Mark Coleman is a teacher at Spirit Rock and has taught insight meditation retreats since 1997 worldwide. Mark is passionate about nature and integrating meditation and the natural world and leads wilderness retreats internationally through Awake in the Wild retreats.   He is founder of the Mindfulness Institute and has brought mindfulness trainings, consulting and coaching to companies, healthcare and nonprofit organizations across North America. Co-founder of the Mindfulness Training Instititute Mark runs year long mindfulness teacher trainings in the UK and US.   A leader in the online meditation field, Mark has meditations with the NYTimes Virtual Reality app, Whil.comonline meditation platform and Grokker.com.   He is author of Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self-Discovery and Make Peace With Your Mind.   He lives in Sausalito, Marin and likes nothing more than hiking biking and kayaking in the outdoors.