Please only register for one of the two formats: On-Land or Online.
Registration closes at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on April 26, 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:
Self-compassion is a powerful tool for emotional resilience in the face of suffering. It entails three main elements: kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness. One way to access self-compassion is by embodying these three components in their experiential form, which entails loving, connected presence. We can learn to untangle from our thoughts and emotions and rest our awareness in compassionate presence, holding our pain.
Research shows that self-compassion is strongly linked to psychological and physical health, but the practice can be hard to remember. Our physiology and culture doesn’t support the practice of being kind to ourselves, especially when our distress is due to feelings of failure or inadequacy. In this program, researcher Kristin Neff teams up with meditation teacher Caverly Morgan to explore self-compassion from a scientific and contemplative lens, so that we can respond to difficult moments with greater warmth and ease.
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 – $600
Sustainer – $450
Basic – $250
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $50
All are welcome! No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. For more information, please email Registration@spiritrock.org.
*Recording Note: You will have ~90 days from the original program date to view the program. If you would like access to the 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 & No Refund = if cancel day of the program, or beyond
Continuing Education (CE) credit available:
This program offers 12 CE credits for $120 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.
Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
At the end of the program, you will be better able to:
- Identify the three key components of self-compassion;
- Describe key research that supports the benefits of self-compassion;
- Differentiate self-compassion from self-esteem;
- Utilize techniques to increase self-compassion in everyday life;
- Utilize kindness practices, rather than self-criticism, for motivation;
- Utilize compassion practices to regulate difficult emotions;
- Explain how mindfulness supports self-compassion by promoting present-moment awareness and reducing emotional reactivity, allowing for a more compassionate response to suffering;
- Utilize specific techniques to apply self-compassion in moments of perceived failure or inadequacy, transforming negative self-talk into nurturing and supportive inner dialogue.
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 12 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.
