Hara (Little Matches), Michelle Hoover (Bottomland) and Jenna Blum (Woodrow on the Bench). BWBH founder Lara Wilson will guide Meditation for Creativity, restorative Nature Walks and personal Mindful Writing consulting sessions.

Please note: this is an in-person day retreat, not a residential program. For lodging recommendations, email info@bewellbehere.org

MASTERCRAFT WRITING TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Friday, July 28:

7:00-9:30pm Fire Up Your Writing! Be Inspired by Fire Pit Practice

Kick off the BEtreat® with fun writing exercises by the fire.

Saturday, July 29:

9:00-9:30am Welcome

9:30-10:00am Mindful Moment with Lara

10-11:30am How the Shadowside Ignites Your Story with Michelle Hoover

11:30am - noon Nature Walk with Lara

12:00-12:45 Catered Lunch from Debra’s Natural Gourmet in West Concord, MA

1:00-3:00 Story Kintsugi: Writing to Heal and Restore with Maryanne O’Hara

3:00-3:30 Mindful Break

3:30-4:15 Meditation for Creativity with Lara

4:30-5:00 Closing Mindful Practice

Sunday, July 30:

9:00-9:30 Welcome

9:30-10:00 Mindful Moment with Lara

10-11:30 Maintain Joy and Stamina in Your Writing Practice with Marjan Kamali

11:30am - noon Nature Walk with Lara

12:00-12:45 Catered Lunch from Debra’s Natural Gourmet in West Concord, MA

1:00-1:30 BLAZE Your Writerly Intentions with Jenna Blum

1:30-5:30 Tarot for Creatives with Jenna / Mindful Writing with Lara

Take time to write, reflect or wander AND sign up for 30-min. 1-with-1 meetings:

Mindful Writing Your Way with Lara Wilson

Tarot for Creatives with Jenna Blum

$777 per person. Limited to 8 participants - Register today! BEtreat details, directions and info about sharing your 3-page excerpt will follow.

Be Well Be Here offers scholarships and subsidized fees to mindfully include ALL

ABOUT JENNA

Jenna Blum is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of novels Those Who Save Us, The Stormchasers, and The Lost Family; the novella “The Lucky One” in the collection Grand Central; and the memoir Woodrow on the Bench, about her senior black Lab and what his last seven months taught her, available now from Harper Collins.

Jenna is one of Oprah’s Top Thirty Women Writers, with her work published in over 20 countries, and cofounder/CEO of literary social media marketing company A Mighty Blaze. Jenna’s New York Times and internationally bestselling first novel, Those Who Save Us, won the Ribalow Prize, awarded by Hadassah Magazine and adjudged by Elie Wiesel; Jenna interviewed Holocaust survivors for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation for five years. Jenna is a sought-after public speaker, traveling nationally and internationally; for her 1st novel, she visited over 800 book clubs in the Boston area alone.

Jenna is based in Boston, where she has been running master fiction and novel workshops for over 20 years. She earned her M.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University and was the fiction editor for AGNI Literary Magazine. For more information about Jenna and to share her real-time adventures, please follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

ABOUT MARYANNE

Maryanne O’Hara’s deeply moving story has been featured in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The Boston Globe and Psychology Today. Her memoir Little Matches: A Memoir of Finding Light in the Dark is a People Magazine Book of the Week and led to a New York Times story. Since the release of Little Matches, Maryanne has spoken to hundreds of general readers, medical professionals, and students, and has been hosted by Harvard Medical School’s Author Series as well as other universities, bookstores, libraries, and hospitals. Maryanne is also the author of the novel Cascade, which was the Boston Globe Book Club’s inaugural pick, a Massachusetts Book Award fiction nominee, and a People Magazine Book of the Week. Her story collection was a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and the Iowa Short Fiction Award. After volunteering as an end-of-life volunteer at care facilities in Boston and Pittsburgh, Maryanne trained as a certified end-of-life doula at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine in 2019.

