Alex Thomas
Chicago, IL
Alex Thomas
Alex Thomas has a PhD in cancer biology from Northwestern University and works as a science writer and educator. After spending many years primarily within her analytical mind, she began to gravitate toward spending more time outdoors and reconnecting with the natural world. Unifying her time in nature with her long-standing meditation practice was transformative. She’s been delighted by and grateful for the sense of balance, presence, joy, and play that comes with practicing meditation outside.
Alex became a certified Awake in the Wild nature-based meditation teacher in 2025 with the intention to connect people with their “nature-ness” and embodied sensory experience of the world. She offers various mindfulness programs online and in person (mostly) in and around Chicago. For information on upcoming events, check out her very irregular newsletter Playing Outside: Mindfulness in Nature.
For more info:
https://alexthomasoutside.substack.com