Events at this location

Date & Time: Saturday, June 24, 2023; 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. US Pacific Time
Please Note: This program will be offered as a hybrid: on-land (non-residential) and online (via Zoom).

On-Land (in-person) Sliding Scale: $185-$400. Our sliding scale options include financial support for our teachers. Code AY1B23.

Online Sliding Scale: $55-$275. Our sliding scale options include financial support for our teachers. Code AY1Z23.

Description:
Our psyche is composed of both “heaven” and “earth.” Heaven represents the psyche’s transcendent expression, the pre-egocentric worldview of timelessness and transcendent identity. Earth represents the psyche’s dualistic, sensual, and conditioned aspects. Though we are conditioned to think of these “earth” aspects of the psyche as being negative, they are simply the counterpoint to the more transcendent and otherworldly aspects of our being.

Heaven and earth go together like your right and left hand, or like your two feet walking. No matter how we identify with or grasp at one of these aspects of our being, they are both part of us. Only when they come together in a single embrace do we experience a wholeness of being that is not held captive by either position. In this day with venerable teacher Adyashanti we will share meditation, teachings, and discussion that illuminates the embrace of heaven and earth. 

On-Land space is limited due to COVID protocols in place, please register for the In-person event only if you can join us on the land. If you can only join us remotely online, please register for the Online version and you can participate by Zoom or watch the program later.

Teacher(s): Donald Rothberg, PhD
Time: 7:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. US Pacific Time

Please Note: This program will be offered as a hybrid: On-land (29MQ23) and Online (29ML23).

Join us for “Spirit Rock Live: Monday Nights with Jack Kornfield and Friends”!

For over 35 years now, the Monday Night sitting group at Spirit Rock has been a welcoming refuge to gather, hear the teachings of the Buddha, and practice insight meditation together as a community. The program includes a 30-40 min guided meditation, a short break, and a dharma talk. Learn more here.

On-Land in the Community Meditation Center:
Sliding Scale for On-land program: $25-$108. Scholarship rates available.
Space is limited for the on-land program! Pre-registration is required. We are asking everyone to pre-register for the in-person event so we know how many are coming. We are expecting this program to sell out. If you cannot join us in person, we encourage you to register for the Online version and you can participate by Zoom or watch the program later.

Online via Zoom:
Sliding Scale for Online program: $25-$108. Scholarship rates available.
This program is broadcast via Zoom with Closed Captions available. If you are unable to join us on the land and would like a recording to view later, please pre-register before the end of the day on the night of the program (US Pacific Time). You will have ~90 days from the original program date to watch.

Dates: Saturday, July 22, 2023
Daily Schedule: 10:00am – 4:00pm
Sliding Scale: $70-$310. Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for the teacher. Code LT1D23.

Daylong to be held on the land only!

Description:
Lama Tsultrim Allione brings an 11th-century Tibetan woman’s practice to the West for the first time with this accessible and effective five-step approach for dealing with negative emotions, depression, anxiety, addiction, fears, illness, and any self-defeating patterns that block us. In the process the energy tied up in our demons transforms into an accessible ally.

Now the subject of several promising scientific studies, Feeding Your Demons® was distilled by Lama Tsultrim from the teachings and practice of the Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön. This practice has benefited thousands worldwide, with practitioners from every walk of life on five continents, and can be a meaningful tool for anybody, regardless of religious affiliation or personal philosophy.

Important Note: This daylong and the following day’s program (“Sahaja: Spontaneous Wisdom” on Sunday, July 23) are separate programs with separate registrations and fees. Sunday’s program is a Benefit program.

IMPORTANT – Details on our current COVID Safety Protocols for In-person Retreats.

Dates: Sunday, July 23, 2023
Daily Schedule: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sliding Scale: $185-$400. Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for the teacher. Code LT1B23.

Daylong to be held on the land only!

Benefit for Tara Mandala and Spirit Rock

Description:
Join Lama Tsultrim Allione to savor the precious, profound teachings of sahaja, which means spontaneous, innate, or co-emergent depending on context. Alternating between the profound words of the Sahajinis (tantric sages/poets), mediation, and dialogue, we will open to these non-dual nature of mind teachings, which have the ability to wake us up spontaneously to our true nature. Lama Tsultrim will share the liberation songs of eighth century yogis and yoginis such as Saraha, Sahajayoginicinta, and the Mahasiddhas, and work with the Feeding Your Demons® practice she distilled from the teachings and practice of the Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön.

Important Note: This daylong and the previous day’s program (“Feeding Your Demons and Finding Your Allies” on Saturday, July 22) are separate programs with separate registrations and fees. Sunday’s program is a Benefit program.

IMPORTANT – Details on our current COVID Safety Protocols for In-person Retreats.

Dates: Thursday – Sunday, August 3-6, 2023
Daily Schedule: 9:00am – 5:00pm p.m.
Sliding Scale: $280-$1240. Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for the teacher. Code DR1M23.
Continuing Education Credits: Pending

4-Day “Commuter” Retreat (Non-Residential) to be held on the land!

