Awakening the Heart: Practicing the "Divine Abodes" (DR2M20)

Registration open until 9:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) on November 28, 2021. 

Description:
The “Divine Abodes” (Brahma-viharas) of lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity, are the places of the open, awakened heart. In this online retreat, we will learn the formal practices of lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity, and offer guidance for bringing these practices into daily life and our acting in the world. All of these practices strengthen self-confidence, self-acceptance, generosity of spirit, and steadiness of mind and heart, revealing our fundamental kindness.

The retreat will alternate sitting meditation and walking meditation (or taking care of home responsibilities). Core instructions in the different practices will be offered, along with talks, discussion, and brief daily guided movement sessions.

This retreat is suitable both for those wanting a dedicated at-home retreat, much like a residential retreat, and for those with some responsibilities wanting a home retreat with many hours of formal practice but also time for other activities

All are welcome! No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. For more information, please email Registration@spiritrock.org.

*Please note: If you are interested in receiving continuing education credits (CECs), you must register and pay for CECs prior to the start of the program (no retroactive CECs will be given). CEC participants must fulfill the attendance requirement by attending the session live, as CEC credits are not available for watching the recording only.

Continuing Education (CE) credit available:
This program offers 10 CE credits for $100 for psychologists and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors, licensed by the APA, California BBS, BRN, or BCE.**

Teachings are appropriate for health care professionals as well as the general public. Care providers will find that the teachings, practices, and immersion in nature during this daylong will aid in their emotional regulation and stress-reduction, offering them another means for managing burnout. By understanding our place in the broader web of life, care providers can also strengthen their capacity for empathy and compassion.

Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
At the end of the program you will better able to:

• Describe lovingkindness practices to clients as a resource for cultivating ease;
• Utilize techniques of lovingkindness with a range of people, both those close to themselves, and those who are not close—particularly those who are more “neutral” and “difficult;
• Describe the potential effectiveness of lovingkindness as an antidote to distress and be able to utilize lovingkindness practices when distress arises;
• Utilize mindfulness techniques to develop compassion, in ways that may improve patient care;
• Utilize mindfulness techniques to develop joy and gratitude, in ways that may improve patient care and cultivate resilience;
• Utilize mindfulness techniques to develop equanimity, in ways that may improve patient care;
• Utilize lovingkindness and compassion in ways that may reduce burnout;

Continuing Education content level: Introductory
Daily Schedule: (Times are listed in Pacific time)
9:30-10:30 a.m. — Guided Practices and Discourse
10:30-11:00 a.m. — Extended Practice Period (no CECs)
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Guided Practices and Discourse
12:30-1:30 p.m. — Lunch (no CECs)
1:30-2:30 p.m. — Guided Practices and Discourse
2:30-3:00 p.m. — Extended Practice Period (no CECs)
3:00-4:30 p.m. — Guided Practices and Discourse

**Please note:

• 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. Spirit Rock is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16905 for 10 contact hours.

For full Provider information, and additional CEC information, including attendance requirements, cancellation, and grievance policies, please visit our Continuing Education Credit information page.