Maryanne earned her MFA at Emerson College, where she taught creative writing and spent many years as the Associate Fiction Editor for Ploughshares, the award-winning Boston literary journal. In addition to teaching at Clark University, she won grants from the St. Botolph Club and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

ABOUT MARJAN

Marjan Kamali is the award-winning author of The Stationery Shop (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster), a national bestseller, and Together Tea (EccoBooks/HarperCollins), a Massachusetts Book Award finalist. She is a 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship.

Kamali’s novels are published in translation in more than 20 languages (19 languages for The Stationery Shop and 8 languages for Together Tea). Her essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Literary Hub, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. 

Kamali holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University, and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from New York University. Born in Turkey to Iranian parents, Kamali spent her childhood in Turkey, Iran, Germany, Kenya, and the U.S.  She currently teaches creative writing at GrubStreet and lives in the Boston area with her family.

ABOUT MICHELLE

Michelle Hoover is a 2014 NEA Fellow in fiction. She has been the Fannie Hurst Writer-in-Residence at Brandeis University, a Writer-in-Residence at Bucknell University, a MacDowell Fellow, and a winner of the PEN/New England Discovery Award. Her debut, The Quickening, was a 2010 Massachusetts Book Award “Must Read,” and her novel Bottomland was the 2017 All Iowa Reads selection. Michelle co-created and now leads GrubStreet’s year-long Novel Incubator program, with many students experiencing publishing success as well as lifelong literary camaraderie due to Michelle’s dedication, encouragement and leadership. A native of Iowa, Michelle divides her time between Cypress and Boston.

ABOUT LARA

Lara Wilson, BWBH’s Founder, is a writer, teacher and 40-year meditator who devotes her life to exploring the intersection of mindful wellbeing, inclusive storytelling and nature immersion. Her fiction has been published in The Kenyon Review, StoryQuarterly, American Fiction, Confrontation, Indiana Review, and the Chicago Tribune Book Section as well as anthologized in Printers Row. She was awarded a 2010 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Fiction as well as scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences. For several years, Lara served on the board of the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library and at GrubStreet, where she taught master fiction workshops for over a decade. Since 2019, she has served as the Curator of the Concord Festival of Authors.

Nature immersion practice every Friday morning in April with Concord Carlisle Adult & Community Education (CCACE)

Enhance your wellBeing outdoors with Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of intentionally taking in the natural environment through the senses. As Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, writes in his book, Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” Join Be Well Be Here founder and lifelong dendrophile, Lara Wilson, for this mindful in-the-moment practice and replenish in nature. Forest Bathing benefits your entire Being, one another, our communities - even the trees and the earth!

Location: Hapgood Wright Town Forest - park in lot across from high school entrance at 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA

Nature immersion practice every Friday morning in April with Concord Carlisle Adult & Community Education (CCACE)

Enhance your wellBeing outdoors with Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of intentionally taking in the natural environment through the senses. As Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, writes in his book, Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” Join Be Well Be Here founder and lifelong dendrophile, Lara Wilson, for this mindful in-the-moment practice and replenish in nature. Forest Bathing benefits your entire Being, one another, our communities - even the trees and the earth!

Location: Hapgood Wright Town Forest - park in lot across from high school entrance at 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA

Nature immersion practice every Friday morning in April with Concord Carlisle Adult & Community Education (CCACE)

Enhance your wellBeing outdoors with Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of intentionally taking in the natural environment through the senses. As Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, writes in his book, Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” Join Be Well Be Here founder and lifelong dendrophile, Lara Wilson, for this mindful in-the-moment practice and replenish in nature. Forest Bathing benefits your entire Being, one another, our communities - even the trees and the earth!

