Dates: 17 Weekly Wednesdays: April – August 2021
Time for all meetings: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sliding Scale: $500 – $2000. Code DB1C21.

Online application will open week of January 25th!

ONLINE: Spirit Rock’s programs are now offered online only. Our sliding scale options include financial support for our teachers. We invite you to try this creative form of practice as we take care of one another and respond skillfully to COVID-19.

Description:
Would you like to skillfully practice anti-racism? The 8-Fold Path provides ways to enact:

• Wisdom of understanding & thoughts
• Meaningful meditations & practices with effort, mindfulness, & concentration
• Fostering engaged behaviors in speech, action, & livelihood

Inquiring into the causes and conditions that have brought about our collective suffering from racism, this course will offer meditations, reflective writings, mindfulness practices, and interactive exercises to support grounding, settledness, and skillful action. We’ll connect to individual and collective agency as we practice skills for staying in discomfort and resilience.

Open to all who acknowledge systemic racism and are committed to examining the impact of being part of such a structure.

We are committed to a class ratio of 50% BIPOC to 50% white-identified participants.

Class Dates: April 28 – August 18, 2021. Large-group and small-group sessions.
Meeting times for ALL sessions are: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Dates: 3 Saturdays; February 13, 20 & 27, 2021.
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.; class time is the same for all 3 Saturdays.
Sliding Scale: $75-$1008. Code: RM1C21.

Description:
As we grapple with racism and the inequalities magnified during the pandemic, how do Buddhist practices and the ethics of care sustain and strengthen us? Bring you story and explore socially engaged, compassion-based mindfulness practices for creating refuges for healing self-care, community-building, and social justice. We’ll form a community of learning and practice, exploring ways of bringing presence-based and place-based awareness for self and for others. Together, we’ll reflect on the difficulties and opportunities presented by these times on personal, interpersonal, and systemic levels, and create space for inclusive, equitable, and community-based work to address and repair harm as the need arises. Regardless of experience or background, you are welcome in this class. The series will assist you in beginning or deepening an embodied mindfulness practice, supported by gentle movement, guided and walking meditations, reflective writing/journaling, inquiry and discussion.

For more information on the teacher of this class, go to: https://www.rhondavmagee.com/

All are welcome! No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. For more information, please email Registration@spiritrock.org.

Dates: Materials available February 1 – May 1, 2021. Registration opens January 1, 2021 until end of the day March 1, 2021.
Sliding scale: $199 – $1,008. Code SB1N21.

Description:
With a focus on interactive discussion, community building and current events, Sylvia (via video recording) and Heidi (live via Zoom) will share practical, accessible tools to respond to, practice in, and live in these uncharted times with mindfulness, presence, and an open heart. (Re)connect and be nurtured by the support of like-minded sangha, shared stories, and meaningful moments. Join us as we explore how to bring our practice more fully into everyday life and out into the world!

This iteration will be interactive discussion-based, led by facilitating teacher Heidi Bourne, and will include Dharma talks, discussion and reflection, guided meditation, and Q&A.

Course material (included): 11 video-based teachings with Sylvia on how to make your day-to-day experience a basis for mindfulness practice. Filmed at her home, Sylvia offers reflections, teachings, and instructions for everyday experiences such as drinking coffee, driving, preparing food and even walking your dog. Videos recorded in 2014.

With easy, accessible instructions based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as well as Lovingkindness (Metta) practice, this class offers an opportunity to take your practice off of the cushion and into the world.

COURSE INCLUDES:
• 6 live Zoom sessions with Heidi Bourne (recorded and posted for later viewing)
• 11 recorded video teaching segments with Sylvia Boorstein
• A downloadable course manual

LIVE ZOOM SESSIONS:
6 weeks, Mondays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
February 22 – March 29, 2021
Session dates: Feb 22, Mar 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

REGISTRATION AND ACCESSING COURSE MATERIAL:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with the link to the course page. This course is useful for newer students as well as more experienced meditators who want to refresh their knowledge. The course materials will be available until May 1, 2021. Videos originally recorded in 2014.

Teacher(s): Grace Fisher and Friends.
Sliding Scale: $0 – $108 ($15 – $30 suggested). Code 08TM21.

Description:
A meditation group for women to honor the feminine using silent and guided meditation, movement, seasonal rituals on the land, and group exploration in a safe, nurturing environment.

Our sliding scale options for this drop-in program include financial support for our teachers.

Online: We are offering this program online only via Zoom so you can join us remotely. We invite you to try this creative form of practice as we take care of one another and respond skillfully to COVID-19.

Teacher(s): Tuere Sala
Sliding Scale: $0 – $108 ($15 – $30 Suggested). Code 09BV21.

Our sliding scale options for this drop-in program include financial support for our teacher(s).

Online: We are offering this program online only via Zoom so you can join us remotely. We invite you to try this creative form of practice as we take care of one another and respond skillfully to COVID-19.

Open to all self-identified BIPOC

Description:
The Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Sangha is a weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners that provides a safe place to meditate and explore the dharma. As a beloved community, this sangha supports exploration of the dharma in light of our experiences. Together we will cultivate an environment that welcomes diverse voices and builds community.

All levels of experience are welcome.

Date & Time: Sunday, February 28, 2021; 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Sliding Scale: $55-$275. Code TB1B21.
This program offers 6 CE credits for $60 for psychologists and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors, licensed by the APA, California BBS, BRN, or BCE.

Please Note: This retreat is offered online only. We invite you to try this creative form of practice as we take care of one another and respond skillfully to COVID-19.

Description:
The medicine our world calls for is compassion; we need to love ourselves and each other into healing and freedom. While compassion arises naturally, the flowering of full, mature compassion—Radical Compassion—requires training.

This workshop offers a powerful tool for cultivating compassion. Using the RAIN meditation we will directly awaken the four dimensions of Radical Compassion—mindfulness, embodied presence, active caring and all-inclusiveness. Beginning with our inner life, we’ll explore widening the circles of compassion through a sequence of short talks, guided meditations, and interpersonal meditations and reflections. The day will include time for questions and sharing.