January 2020
Event Details
Date: Sunday, January 19, 2020; 10:00am - 4:30pm. Sliding Scale: $95 - 200. Code JB1D20. Note: The average cost per person, per day to Spirit Rock to offer a program is $160.
Event Details
Date: Sunday, January 19, 2020; 10:00am – 4:30pm.
Sliding Scale: $95 – 200. Code JB1D20.
Note: The average cost per person, per day to Spirit Rock to offer a program is $160.
Description:
Although it is a foundational Buddhist teaching, joy can seem frivolous or unspiritual, especially in these challenging times when it’s easy to get overwhelmed or outraged. We need skills to help us open to suffering, while not missing all the blessings. In this day retreat, we’ll discover ways to cultivate wholesome states to develop our natural capacity for well-being and joy, which then becomes our gift to a troubled world. We’ll explore how to open to the whole package of life with joy for our blessings, compassion for suffering, and holding it all with balance and equanimity that allows us to act with wisdom.
Our time together will include periods of guided and walking meditation, discussion, connection in community, written reflection, and Q&A.
General Information
Online registration for our programs is available until 12 noon of the last business day prior to the day of the event (e.g. online registration for a Monday program ends at 12 noon on the prior Friday). There is an additional $5 fee for registering at the door. If you can’t attend an event you registered for, please see our Cancellation Policy.
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Volunteer/Work Exchange opportunities, as well as full or partial Scholarships, may be available for this program. For more information, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at volunteering@spiritrock.org.
Even if you have been to Spirit Rock before, please review our Non-Residential Programs FAQ for useful information about what to wear, what to bring, how to get here, and more.
Teacher(s)
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James Baraz
James Baraz
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