Location: Hapgood Wright Town Forest - park in lot across from high school entrance at 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA

Nature immersion practice every Friday morning in April with Concord Carlisle Adult & Community Education (CCACE)

Enhance your wellBeing outdoors with Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of intentionally taking in the natural environment through the senses. As Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, writes in his book, Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” Join Be Well Be Here founder and lifelong dendrophile, Lara Wilson, for this mindful in-the-moment practice and replenish in nature. Forest Bathing benefits your entire Being, one another, our communities - even the trees and the earth!

Location: Hapgood Wright Town Forest - park in lot across from high school entrance at 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA

Enhance your wellBeing outdoors in Concord, MA! Be Well Be Here's wellness walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this simple practice of Being with Trees to feel the benefits of replenishing in nature. Mindful Wellness Walks collectively benefit your entire Being, one another, our communities and the earth! Register for details and directions.

FREE and for ALL at the BWBH BEtreat space! Register for directions and details.

For more about this outdoor mindful practice, see Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, by Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, who reveals that “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” (Mind Body magazine)

Enhance your wellBeing outdoors in Concord, MA! Be Well Be Here's wellness walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this simple practice of Being with Trees to feel the benefits of replenishing in nature. Mindful Wellness Walks collectively benefit your entire Being, one another, our communities and the earth! Register for details and directions.

FREE and for ALL at the BWBH BEtreat space! Register for directions and details.

For more about this outdoor mindful practice, see Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, by Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, who reveals that “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” (Mind Body magazine)

Did you know BWBH’s founder also curates the Concord Festival of Authors and loves to discuss books? Join Lara for a new experiential practice, Walk and Talk Books, at the beautiful BWBH BEtreat space in rural Concord. Walk along paths on over 12 glorious acres of and head to conservation land trails as you discuss books you love and learn about new titles. Pause to feel the crisp winter air and engage with nature to create your story in the moment - and boost your wellBeing!

FREE and for ALL! Register to receive directions and details.

Suggested donation $22. Please contribute what you can to support BWBH’s free mindful programs!

Make time for mindful wellness walks! Join us outdoors to boost your wellBeing with this observational outdoor practice that invites you to replenish in nature. Notice the natural environment, Be present with intention, and sense what brings ease in winter.

FREE and for ALL at the BWBH BEtreat space! Register for details and directions.

Please join the BWBH community by offering your DONATION and support our mission to share free programs like this with ALL so we may Be Well and Be Here.

Be Well Be Here is a 501c3 non-profit mindful wellness educational collaborative - your donation is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Be part of our mission to bring wellBEing practices to ALL.

Come home after walking and boost your wellBEing in the BEtreat space with our new Friday morning program, BWBH’s Rise, Shine and Realign!

9:30 am Tea and Empathy, a 20-minute Inner Info session with the Unconventional Intuitive, Heather Maguire

10:00 am JoyRise, 40 minutes of inspired Mindful Movement with Molly Delehey

10:45 am Shine Meditation, a 15-minute grounding practice with Lara Wilson

Click HERE to REGISTER

Your WellBEing BEtreat

BWBH’s first in-person WellBEing BEtreat of 2023!

Let your new year project Be YOU! Commit to your wellBEing with a day of creative workshops, inner exploration, compassionate conversation and restorative practices that enhance wellBEing. Be present at BWBH’s beautiful, calming BEtreat space in rural Concord, MA on Sunday, January 22 at 1 - 4 p.m.

1:00 pm  Welcome!

1:15 pm   Release and refresh with Mindful Movement with Molly

2:00 pm   Discover Your Way to Meditate for wellBEing with Lara

2:45 pm   Learn to Trust Yourself through intuitive exercises with Heather

3:30 pm   Gather to clarify your Personal WellBEing Program and begin right away!

4:00 pm   Fond Farewell

Space is limited to 8 participants to provide personalized attention.

Half-Day BEtreat for $124. Invest in Your WellBEing today!

Be Well Be Here offers scholarships and subsidized fees to share practice with ALL.

