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Retreat On-Land

September 26 - September 30, 2024 Thursday - Monday | 4 nights

What the Buddha Taught: Insight Meditation for Resilience and Peace

A Few Spaces Still Available! The Buddha taught a path of liberation that continues to bring resilience, insight, and peace to practitioners today. Our practice of retreat brings the teachings alive, as we cultivate mindfulness, lovingkindness, and investigation of the causes of suffering throughout all the activities of the day, learning to meet everything that arises with wakefulness and intimacy. This retreat is great for beginners as well as more experienced practitioners looking for a refresh on the foundations of Insight practice.

Anushka Fernandopulle

Anushka Fernandopulle

Neesha Patel

Neesha Patel

Gullu Singh

Gullu Singh

September

Class Series Online Dharma Institute

September 5 - October 3, 2024 5 Thursdays | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Compassion & Equity: The Buddha's Approach to Social & Political Life

In this 5-week class, part of our ongoing Refuge of Dhamma study series, we look at teachings from the Pāli Canon that reveal the insightful and still valuable approach the Buddha took to issues like caste, commerce, inequality, militarism, and the web of relationships and hierarchy that defines our place in the social order. We will explore how to bring our practices of intention, ethics, and mindful action into engagement with the world, with compassion and wisdom as our guide.

Sean Oakes

Sean Oakes

Retreat On-Land Hybrid

Saturday, September 7 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Inner Peace and Outer Action for Challenging Times: Practices to Cultivate Resilience

3 CE Credits. We live in a time of great promise and great peril. How can we respond to threats and injustices with effective action, while also preserving our own compassion, inner balance, and well-being? Together, we'll explore answers to this question, informed by practical brain science. This workshop will emphasize experiential practice, meeting ourselves where we are, and learning together how to walk more evenly on uneven ground. Our time together will include guided meditation, discussion, and Q&A.

Rick Hanson

Rick Hanson

Retreat Online Hybrid

Saturday, September 7 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Inner Peace and Outer Action for Challenging Times: Practices to Cultivate Resilience

3 CE Credits. We live in a time of great promise and great peril. How can we respond to threats and injustices with effective action, while also preserving our own compassion, inner balance, and well-being? Together, we'll explore answers to this question, informed by practical brain science. This workshop will emphasize experiential practice, meeting ourselves where we are, and learning together how to walk more evenly on uneven ground. Our time together will include guided meditation, discussion, and Q&A.

Rick Hanson

Rick Hanson

Drop-in Online

Sunday, September 8 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

BIPOC Voices: Weekly Sunday Saṅgha

Open to all self-identified BIPOC. The Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Saṅgha is a weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners that provides a safe place to meditate and explore the Dharma in light of our experiences. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome.

Devin Berry

Devin Berry

Family On-Land

Sunday, September 8 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Fall Family Day

Family Days are a wonderful opportunity to spend the day connecting with your children, yourself, and a community of supportive peers. Come play, share, learn, and open your heart!

Kate Munding

Kate Munding

Eve Decker

Eve Decker

Retreat On-Land

September 9 - September 13, 2024 Monday - Friday | 4 nights

Founders Retreat: Insight Meditation with the Spirit Rock Founding Teachers

Full - short waitlist. Spirit Rock invites you to a special Insight Meditation Retreat with senior Spirit Rock teachers who have been here since the beginning. This retreat emphasizes quieting the mind, opening the heart, and developing clarity and depth of practice. Traditional instructions based on the Foundations of Mindfulness will be combined with daily mettā (lovingkindness) practice, silent sitting and walking periods, guided movement sessions, practice meetings with teachers, and daily Dharma talks.

James Baraz

James Baraz

Howard Cohn

Howard Cohn

Eve Decker

Eve Decker

Stephanie Antoine

Stephanie Antoine

Drop-in Online

Monday, September 9 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM

Monday Night Meditation & Talk

For over 35 years, the Monday Night sitting group at Spirit Rock has been a welcoming refuge to gather, hear the teachings of the Buddha, and practice Insight Meditation together as a community. The program includes a 30-40 min guided meditation, a short break, and a Dharma talk.

Vinny Ferraro

Vinny Ferraro

Drop-in Online

Wednesday, September 11 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Wednesday Morning Meditation & Talk

Our Wednesday Morning Meditation & Talk is led by Sylvia Boorstein, Donald Rothberg, Heidi Bourne, or other guest teachers. This group welcomes beginners and experienced practitioners to explore the Dharma.

Heidi Bourne

Heidi Bourne