Nature is our teacher.

I'm happy to be your guide.

I was raised in Venezuela by the gentle laps of the Caribbean, watching the turquoise water reflected on the bellies of the pelicans.  Although, I lived in an apartment in the busy city of Caracas, I also felt at home in the small rainforest that was our backyard – one which we shared with gentle sloths and mysterious iguanas.

When my daughter was born in San Francisco, I developed a heightened sensitivity to the noise and overwhelm around me – and now around her too.   I refused to accept that profound inner peace was to become merely a retreat indulgence.  That's when I embarked on a journey to awaken my everyday nature-infused, inherent calm. 

Inspired by a tiny colibrí, and informed by years of study with the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh, many opportunities to be in community with Indigenous wisdom keepers, and my experience as a documentary filmmaker, I eventually developed Calm by Nature, a reliable, soul-satisfying method for accessing our peaceful, grounded presence in collaboration with the Earth.  

Since then, I've had the pleasure of guiding all sorts of Earth Lovers –  farmers, filmmakers, sustainability professors, outdoor educators, botanical artists, policy makers, healthcare workers, healers, chefs, mamas, women — in accessing their own nature-infused, inherent calm, every single day.  I've shared my learnings as a course at Stanford University, for the United Nations, the Dalai Lama Fellows and for a growing online community. 

My prayer is that as we awaken our natural calm, we will become greater instruments of resonant beauty and healing – for ourselves, our communities and our Earth.

I look forward to meeting you.

natasha deganello giraudie