Online Retreat

The Spectrum of Lovingkindness: Expand Your Mettā Practice

In this daylong, we’ll take a deep and unique dive into the practice of lovingkindness. While there are many variations on lovingkindness meditation, only a few are typically taught in contemporary practice. During this day we will learn a range of practices, some of which may be new even to experienced practitioners. Approaches we will consider include: using lovingkindness to cultivate concentration and shift our inner narratives; using lovingkindness to address and transform self-hatred and learn to work with difficult emotions; and radiating lovingkindness so that it can be experienced as a luminous facet of awareness itself. Through lecture, meditation, dialogue, and guided exercises, together we will deepen our understanding, practice, and embodiment of lovingkindness. This retreat is suitable for all levels.

Continuing Education: 4.5 CE Credits

$45

This program offers 4.5 CE Credits Continuing Education (CE) credits for $45 for , and may be applicable for other licenses. Please review our CEC information page for full provider information.

To be eligible for Continuing Education Credits (CECs), you must:

  • Register and pay for CECs by 4:30 p.m. PT, the business day before the program. After the program begins, no retroactive CECs will be given and the CEC fee is non-refundable.
  • Attend in full and fulfill all attendance requirements and next steps. No exceptions. Please review the CEC information page for attendance requirements.

CONTENT LEVEL: Select

Learning Objectives

Additional notes

  • For full provider information, and additional CEC information, including attendance requirements, cancellation, and grievance policies, please visit our CEC information page.
  • Spirit Rock is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16905, for 4.5 contact hours.
  • Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.
  • For those with a different license or with a license from a different licensing board, please contact your licensing board directly to ask if CE credit from the above-approved sponsors is accepted. Spirit Rock does not confirm applicability of credit for those with licenses different than those listed above.

Teaching Team

Diana Winston

Diana Winston

Teacher

Diana Winston is the Director of UCLA Mindful, the mindfulness education center of UCLA Health. She has taught retreats at Spirit Rock since 2004. She is the author of Fully Present, The Little Book of Being, and Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens.

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