Registration closes at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on September 20, 2025. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. A recording* will be available following the program. Continuing Education Credits? (see details below).
Description:
In moments of great change, the practices of mindfulness, lovingkindness, and equanimity are timeless treasures. Cultivating these essential qualities helps us to steady the heart, calm the spirit, and open the door for courageous compassion. Join us in community to remember how loving awareness, kindness, and compassion can nourish our own lives and serve the peace and well-being of those around us amidst the uncertainty of these wild times. Our day together will include stories, guided and silent meditations, Dharma teachings, reflections, and Q&A.
Online Only: We are offering this program online via Zoom.
Sliding Scale: 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 the teachers as well as Spirit Rock and your fellow practitioners who need to pay less.
Benefactor – $275
Sustainer – $160
Basic – $125
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $55
All are welcome! No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. For more information, please email Registration@spiritrock.org no later than 12:00pm (NOON) PT on the day prior to the program date.
*Recording Note: Registration includes unlimited access to this program’s recording. You must register by the deadline above. The recording will be available in ~10 days after the program.
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 – Online: Drop-ins, Daylongs, Multiday Programs (1-3 days), Family Programs/Series, CEC fees:
- NO REFUNDS
- Open Credit, or Donation to Spirit Rock = if cancel by midnight, the day prior to program start (Pacific Time)
- No Open Credit = if cancel day of the program, or beyond
Continuing Education (CE) credit available:
This program offers 5 CE credits for $50 for psychologists, and California-licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors. Please review our Continuing Education 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. Health care professionals face systemic pressures and emotional demands that can lead to burnout, moral distress, and compassion fatigue. This program offers mindfulness, lovingkindness, and equanimity practices that foster emotional resilience, ethical clarity, and a grounded capacity to care for others without becoming overwhelmed. By reconnecting to compassionate awareness and inner steadiness, clinicians can sustain their well-being while offering presence and healing amidst complexity and crisis.
Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
At the end of the program, you will be better able to:
- Describe how mindfulness-based practices can reduce emotional reactivity and promote psychological flexibility in the face of uncertainty and suffering.
- Utilize lovingkindness and compassion practices to mitigate symptoms of burnout and enhance prosocial behavior in health care settings.
- Utilize equanimity practices as a protective factor for clinicians’ mental health during uncertain times.
- Integrate principles of courageous compassion and ethical intention into patient care.
Continuing Education content level: Introductory
***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 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.
- Co-sponsor Mindful CECs is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17985 for 5 contact hours.
- Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.
- 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.
