Intro to Forest Bathing: Where Mindfulness Meets Nature
Updated April 23, 2025 By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House Letting thoughts go and being immersed in nature helps calm, center, and heal both body...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Total Relaxation with a Mohonk Spa Day
See how an Upstate New York Spa Getaway Will Lead to Ultimate Rejuvenation In today’s fast-paced world, prioritizing relaxation is essential for overall well-being. A dedicated spa day can be...
The Healthified Podcast: Mindfulness Practice with Dr. Nina Smiley
Dr. Nina Smiley Shares Mindfulness Insights on The Healthified Podcast The Healthified Podcast recently featured Dr. Nina Smiley, Director of Mindfulness Programming at Mohonk Mountain House, in an enlightening episode...
“Have You Heard the Word Is LOVE?”
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House The Beatles posed this question in the 1960s with their song “The Word”. The meaning of love has been parsed...
The Key to Cherishing Winter
The air is crisper, the frost is starting to linger, and everyone is acting as gloomy as the weather. But why? Are we looking at winter all wrong? The minute...
Mindful Choices
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House Life is rarely a straight path. As much as we’d like it to be a process of connecting the...
Mindfulness and Love
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House Passionate love gets most of our attention, but there is also a love that the Greeks called agape—universal love,...
Don’t Despair When You Compare
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House Teddy Roosevelt—a Mountain House guest in 1892—said “Comparison is the thief of joy.” And he was speaking more than...
Discover the Benefits of Mindfulness in Nature
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House Here at Mohonk Mountain House, a Victorian castle resort surrounded by 40,000 acres of a spectacular natural setting, we’ve...
Feeling Overwhelmed? These 5 Mindfulness Steps Can Help!
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House If you’re feeling overwhelmed… Like you’re running harder and harder just to stay in place… That there’s so much...
Centering Yourself with a Mindfulness Heart Meditation
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House Every day brings the possibility that we’ll encounter stress as we go about our lives. While we can do...
The Fine Art of Being Mindfully Cranky
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House “Mindfully” Cranky? What does that mean? How does it work? And isn’t it an oxymoron? The current surge of...
Procrastination Pulling You Down? Let Mindfulness Pull You Up!
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House With only 24 hours in a day, it can be difficult to get everything done. “I’m on-the-run, I’ll do...
Mastering Mindfulness One Breath at a Time
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House Bring Mindfulness Into Your Daily Routine The benefits of mindfulness are many. It boosts the immune system, heightens focus,...
Celebrating Earth Day in Pictures and Poetry
In celebration of Earth Week and Mohonk’s century-long commitment to environmental stewardship, we shared some of our favorite nature-inspired quotes and classic Mohonk landscapes on social media this week. All of...
Simple Techniques to Manage the Stress of Everyday Life
By: Nina Smiley, Ph.D., Director of Mindfulness Programming, Mohonk Mountain House Stress can be experienced in any part of your life—at work or even at home with loved ones. The...
