Calming the Restless Mind (HC2D26)

Registration closes at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on April 25, 2026. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. Continuing Education credits? (see details below). Please read Important Notes below.*

Program to be held on the land only

Description:
Everyone wants to be calm and peaceful. Restlessness and agitation can arise when the mind is unsettled, the heart is reactive, and our perception of the present moment is unclear. During this day together, we will explore ways of steadying the heart and mind so that calm in the present moment becomes more accessible, insight develops naturally, and the heart softens.

During this daylong, we will draw on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness—being mindful of and sensitive to our bodies—beginning with the sensations of breathing, and expanding to include other physical sensations. We will explore how to feel pleasure more fully without trying to make it last, and how to more easily accommodate unpleasant experiences without becoming overwhelmed or reactive. We will also practice 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.

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 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.

Important Note for CE participants: If you are interested in receiving continuing education credits (CEs), you must register and pay for CEs prior to the start of the program (no retroactive CEs will be given) and you must attend the entire program. Please review the CE 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 Continuing Education (CE) credits/contact hours for $40, applicable for psychologists and California-licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors, and may be applicable for other licenses. Please review our Continuing Education information page for provider details, and to determine if your association or board will accept credits offered by Spirit Rock.

Mindfulness practices that cultivate present-moment awareness have strong empirical support for improving emotional regulation, reducing automatic reactivity, and strengthening attentional stability—capacities essential for clinicians in demanding environments. This program offers healthcare professionals structured practices drawn from the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, including awareness of body sensations, feeling tone, emotions, and thought patterns. These skills can help clinicians meet internal and external challenges with greater steadiness and clarity, while fostering a more compassionate and attuned presence with patients and colleagues. Participants will explore practices that may be integrated into clinical interactions to support therapeutic communication, patient well-being, and their own resilience in the face of stress.

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

• Describe and practice mindfulness of the body, including awareness of breathing and physical sensations, and explain how such practices can support emotional steadiness in clinical settings.
• Utilize mindfulness of feeling tone (pleasant, unpleasant, neutral) to recognize early signs of reactivity and support more balanced responses.
• Describe and practice mindfulness of emotions in ways that support recognizing emotional patterns and responding with greater clarity and stability.
• Describe and practice mindfulness of thoughts to reduce automatic cognitive reactivity and cultivate a more skillful, compassionate relationship with thinking.

Continuing Education content level: Intermediate

Attendance policy for CE participants:

• Full, live attendance is required. Incomplete attendance nullifies CE eligibility as board regulations prohibit partial credit for partial attendance.
• Certificates are issued only to those who fulfill the complete attendance requirements—without exception—to maintain compliance with our provider licenses and ensure the continuation of future CE programs.
• To ensure your attendance is recorded:
  • Sign in to Zoom with the same email used for registration, before joining the program, to ensure attendance tracking. Zoom can keep you signed into a different account from a previous meeting. Check how you are logged into Zoom before the program begins.
  • Join on time using the Zoom app or a web browser (phone dial-ins are not tracked).
  • Stay logged in and engaged for the duration of the program.
  • Maintain a stable internet connection; participants are responsible for their own connectivity.
• After the program, participants who meet the attendance requirements will be emailed a form to submit their professional information. You will have 1 week to complete and submit this form in order to receive your Certificate of Attendance.

Please note:

• For full Provider information, and additional CE information, including attendance requirements, cancellation, and grievance policies, please visit our Continuing Education 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 CE 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 other than those listed.
• Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.
• Continuing Education is sponsored by Mindful CECs.
• Mindful CECs is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Mindful CECs maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
• Mindful CECs is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17985 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.