Please Be in touch if you have questions by emailing Jen at info@bewellbehere.org

Your BEtreat Guides

Molly Delehey is the founder and facilitator of Wellness Workshops, playful somatic experiences that rejuvenate the spirit and spark our natural “flow state.” With a long career as a creative dramatics teacher and as a former member of ImprovBoston, Molly introduces the concept of mindful wellness through creative movement and engaged playfulness. Her unique approach invites us to be in the moment with curiosity, compassion and fun for optimal well-being. Molly has taught in corporate, education and community settings in the greater Boston area. She is also a Kripalu-certified Shake Your Soul® Yoga Dance instructor. For more info, visit mollydelehey.com

Heather Maguire has a motto for us all: Trust yourself. As the Unconventional Intuitive, she invites us to listen mindfully to our inner voice and intuition as we step forward on the path. As Heather puts it, “I am an intuitive, which means I’m super sensitive. Through training and experience, I’ve developed practices that help us gain awareness of our inner world, to relax and trust that we are exactly who we are meant to be. My work helps people sense and trust their intuition, a super powers that helps us feel more confident, open to possibility and aligned with our purpose.” For more info, visit unconventionalintuitive.com

Lara Wilson is the founder and executive director of Be Well Be Here. Her experience as a lifelong student of meditation, a storyteller, a writing teacher, a collaborator, and a devotee of holistic health inspire her to share her expansive mindful wellness methodologies with a broader community. Her mission to compassionately connect and co-create mindful wellness practices with people of all ages and backgrounds continues to inspire the collaborative offerings at Be Well Be Here. For more info, visit BWBH’s FAQ page and scroll to Why We Do What We Do

Make time for mindful wellness walks! Join us outdoors to boost your wellBeing with this observational outdoor practice that invites you to replenish in nature. Notice the natural environment, Be present with intention, and sense what brings ease in winter.

FREE and for ALL at the BWBH BEtreat space! Register for details and directions.

Please join the BWBH community by offering your DONATION and support our mission to share free programs like this with ALL so we may Be Well and Be Here.

Be Well Be Here is a 501c3 non-profit mindful wellness educational collaborative - your donation is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Be part of our mission to bring wellBEing practices to ALL.

Come home after walking and boost your wellBEing in the BEtreat space with our new Friday morning program, BWBH’s Rise, Shine and Realign!

9:30 am Tea and Empathy, a 20-minute Inner Info session with the Unconventional Intuitive, Heather Maguire

10:00 am JoyRise, 40 minutes of inspired Mindful Movement with Molly Delehey

10:45 am Shine Meditation, a 15-minute grounding practice with Lara Wilson

Click HERE to REGISTER

Make time for mindful wellness walks! Join us outdoors to boost your wellBeing with this observational outdoor practice that invites you to replenish in nature. Notice the natural environment, Be present with intention, and sense what brings ease in winter.

FREE and for ALL at the BWBH BEtreat space! Register for details and directions.

Please join the BWBH community by offering your DONATION and support our mission to share free programs like this with ALL so we may Be Well and Be Here.

Be Well Be Here is a 501c3 non-profit mindful wellness educational collaborative - your donation is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Be part of our mission to bring wellBEing practices to ALL.

Come home after walking and boost your wellBEing in the BEtreat space with our new Friday morning program, BWBH’s Rise, Shine and Realign!

9:30 am Tea and Empathy, a 20-minute Inner Info session with the Unconventional Intuitive, Heather Maguire

10:00 am JoyRise, 40 minutes of inspired Mindful Movement with Molly Delehey

10:45 am Shine Meditation, a 15-minute grounding practice with Lara Wilson

Click HERE to REGISTER

Enhance your wellBeing outdoors in Concord, MA! Be Well Be Here's wellness walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this simple practice of Being with Trees to feel the benefits of replenishing in nature. Mindful Wellness Walks collectively benefit your entire Being, one another, our communities and the earth! Register for details and directions.

FREE and for ALL at the BWBH BEtreat space! Register for directions and details.

