Benefits of Membership

While there is no obligation to support this work, Zen Mountain Journal wouldn’t exist without the financial support of readers. Zen Mountain Journal is a weekly contemplative publication drawing on Zen and Taoist poetry, wilderness solitude, and the examined life.In fact, of the roughly 5500 people who read Zen Mountain Journal every week, only about 250 support it. (8720 subscribe, and the average post is read by 44% of those.)

In appreciation of those who do support this work, Heron Dance and Zen Mountain Journal offer the following Member benefits:

• 25% off on the purchase of original paintings.

• free shipping on all orders

• PDFs of all recent Heron Dance Art Studio books
  and some past Heron Dance Press books. These include:

• Nurturing the Song Within

• Meditations on Gratitude, Beauty and Mystery

• The Nurturing the Song Within Diary Planner

• The Pausing for Beauty Poetry Diary (2024 edition)

• The Heron Dance Book of Love & Gratitude

• Heron Dance Poetry Diary (2013 edition)

• Meditations On Nature, Meditations On Silence

• Thoreau And The Art of Life

• The Song I Came To Sing - Adult Content.

Members receive PDFs in two formats:

• Smaller file size, easy to download and in sufficient resolution to easily read.

• Higher-resolution file so that you can print the pages you find most thought-provoking and incorporate those into your own journals. All of these books are printed 11 x 8.5 so can be easily accommodated on home printers.

  Zen Mountain Journal is published one or two times a week.

  You can read more about the publication here.

• Become a member here.

• Become a free subscriber on Substack here.