This event is now SOLD OUT. Please email EventsRegistrar@spiritrock.org if you would like to be added to the wait list.

Cost: Sliding Scale $75 – 200. Code MC7D18.

Nowhere is the power of contemplative meditation more profound than in the serenity of nature. Like the Buddha, mystics for millennia have sought refuge in the silence of the natural world.

In this tranquil and rejuvenating day, we will explore how meditation is supported by the stillness of nature as we spend the day in sitting and walking meditation in the hills and meadows of Spirit Rock. Throughout the day we will interweave sessions of chant and song designed to open the heart and awaken states of well being and insight.

In this time of crisis on our beloved earth, we will gather to intimately connect to the land with presence and reverence to heal and strengthen our hearts. We will learn from nature’s perennial wisdom teachings on change, inter-dependence, and the power of letting go. We will explore the interconnection between our inner and outer landscape and experience how nature touches and evokes many beautiful qualities including joy, peace, wonder and love.

The day will be held in spacious silence and will include dharma talks, discussion, guided meditations, chant, song and group exercises. No previous meditation experience necessary. All levels of practitioners are welcome!

The entire day will be held outdoors on Spirit Rock land. More details will be shared closer to the event.

Young Adults (18-26) and Seniors (65+ with limited income) are invited to attend this day for $45.

Teacher(s): For the schedule of teachers, click here.
Cost: Sliding Scale $0 – 108. Code 17ML18.

PLEASE NOTE: This is the LIVESTREAM registration page. To attend in person, just come! Preregistration is not required. Learn more here!

Join us for “Spirit Rock Live: Monday Nights with Jack Kornfield and Friends”, a live webcast of our Monday Night sitting group. Tonight featuring Mark Coleman.

Now in its 33rd year, the Monday Night sitting group at Spirit Rock has been a welcoming refuge for the community to gather, hear the teachings of the Buddha and practice mindfulness meditation. We begin with 30 to 40 minutes of guided meditation, followed by a 15-minute break. The teacher then offers a dharma talk and answers questions from participants. We end with a 10- to 15-minute silent sit.

If you’re unable to tune in Monday Night for the livestream, register anyway! A video recording of the full evening will be made available to registered participants immediately after the program ends, and will remain available for two weeks. PLEASE NOTE: It is necessary to register ahead of time to have access to the recording.

View a recording of Spirit Rock Live: Monday Nights with Jack Kornfield & Friends...

Cost: Sliding Scale $75 – 200. Code MC8D18.

Insight Meditation or Vipassana is a profoundly liberating practice and path to genuine well-being, happiness, and freedom. Grounded in the foundational practice of mindfulness, Insight Meditation enables you to see clearly the truth of your inner and outer experience, providing insight into the ways you create your own suffering and how you can be free of pain and stress.

When you cultivate the kind, curious presence of mindfulness to your moment-to-moment experience, clarity, joy, wisdom, and compassion can arise in the heart. This in turn enables you to deeply know yourself, others and the nature of reality.

Teachings are appropriate for health care professionals as well as the general public. Health care professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients. Continuing Education (CE) credit available. See below for attendance requirements and more information.

Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
Based on the content of this program, you will be able to:

• Utilize practices to steady the mind and open the heart using Buddhist perspectives and practices, in ways useful to clients;
• Apply, in a clinical setting, perspectives from Buddhist teachings on happiness and causes of happiness; on suffering and the causes of suffering;
• Utilize, and share with clients, the powerful principles of equanimity and compassion for meeting the full range of human experience with balance and openness;
• Demonstrate techniques and applications of mindfulness practice to clients or patients.

Young Adults (18-26) and Seniors (65+ with limited income) are invited to attend this day for $45.

Cost: Sliding Scale $75 – 200. Code MC9D18.

Mindful awareness and love are beautiful qualities of an awakened life. Awareness leads to clarity, insight and freedom. A loving heart responds with care to our own struggles and to the pain in the world, intimately connecting us with life.

We will cultivate heart qualities and learn how to free ourselves from the restless, reactive mind so we can live with greater kindness and peace. We will explore the integration of love and awareness so our mindfulness practice is fused with a kind, receptive presence. We will also inquire into what obstructs and hinders us from experiencing this loving awareness.

Teachings are appropriate for the general public as well as health care professionals. Continuing Education (CE) credit available. See below for more information. This program will help health care professionals explore how mindfulness and meditation practices can be utilized in a clinical setting to help clients reduce suffering and increase joy.

Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
Based on the content of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Utilize practices to steady the mind and open the heart using Buddhist perspectives and practices, in ways useful to clients;
• Apply, in a clinical setting, perspectives from Buddhist teachings on happiness and causes of happiness; on suffering and the causes of suffering;
• Utilize the powerful principles of equanimity and compassion for meeting the full range of human experience with balance and openness;
• Demonstrate to clients techniques and applications of mindfulness practice.

Young Adults (18-26) and Seniors (65+ with limited income) are invited to attend this day for $45.