Nature Meditations
The videos of nature with voice over were produced as part of the research project "An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Approach to Mindfulness: Immersive Human-Environmental Interactions on Nature Sounds, Natural Destinations, and Guided Meditation" funded by the UF Informatics Institute Seed Funding (2022-2023). ​PI: Yao-Chin Wang; Co-PIs: Sabine Grunwald and Sharon Lynn Chu.
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Acknowledgements - production of video recordings:
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Project coordination: Yao-Chin Wang.
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Nature video recordings: Yue (Darcy) Lu.
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Scripts and voice over guided meditations: Sabine Grunwald.
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Post-processing of videos: Pratik Kamble and Jayavidhi Kumar.
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Wang, Y.-C., Lu, Y. (Darcy), Grunwald, S., Chu, S. L., Kamble, P., & Kumar, J. (2024). An AI approach to support student mental health: Case of developing an AI-powered web-platform with nature-based mindfulness. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, 36(3), 267-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/10963758.2024.2369128
#1 video. Sweetwater weed sky cloud.
Meditation: Focused attention meditation.
#2 video. Loblolly Woods Nature Park, North-spring.
Meditation: Flow of water, flow of thoughts, flow of life.
#3 video. Loblolly Woods Nature Park.
Meditation: Focused attention meditation; open monitoring meditation;
pure awareness meditation.
#4 video. Loblolly Woods Nature Park, South.
Meditation: Little spider - interconnectedness.
#5 video. Bluesprings. Pond with fish.
Meditation: Ground yourself - deep relaxation.
#6 video. Loblolly Woods Nature Park, North. Tall trees and nature panorama.
Meditation: Appreciation, gratitude and love.
#7 video. Paynes Prairie. Plain panorama.
Meditation: Spaciousness - boundless nature.
#8 video. Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. Bamboo forest.
Meditation: Gratitude and compassion for nature.
#9 video. Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. Close-up drew leave and tall tree.
Meditation: Grounding meditation.
#10 video. Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. Buddha meditating.
Meditation: Zen meditation.
#11 video. Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. Lotus and fish.
Meditation: Calm abiding of mind - mindfulness meditation.
#12 video. Cedar Key. Egret.
Meditation: The gentle ocean meets sparkles of light.
#13 video. St. Augustine Beach. Sunrise.
Meditation: Uplifting embodied meditation.
#14 video. St. Augustine Beach. Ocean waves.
Meditation: Meditate with ocean waves.
#15 video. St. Pete Beach. Sunset.
Meditation: Present moment.