For more about this outdoor mindful practice, see Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, by Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, who reveals that “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” (Mind Body magazine)

Enhance your wellBeing outdoors in Concord, MA! Be Well Be Here's wellness walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this simple practice of Being with Trees to feel the benefits of replenishing in nature. Mindful Wellness Walks collectively benefit your entire Being, one another, our communities and the earth! Register for details and directions.

FREE and for ALL at the BWBH BEtreat space! Register for directions and details.

For more about this outdoor mindful practice, see Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, by Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, who reveals that “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” (Mind Body magazine)

Did you know BWBH’s founder also curates the Concord Festival of Authors? Join Lara for this new experiential practice, Walk and Talk Books, at the beautiful BWBH BEtreat space in rural Concord. Walk along paths on over 12 glorious acres of and head to conservation land trails as you discuss books you love and learn about new titles. Pause to feel the crisp autumn air and engage with nature to create your story in the moment - and boost your wellBeing!

FREE and for ALL! Register to receive directions and details.

Suggested donation $22. Please contribute what you can to support BWBH’s free mindful programs!

Sensing a season of stress? Pause… and care for your own wellBeing in order to show up for others. BWBH’s BEtreat for WellBeing on November 6 invites you to release stress through joyful movement and gentle meditation, discover your intuitive gifts, and relaaaaaax in a Sound Bath in the Fresh Air Studio.

Space is limited for personalized attention at the BWBH BEtreat space on over 12 acres of natural beauty in rural Concord, MA. Register today to Be Present for WellBeing and Source What Serves You!

BEtreat for WellBeing Itinerary for Sunday, November 6

1:00 - 1:15 Welcome!

1:15 - 2:00 Move with Joy, a movement experience designed to recalibrate your nervous system while energizing the body. Join us as we move, groove and awaken our innate sense of freedom, expression and joy! Led by Molly Delehey, Kripalu-certified Shake Your Soul™ and Wellness Workshop instructor.

2:00 - 2:15 Meditate for WellBeing to experience a deep sense of ease through gentle guided meditation that honors your way of Being. Led by BWBH founder, Lara Wilson.

2:15 - 2:30 Tea Time Snack Break - Enjoy healthy treats from Debra’s Natural Gourmet in West Concord.

2:30 -3:30 Sense Your Intuition invites you to open your awareness to the deeper levels of communication that your physical senses have to share with you. Led by Heather Maguire, the Unconventional Intuitive.

3:30 - 4:45 Crystal Bowl Sound Bath. Wrap yourself in comfort as you soak up the healing energy of crystal bowl resonance and beautiful overtone singing. Led by Brian Russo of Be Sound Now.

4:45 - 5:00 Closing Mindful Practice

Space is limited for greater wellBEing and to provide personalized attention.

Half-Day BEtreat for $148. Just a few spaces remain - Register today!

Be Well Be Here offers scholarships and subsidized fees to share practice with ALL. Please Be in touch if you have any questions by emailing Jen at info@bewellbehere.org

Did you know BWBH’s founder also curates the Concord Festival of Authors? Join Lara for this new experiential practice, Walk and Talk Books, at the beautiful BWBH BEtreat space in rural Concord. Walk along paths on over 12 glorious acres of and head to conservation land trails as you discuss books you love and learn about new titles. Pause to feel the crisp autumn air and engage with nature to create your story in the moment - and boost your wellBeing!

FREE and for ALL! Register to receive directions and details.

Suggested donation $22. Please contribute what you can to support BWBH’s free mindful programs!

Enhance your wellBeing outdoors in Concord, MA! Be Well Be Here's wellness walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this simple practice of Being in the moment and feel the benefits of replenishing in nature. Mindful Wellness Walks collectively benefit your entire Being, one another, our communities - even trees and the earth! Register for details and directions.

For more about this outdoor mindful practice, see Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, by Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, who reveals that “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” (Mind Body magazine)

Enhance your wellBeing outdoors in Concord, MA! Be Well Be Here's wellness walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this simple practice of Being in the moment and feel the benefits of replenishing in nature. Mindful Wellness Walks collectively benefit your entire Being, one another, our communities - even trees and the earth! Register for details and directions.

