Awakening Joy and Wellbeing (360R22) - On Land

Registration open until 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) on May 26, 2022. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early.

RETREAT TO BE HELD ON THE LAND!
Open to Everyone

Awakening Joy and Wellbeing: Two Essential Qualities For Troubled Times

Description:
The Buddha was known as “The Happy One.” However, the teachings often seem to emphasize working with suffering. Joy and happiness can seem frivolous even though joy is one of the Seven Factors of Awakening. In this retreat we will practice with an emphasis on cultivating wholesome states to develop our natural capacity for well-being and happiness. Our own development of well-being and joy then becomes our gift to a troubled world.

The retreat includes silent sitting and walking periods with instructions in Mindfulness meditation, practice meetings with teachers, and some experiential exercises. This retreat is appropriate for both experienced and new students.

Practices will include:

• Inclining the mind toward wholesome states;
• The power of intention;
• Mindfulness as appreciation practice (wonder and gratitude);
• Transforming suffering through Compassion;
• How letting go leads to true freedom;
• Loving-kindness for self and others;
• Mudita (sympathetic joy); and
• The joy of simply being.

Scholarship offerings: In returning to the land, we will also be returning to our pre-pandemic scholarship options and policies. All scholarship rates require a minimum fee ($50/night). Scholarships are limited to TWO per calendar year for on-land retreats. And, while we are not able to offer “pay what you can”-type of scholarships for in-person retreats, they are still available for online offerings as space allows.

Hemera Fellowships – are you eligible? Learn more…

Room Occupancy Update*: Starting with our “Living with Awareness” retreat on March 27, 2022, we will return to double occupancy rooms. Many of our rooms are single occupancy (only 16 of 80 rooms are double occupancy). We will also return to offering a “guaranteed single room” rate and these will be limited (16). This rate guarantees a single room while helping to support scholarships and all we do here at Spirit Rock. The remaining single rooms are not exclusive to the top end of the sliding scale; however, they are initially prioritized for those with serious medical needs.

*Subject to change depending upon COVID-19 situation.

IMPORTANT – Details on our current COVID Safety Protocols for In-person Retreats.

Cancellation Policy for Residential Retreats as of April 2022*:
Standard Cancellation Fee Schedule:

• $100 On or before 8 weeks
• $175 8 – 4 weeks before
• $300 4 – 2 weeks before
• No refunds as of 2 weeks before

Scholarship Rates Cancellation Fees:

• $75 On or before 8 weeks
• $100 8 – 4 weeks before
• $200 4 – 2 weeks before
• No refunds as of 2 weeks before

*Fees reduced for serious illness or death in family