Beginning Classes

A 5-week beginning class series is offered in the evenings twice a year at Spirit Rock, usually in September and again in February. All of our weekly classes are open to beginners. Most of our daylong retreats include meditation instructions.

Spirit Rock teachers also offer beginning classes at their local sitting groups. Please check either their websites or call for details about their sitting groups. For a listing of sitting groups led by Spirit Rock teachers in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, click here.

23 Listings Page 1 of 2 Page 2 of 2 5/22/2013 Spring Middle School Series (all middle school age tweens are welcome) Rebekah Laros, Adam Baraz 5/25/2013 Teen Spring Series (all teens in high school and college are welcome) Forest Fein, Krissa Lebacqz 6/15/2013 Lovingkindness: Cultivating the Open and Wise Heart - 4 nights, ends Jun 19 Spring Washam, Donald Rothberg, Konda Mason (yoga) 6/24/2013 Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening - 6 nights, ends Jun 30 Mark Coleman, Anna Douglas, Ashley Sharp (yoga) 6/29/2013 Introduction to Insight Meditation Howard Cohn 7/14/2013 Introduction to Insight Meditation Dana DePalma 7/19/2013 July Insight Meditation Retreat (LOTTERY) - 9 nights, ends Jul 28 Joseph Goldstein, Kamala Masters, Annie Nugent, Gregory Scharf 8/5/2013 Insight Meditation Retreat for Young Adults (ages 18-35) - 6 nights, ends Aug 11 Debra Chamberlin-Taylor, Will Kabat-Zinn, Spring Washam, Pascal Auclair, Teja Bell (qigong) 8/10/2013 Foundations of Insight Meditation / Vipassana 101 Mark Coleman 9/22/2013 Teen Meditation Daylong Rebekkah LaDyne, Adam Baraz 9/26/2013 Fall Middle School Series (all middle school age tweens are welcome) - Ends Oct 24 Dawn Scott, TBA 10/3/2013 Fall Middle School Series (all middle school age tweens are welcome) - Ends Oct 24 Dawn Scott, TBA 10/5/2013 Introduction to Insight Meditation Howard Cohn 10/6/2013 Teen Fall Series (all teens in high school and college are welcome) - Ends Nov 9 Rebekkah Laros, Matthew Morey 10/10/2013 Fall Middle School Series (all middle school age tweens are welcome) - Ends Oct 24 Dawn Scott, TBA 10/13/2013 Teen Fall Series (all teens in high school and college are welcome) - Ends Nov 9 Rebekkah Laros, Matthew Morey 10/17/2013 Fall Middle School Series (all middle school age tweens are welcome) - Ends Oct 24 Dawn Scott, TBA 10/20/2013 Teen Fall Series (all teens in high school and college are welcome) - Ends Nov 9 Rebekkah Laros, Matthew Morey 10/24/2013 Fall Middle School Series (all middle school age tweens are welcome) Dawn Scott, TBA 10/27/2013 Teen Fall Series (all teens in high school and college are welcome) - Ends Nov 9 Rebekkah Laros, Matthew Morey