For more about this outdoor mindful practice, see Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, by Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, who reveals that “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” (Mind Body magazine)

Enhance your wellBeing on a Mindful Wellness Walk in Concord, MA! Be Well Be Here's nature walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this simple practice of Being in the moment outdoors, and feel the benefits of mindfully replenishing with intention. Mindful Wellness Walks collectively benefit your entire Being, one another, our communities - even trees and the earth!

For more about this outdoor mindful practice, see Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, by Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, who reveals that “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” (Mind Body magazine)

Suggested donation $11. Please register for details and directions.

*NEW* Try BWBH’s Sun Salutation Yoga after the Mindful Wellness Walk at 9am in the Fresh Air Studio for added wellBEing!

Writers & Creative Friends - do you seek deeper inspiration and clarity for your work-in-process? Trying to start a new project or choose between multiple storytelling options? Struggling with writer doubt (who isn't)?

The Signs, Synchronicities & Storytelling BEtreat is for you! Join us for a day of literary inspiration through creative workshops, nature exploration, compassionate conversation and Tarot power — and enjoy time to write in a beautiful, calming space.

This BEtreat offered by Be Well Be Here in collaboration with Blaze Tarot features New York Times / international bestselling author and co-founder of A Mighty Blaze, Jenna Blum, who specializes in Tarot readings for creatives and their projects, especially books! Jenna will share writing wisdom with the group and offer personal Tarot sessions to help guide you toward inspired next steps in your writing life.

Jenna will be joined by celebrated memoirist, speaker and healthcare activist, Maryanne O’Hara, author of Little Matches: A Memoir of Finding Light in the Dark. Maryanne’s Mindful Storytelling Session will explore how the synchronicities that we humans experience help us find meaning and purpose in our lives. Using images and reflections that speak to universal themes, Maryanne will share her story of finding light in our darkest hours and offer suggestions for discovering one’s purpose.

The Signs, Synchronicities & Storytelling BEtreat invites you to Be inspired, boost your creativity and come home to your natural way of wellBeing!

Sunday, September 25 at 9 am - 5:30 pm in Concord, MA

Choose the half- or full-day program on Sunday, September 25:

9:00-9:15 MORNING PROGRAM WELCOME

9:15-9:30 Meditation for Creativity with BWBH Founder, Lara Wilson

9:30-11:00 Synchronicities & Storytelling with Maryanne O’Hara

11:15-12:00 Inspiration in Nature, an outdoor experience with Lara Wilson

12:00-12:45 LUNCHTIME TRANSITION (Lunch included for morning program*)

12:45 - 1:00 AFTERNOON PROGRAM WELCOME

1:00-1:30 Creativity and Tarot Talk with Jenna Blum

1:30-5:00 Tarot & Time to Write

Tarot Readings with Jenna (30 minutes)

Afternoon time to write, chat about the writing process, walk in nature and Be present

5:00-5:30 Closing Mindful Practice

Space is limited to 8 participants for greater wellBEing and to provide personalized attention.

Half-Day BEtreat for $144 (choose morning or afternoon)

Full-Day BEtreat for $288

Be Well Be Here offers scholarships and subsidized fees to share practice with ALL. Please Be in touch if you have any questions by emailing Jen at info@bewellbehere.org

*Lunch options from Debra’s Natural Gourmet will be shared after registration.

ABOUT JENNA

Jenna Blum is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of novels Those Who Save Us, The Stormchasers, and The Lost Family; the novella “The Lucky One” in the collection Grand Central; and the memoir Woodrow on the Bench, about her senior black Lab and what his last seven months taught her, available now from Harper Collins.

