M Freeman*

Media artist, writer, spiritual director and contemplative guide, M Freeman works at the intersections of reckoning and resiliency, queerness and film, and contemplative, creative and social art practices. M is author of The Illuminated Space: A Personal Theory & Contemplative Practice of Media Art (The 3rd Thing Press, 2020, and winner of the Nautilus Book Award’s Gold Medal for Creativity & Innovation); and creator of Cinema Divina—short films made through and for contemplative practice. A Benedictine oblate at St. Placid Priory, see more about M at marilynfreeman.com.

Upcoming Programs by M Freeman*

Hybrid: Contemplative Rest Winter Series

January 10 - February 7, 2026

A five-session winter series Saturdays January 10, 17, 24, 31 & Saturday February 7. All sessions are 9am-noon Pacific time. Series Overview This 5-session series introduces participants to Contemplative Rest is a relaxing, present-moment, embodied meditation practice which draws somatically on previously lived experiences of the numinous—wonder, connectedness, ease, love, mystery, revelation—in order to, among […]