Description:
From an initial basis in settling our minds and bodies, we will focus especially, for the first two days of our retreat, on the three main forms of practice developing liberating insight, what Rob Burbea called “seeing that frees.” This is the heart of insight meditation, both in formal meditation and daily life! We learn to notice more fully the impermanent flow of experience. We see more clearly when there is reactivity (dukkha, often translated as “suffering”). And we track increasingly when there is a “thick” sense of self, tuning in more to an open and luminous awareness beyond reactivity and the thick self. For the third and fourth days, we will continue these practices and also open more to this spacious awareness beyond reactivity, which is a source of freedom, wisdom, and compassion.

Completion of a class or retreat in mindfulness practice and regular mindfulness practice highly recommended.

IMPORTANT – Details on our current COVID Safety Protocols for In-person Retreats/Programs.

Date & Time: Sunday, August 20, 2023; 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. US Pacific Time
Please Note: This program will be offered as a hybrid: on-land (non-residential) and online (via Zoom).

Sliding Scale: $0-$160. Our sliding scale options include financial support for our teachers. Please pay at the highest level you can. Code AP1G23.

Description:
The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths describe the truth of suffering (dukkha), the cause, the path to transformation, and the fact that there can be a complete release from that dukkha. Though it can seem like the emphasis is on the suffering rather than the potential for release, happiness is experienced at every stage of practice. In our day together, we will contemplate the happiness of this path that is known as “beautiful in the beginning, beautiful in the middle, and beautiful in the end.”

On-Land space is limited due to COVID protocols in place, please register for the In-person event only if you can join us on the land. If you can only join us remotely online, please register for the Online version and you can participate by Zoom or watch the program later.

Teacher(s): Mark Coleman
Time: 7:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. US Pacific Time

Please Note: This program will be offered as a hybrid: On-land (35MQ23) and Online (35ML23).

Join us for “Spirit Rock Live: Monday Nights with Jack Kornfield and Friends”!

For over 35 years now, the Monday Night sitting group at Spirit Rock has been a welcoming refuge to gather, hear the teachings of the Buddha, and practice insight meditation together as a community. The program includes a 30-40 min guided meditation, a short break, and a dharma talk. Learn more here.

On-Land in the Community Meditation Center:
Sliding Scale for On-land program: $25-$108. Scholarship rates available.
Space is limited for the on-land program! Pre-registration is required. We are asking everyone to pre-register for the in-person event so we know how many are coming. We are expecting this program to sell out. If you can only join us remotely online, please register for the Online version and you can participate by Zoom or watch the program later.

Online via Zoom:
Sliding Scale for Online program: $25-$108. Scholarship rates available.
This program is broadcast via Zoom with Closed Captions available. If you are unable to join us on the land and would like a recording to view later, please pre-register before the end of the day on the night of the program (US Pacific Time). You will have ~90 days from the original program date to watch.

Dates: Monday to Friday, October 23-27, 2023 (4 nights). Code 293R23.
Arrival Time: 2:30-4:30 pm
Departure Time: 11:00 am
Sliding Scale: $820-$2080*
Supporter Rate w/guaranteed single room – $2080
Benefactor – $1640
Sustainer – $1260
BASE – $820
Reduced Rate – $520
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K, or YA) – $220
*Fees DO NOT include a donation to the teacher(s).

Registration opens approximately 9:00 am Pacific Time on June 21, 2023.

RETREAT TO BE HELD ON THE LAND!
This retreat will be smaller in size and will be held in “parallel” to another retreat. It will be held in the West Hall of the Community Meditation Center.

Description:
Open to: Experienced practitioners only

Prerequisite: Completion of at least one 6-night (7-day) silent residential Insight Meditation retreat and at least two years of Insight Meditation practice. Important note: only in-person retreat experience is eligible; online retreats are not eligible. Retreats do not have to be through Spirit Rock.

How do you cross the flood?
You cross calmly—one step at a time,
feeling for stones.
Matty Weingast, The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns

This retreat will be small and intimate, introducing and guiding you through a step-by-step practice called the Arriving Sequence. This practice includes arriving in the present moment, aligning with our deepest values and aspirations within the Dharma, and becoming ever more available to the felt sense in the present moment. This practical yet mysterious practice brings forth a way of being related to the present moment that provides inspiration, groundedness, and perspective, and empowers walking the Dharma path.

The primary teaching method will be multiple daily detailed guided meditations, supporting you to be with your direct experience as we go through the steps. If you’re new to this practice, please listen to a guided meditation before signing up for this retreat.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
Scholarship offerings: All scholarship rates require a minimum fee ($55/night). Scholarships are limited to TWO per calendar year for on-land retreats. And, while we are not able to offer “pay what you can”-type of scholarships for in-person retreats, they are still available for online offerings as space allows.

Hemera Fellowships for Residential Retreats – are you eligible and a first-time retreatant? Learn more details…

Room Occupancy Update*: We have double and single occupancy rooms. Many of our rooms are single occupancy. We offer a “guaranteed single room” rate and these will be limited. This rate guarantees a single room while helping to support scholarships and all we do here at Spirit Rock. The remaining single rooms are not exclusive to the top end of the sliding scale; however, they are initially prioritized for those with serious medical needs.

*Subject to change depending upon COVID-19 situation.

IMPORTANT – Details on our current COVID Safety Protocols for In-person Retreats.