Jenna is one of Oprah’s Top Thirty Women Writers, with her work published in over 20 countries, and cofounder/CEO of literary social media marketing company A Mighty Blaze. Jenna’s New York Times and internationally bestselling first novel, Those Who Save Us, won the Ribalow Prize, awarded by Hadassah Magazine and adjudged by Elie Wiesel; Jenna interviewed Holocaust survivors for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation for five years. Jenna is a sought-after public speaker, traveling nationally and internationally; for her 1st novel, she visited over 800 book clubs in the Boston area alone.

Jenna is based in Boston, where she has been running master fiction and novel workshops for over 20 years. She earned her M.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University and was the fiction editor for AGNI Literary Magazine. For more information about Jenna and to share her real-time adventures, please follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

ABOUT MARYANNE

Maryanne O’Hara’s deeply moving story has been featured in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The Boston Globe and Psychology Today. Her book Little Matches: A Memoir of Finding Light in the Dark has been a People Magazine Book of the Week and led to a New York Times Magazine cover story. Since the release of Little Matches, Maryanne has spoken to hundreds of general readers, medical professionals, and students, and has been hosted by Harvard Medical School’s Author Series as well as other universities, bookstores, libraries, and hospitals. Maryanne is also the author of the novel Cascade, which was the Boston Globe Book Club’s inaugural pick, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award, and a People Magazine Book of the Week. Her story collection was a finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and the Iowa Short Fiction Award. After volunteering as an end-of-life volunteer at care facilities in Boston and Pittsburgh, Maryanne trained as a certified end-of-life doula at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine in 2019.

Maryanne earned her MFA at Emerson College, where she taught creative writing and spent many years as the Associate Fiction Editor for Ploughshares, the award-winning Boston literary journal. In addition to teaching at Clark University, she won grants from the St. Botolph Club and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Learn more about Maryanne’s literary journey on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for occasional updates, doses of optimism and more.

Enhance your wellBeing on a Mindful Wellness Walk in Concord, MA! Be Well Be Here's nature walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this simple practice of Being in the moment outdoors, and feel the benefits of mindfully replenishing with intention. Mindful Wellness Walks collectively benefit your entire Being, one another, our communities - even trees and the earth!

For more about this outdoor mindful practice, see Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, by Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, who reveals that “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” (Mind Body magazine)

Suggested donation $11. Please register for details and directions.

*NEW* Try BWBH’s Sun Salutation Yoga after the Mindful Wellness Walk at 9am in the Fresh Air Studio for added wellBEing!

Enhance your wellBeing on a Mindful Wellness Walk in Concord, MA! Be Well Be Here's nature walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this simple practice of Being in the moment outdoors, and feel the benefits of mindfully replenishing with intention. Mindful Wellness Walks collectively benefit your entire Being, one another, our communities - even trees and the earth!

For more about this outdoor mindful practice, see Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, by Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, who reveals that “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” (Mind Body magazine)

Suggested donation $11. Please register for details and directions.

*NEW* Try BWBH’s Sun Salutation Yoga after the Mindful Wellness Walk at 9am in the Fresh Air Studio for added wellBEing!

Enhance your wellBeing on a Mindful Wellness Walk in Concord, MA! Be Well Be Here's nature walks are based on the principles of Forest Bathing, or shinrin yoku, a Japanese practice of taking in the natural environment through the senses. Join BWBH founder, Lara Wilson, for this simple practice of Being in the moment outdoors, and feel the benefits of mindfully replenishing with intention. Mindful Wellness Walks collectively benefit your entire Being, one another, our communities - even trees and the earth!

For more about this outdoor mindful practice, see Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness, by Japanese doctor and researcher, Qing Li, who reveals that “spending time in a forest can reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and anger; strengthen the immune system; improve cardiovascular and metabolic health; and boost overall well-being.” (Mind Body magazine)

Suggested donation $11. Please register for details and directions.

*NEW* Try BWBH’s Sun Salutation Yoga after the Mindful Wellness Walk at 9am in the Fresh Air Studio for added wellBEing!