Calming the Restless Mind, Body, and Heart (HC1D25)

Registration closes at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on February 2, 2025. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. Continuing Education Credits? (see details below).

Please read Important Notes below.*

Open to Everyone

Program to be held on the land only

Description:
Everyone wants to be calm and peaceful. Our restlessness and agitation stem from an uncultivated mind, a reactive heart, and a lack of clear perception of the present moment. During this daylong retreat, we will train our hearts and minds to find a calm abiding in the present moment, awaken insight, and soften our hearts.

We will follow the Buddha’s teachings on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, being mindful and sensitive to our bodies, beginning with the sensations of breathing and expanding to include all other types of physical sensations. We will learn to feel pleasure more fully without trying to make it last and learn to more easily accommodate unpleasant experiences without being afraid of or reactive to them. We will also develop the skill of recognizing and working with our emotions while learning how to relate to our thoughts more kindly and skillfully rather than being so easily carried away by them.

*Important Notes:
On-Land Attendance

• The on-land day program will take place in the Community Meditation Center in the Great Hall.
• Bring a sack lunch and a water bottle. Lunch will not be provided.
• This is NOT a residential retreat. Overnight accommodations are not provided.

COVID Safety Protocols for non-residential programs: details here.

On-Land Sliding Scale Rates: Our sliding scale options for this program include financial support for our teachers. Please consider paying at the highest rate that you can afford: your generosity supports teachers as well as Spirit Rock and your fellow practitioners who need to pay less.**

Benefactor – $310
Sustainer – $235
Basic – $140
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $70
**Volunteer/Work Exchange opportunities, which include full or partial scholarships, may be available for in-person programs. For more information, please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at volunteering@spiritrock.org.

Important Note for CEC participants: 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) and you must attend the entire program. Please review the CEC information below.

Cancellation Policy for On-Land Day Programs:

• NO REFUNDS.
• Open Credit or Donation to Spirit Rock = cancel 2 or more business days prior to program (Pacific Time)
• No Open Credit = cancel less than 2 business days prior

Continuing Education (CE) credit available:
This program offers 4 CE credits for $40 for psychologists, and California licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors. Please review our Continuing Education Credit information page to determine if your association or board will accept credits offered by Spirit Rock.***

Teachings are appropriate for health care professionals as well as the general public. Healthcare providers can benefit from this program by incorporating mindfulness techniques rooted in the Foundations of Mindfulness practices. By fostering attentiveness and sensitivity to the body, embracing both pleasant and unpleasant experiences without attachment or resistance, and developing the skill to recognize and relate wisely to emotions and thoughts, providers can enhance their ability to promote calm and peaceful states for themselves and their patients. This retreat offers a practical approach to addressing the root causes of restlessness and agitation through mindful awareness and loving engagement with mental and emotional states. Health care providers will be able to recognize and relate wisely to various experiences, including moods, emotions, thoughts, and images, providing valuable tools to promote mental well-being and resilience in their patients.

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

• Describe how each of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness contributes to quieting the mind, fostering awareness, and enhancing emotional regulation;
• List at least 3 common patterns of thought and behavior that lead to restlessness, anxiety, and stress in daily life;
• Describe at least 3 beneficial mental practices that support inner peace, emotional balance, and well-being;
• Describe how mindfulness can transform mental and emotional patterns that lead to inner turmoil into responses that foster calm and clarity.

Continuing Education content level: Introductory

***Please note:

• For full Provider information, and additional CEC information, including attendance requirements, cancellation, and grievance policies, please visit our Continuing Education Credit information page.
• For those with a different license than listed above, or with a license from a different board or association than listed on our CEC info page, please contact your licensing board or association directly to request pre-approval/acceptance of CE credits offered at Spirit Rock. Spirit Rock does not confirm the applicability of credit for those with licenses different than those listed.
• Spirit Rock is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16905 for 4 contact hours.
• Potential Conflict of Interest Statement: This instructor may have authored publications relevant to the subjects covered in this course. The instructor might reference these publications during the course, and they may receive financial compensation if these publications are purchased.
• Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.