World Environment Day Observance Pay What You Can $5-20 | Facilitated Walking Meditation at Memorial Park's Clay Family Eastern Glades

Participate in an all-ages, family-friendly mindfulness off­ering in nature, encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Intuitively, and according to a recently emerging body of literature, we know how beneficial it can be to connect with nature. To celebrate World Environment Day, we will explore the interplay between our own nature and the nature of the elements around us through a facilitated walking meditation led by Aproteem Choudhury.

Clay Family Eastern Glades reclaims 100 acres of previously inaccessible parkland. This project significantly expands picnicking; adds new parking and restrooms; establishes 5 ½-acre Hines Lake and wetlands; provides trails, boardwalks and opportunities to experience and learn about natural habitat systems; and honors the Park’s military history. Inspired by the original 1930s Master Plan for Memorial Park by landscape architects Hare & Hare, the Eastern Glades provides something for everyone – from runners on the Seymour Lieberman Trail to picnicking families to students of ecology and those interested in Houston’s and the nation’s cultural history. Paid parking, $1 for three-hour increments, uses City of Houston meters. Users can pay with a credit card, cash, or pay-by-app via ParkHouston. Parking meters are active 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily.

Aproteem Choudhury is a Community Health and Integrative Behavioral Health Consultant with experience engaging, mobilizing, and uniting disadvantaged communities, clinical populations, and healthcare institutions with mind-body medicine. Apro is building community-driven coalitions (at Texas Children's Hospital, Uvalde, TX, and Ukraine) that activate our capacity to understand ourselves, face challenges, and heal trauma.