Length: Recurring (non-residential)

Dates: 4 Fridays; Jan 14, 21, 28, Feb 4, 2022
Times: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. US Pacific Time
Sliding Scale: $95-$1008. Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for our teachers. Code JS1C22.
Continuing Education Credits: This program offers 12 CE credits for $120 for licensed psychologists, health & wellness coaches, and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors.* IMPORTANT NOTE FOR CEC folks: Full attendance is expected. To be eligible for CECs, participants must attend at least 3 of the 4 days, in full.

Open to: Everyone

Sensing the Subtle Body in the Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Practices to cultivate Embodied Awareness

Description:
Sensing breath and sensing the entire landscape of the body takes care and time. When doing so, it’s often not obvious that we are thinking rather than feeling or that there are areas of the physical and subtle body we haven’t ventured into fully yet.

A benefit of embodied awareness is a nuanced sensitivity to subtle feeling tones as they are arising. Familiarity with the sensations of feeling tones ushers choice in the moment, such as does allowing the feeling tone and its aftermath of thinking and feeling lead to deeper conditioning or not?

Knowing what we are sensing and why culminates in recognizing various mind states without entanglement. We realize that our mental and material manifestations are both personal and transpersonal. Curiosity becomes the constant companion of knowing what is.

All levels of practice are welcome in this class series. Familiarity with the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is highly recommended.

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: 4 Fridays; Jan 14, 21, 28, Feb 4, 2022
Times: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. US Pacific Time
Sliding Scale: $95-$1008. Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for our teachers. Code JS1C22.
Continuing Education Credits: This program offers 12 CE credits for $120 for licensed psychologists, health & wellness coaches, and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors.* IMPORTANT NOTE FOR CEC folks: Full attendance is expected. To be eligible for CECs, participants must attend at least 3 of the 4 days, in full.

Open to: Everyone

Sensing the Subtle Body in the Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Practices to cultivate Embodied Awareness

Description:
Sensing breath and sensing the entire landscape of the body takes care and time. When doing so, it’s often not obvious that we are thinking rather than feeling or that there are areas of the physical and subtle body we haven’t ventured into fully yet.

A benefit of embodied awareness is a nuanced sensitivity to subtle feeling tones as they are arising. Familiarity with the sensations of feeling tones ushers choice in the moment, such as does allowing the feeling tone and its aftermath of thinking and feeling lead to deeper conditioning or not?

Knowing what we are sensing and why culminates in recognizing various mind states without entanglement. We realize that our mental and material manifestations are both personal and transpersonal. Curiosity becomes the constant companion of knowing what is.

All levels of practice are welcome in this class series. Familiarity with the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is highly recommended.

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, 2022 until end of the day March 8, 2022.
Sliding scale: $199 – $1,008. Code SB1N22.

Description:
With a focus on interactive discussion, meditation, and community building, Sylvia (via video recording) and Heidi (live via Zoom) will share practical, accessible, timeless teachings and tools that support the integration of mindfulness, non-harming, and kindness into the complexities of our everyday lives. Connect and be nurtured by the support of saṅgha, shared stories, and meaningful moments. Join us as we explore how to bring our practice more fully into everyday life.

This iteration of the series will involve interactive discussion, led by facilitating teacher Heidi Bourne, and will include Dharma talks, discussion and reflection, guided meditation, and Q&A.

With easy, accessible instructions based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, ethics (sīla), and lovingkindness (mettā), this course series will offer an opportunity to take your practice off of the cushion and into the world.

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, Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PT
March 1 – April 5, 2022
Session dates: Mar 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Apr 5

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, 2022. Videos originally recorded in 2014.

Date & Time: 5 Thursdays; March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21; 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. US Pacific Time
Sliding Scale: Dana Day (By Donation) $0-$108. Code SF1G22.

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 Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta contains the Buddha’s original instructions for the practice of mindfulness. Beginning with the stabilization of energy and attention, the text moves through meditations on breath and body to intimate exploration of the emotions and states of mind that shape our lives.

The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, or “The Foundations of Mindfulness,” is the traditional framework for Insight Meditation. In this beloved discourse, the Buddha invites us to walk “the direct path” to the end of suffering.

While beginners are welcome, this class will be most relevant for practitioners with some experience in meditation. Our focus will be on using the sutta as an ongoing resource for practice. The class is part of our study series, The Refuge of Dhamma: Exploring the Buddha’s Discourses, and includes an audio recording of the sutta, video introductions for each session, guided meditations, and supplemental materials.

Please Note: Though the classes in the series will build on each other, attendance at all classes is not required.

Date & Time: 5 Thursdays; March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21; 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. US Pacific Time
Sliding Scale: Dana Day (By Donation) $0-$108. Code SF1G22.

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 Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta contains the Buddha’s original instructions for the practice of mindfulness. Beginning with the stabilization of energy and attention, the text moves through meditations on breath and body to intimate exploration of the emotions and states of mind that shape our lives.

The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, or “The Foundations of Mindfulness,” is the traditional framework for Insight Meditation. In this beloved discourse, the Buddha invites us to walk “the direct path” to the end of suffering.

While beginners are welcome, this class will be most relevant for practitioners with some experience in meditation. Our focus will be on using the sutta as an ongoing resource for practice. The class is part of our study series, The Refuge of Dhamma: Exploring the Buddha’s Discourses, and includes an audio recording of the sutta, video introductions for each session, guided meditations, and supplemental materials.

Please Note: Though the classes in the series will build on each other, attendance at all classes is not required.