Dates: Sunday, January 26, 3:00pm – Friday, January 31, 11:30am; 5 nights
Sliding Scale: $1500 – $650, PLUS a donation to the teacher(s) and retreat staff. Code 332R20.
12 CE credits available for $120, for psychologists and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors.

This retreat is full with a waiting list. Please submit an application if you are interested in being on the wait list. We also have commuter spaces available if you meet the prerequisite; refer to the application for details. We do have cancellations, so the longer you’re able to wait, the better your chances of getting in. You may submit your wait list/commuter application via email or postal mail.

Please Note: A limited number of Young Adult rates are still available. All other scholarship funds for this retreat have been allocated.

If you are interested and need financial assistance, we may have a work exchange available.

Retreat Description:
The Buddha called sickness, aging, and death “heavenly messengers” because they can powerfully guide us toward awakening. At this retreat we’ll learn to open our hearts and minds to all aspects of life, including the heavenly messengers. This opening cultivates the awareness, acceptance, and nourishing wisdom needed to meet life’s inevitable changes with more ease. Learning to embrace impermanence helps us embody the awakened heart-mind that holds our fears, vulnerabilities, and sorrows in wisdom, compassion, and peace. Mindfulness and loving-kindness meditations will be taught daily. This “workshop style” retreat will be held in morning and evening silence, with interactive exercises each afternoon.

• Develop a compassionate appreciation for this precarious and precious life
• Increase individual capacity to remain present for suffering
• Learn how to care profoundly for others, without becoming overwhelmed
• Develop practices that contribute to acceptance, resilience, receptivity and responsiveness

Financial assistance is available for all Spirit Rock residential retreats. Our scholarship rate is $40/night and available for all those with financial hardship with special funds allocated to People of Color (POC), folks with serious medical conditions, and young adults (age 18-26). Scholarship funding is offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Scholarships are budgeted per retreat and because they are in high demand, can run out quickly. We encourage you to register for a retreat as close as possible to the registration opening date (lotteries are an exception).

A unique scholarship opportunity — the Hemera Contemplative Fellowship! If you are 18 years of age or older with a commitment to service — serving others through your profession — you should consider reviewing the eligibility for this Fellowship. In general, this Fellowship is for those who are full-time in the listed eligible professions and are new to silent residential retreat practice. Follow this link for more detailed information: Hemera Contemplative Fellowships. ONE scholarship allowed per person, per calendar year.