Take your next meeting outside! 

Want to virtually meet up with friends or coworkers with a fresh, new look that doesn’t require any tidying up? Ready to infuse a calm, green presence in your next zoom session? 

We’ve got you. Use these virtual backgrounds; images from Sacred Places in different pockets of the country — all intentionally designed to reduce stress, offer solace and lend perspective. And who couldn’t use a little perspective these days? Enjoy! 

Broadcast your next virtual meeting from the Mt. Washington Arboretum—an urban oasis of native plants, an outdoor classroom for environmental learning, and home of a Sacred Place. 

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Convene with others from this beautiful garden — the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park in Maryland. Challenge your audience to spot the Nature Sacred bench to keep your meeting lively!

Download this background here. Here are some zoom instructions just in case. 

 

 

Frame your meeting with these sunny flowers from the Children’s Peace Center in Baltimore, an organization committed to its youth and families — enriching lives through creative expression. 

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Who could feel stressed out convening around this stunning nature-scape? This image is snapped from the Whitman-Walker Healing Garden in Virginia — a garden and Sacred Place designed to lift spirits. 

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Log in from this beautiful Sacred Place at the University of Maryland, remind folks that it’s ok to sit, press pause and breathe deeply. Students have logged in hundreds of journal entries on this very bench. 

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