Richard Mahler is...
- the New Mexico-based author or co-author of eleven published books on travel,
self-transformation, natural history, creative aging, and cooking. His newest book, The Jaguar's Shadow: Searching for a Mythic Cat, is available from Yale University Press. (Order here.)
- an independent journalist who has contributed thousands of articles to hundreds of websites, radio programs, and print publications, including the Los Angeles Times,
Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Daily News, Miami Herald, San Francisco Chronicle, Albuquerque Journal, Toronto Globe & Mail, Houston Chronicle, Planeta.com, Alternative Medicine, LA Weekly, In These Times, E/The Environment Magazine, Native Peoples, EcoTraveler, Arizona Highways, New Mexico, Land & People, Outside, Mother Jones, Ms., Southwest Art, Utne, Yoga Journal, and Body & Soul. Richard is the "Southwest Storylines" columnist for Desert Exposure monthly. (Click here to read a sample column.)
- a tour guide who leads walking tours through the historic and arts districts of downtown Silver City, New Mexico. Richard tells stories and dispenses trivia about the people, architecture, history, and culture of this 140-year-old mining town, tucked east of the Continental Divide on the edge of the Gila National Forest. Learn more or book a tour with Silver City Walks here.
- a teacher-facilitator in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction,
an 8-week course utilizing meditation, body-scan, and yoga techniques, pioneered by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Richard has led stress reduction classes at hospitals, prisons, colleges, and health education programs in New Mexico and California. He writes regularly about mindfulness topics at eMindful.com.
- a media consultant who writes and strategizes
for commercial and nonprofit entities as well as individuals. Richard's clients have included the Belize Tourist Board, Vallecitos Mountain Refuge, William James Association, Dr. Stacey Austin, Santa Cruz County Literacy Center, Mindful Living Programs, Utne magazine, Dr. Amy Saltzman, National Endowment for the Arts, and Upaya Institute. After a career as a disc jockey, Richard was a news producer in Los Angeles for FM stations KPFK, KUSC, KCRW, KXLU, and KLON as well as California Public Radio. He was a free-lance reporter, commentator, consultant, and critic for National Public Radio from 1975-1990. Richard was founding president of RadioWest and member of the board of directors of Good Radio Shows, Inc., which produces Peace Talks and other programs (www.goodradioshows.org).
- an editor whose portfolio includes work for the Gila Resources Information Project, Quivira Coalition, Trust for Public Land, Conservation Fund, and
Susan Ives Communications as well as John Muir Publishing, Stony Creek Publications, eMindful.com, and Native Peoples magazine. (Click here to see samples.)
Communication invited via e-mail or P.O. Box 1055, Silver City, NM 88062
This site was last updated on March 4, 2010
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