Registration closes at 9:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) on November 18, 2023. 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)
Open to: Self-identified BIPOC
Cultivating Your Inner North Star with Mindfulness: Inter-relational Practices for Harmony and Well-Being
Description:
This daylong retreat will provide a conceptual framework and practice guidelines for mindful “Indigenous Inter-Relationship” meditation—a way of coming into harmony with ourselves, each other, and the larger world. Indigenous Inter-Relationship meditation focuses on the cultivation of good relations, and the balance that arises from the Indigenous concept of “all my relations.” Our day together will be instructional, experiential, and interactive, as we explore the techniques of mindfulness and Insight Meditation seated in Indigenous stories as a foundation for practice.
Online Only: We are offering this program online via Zoom for you to join us remotely.
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, staff, and your fellow practitioners.
Benefactor – $108
Sustainer – $80
BASE – $60
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC) – $20
Tentative Schedule (subject to change)
10:00am – 10:30am: Welcoming Practice
10:30am – 11:00am: Relation to Self Practice with expressive writing practice
11:00am – 11:30am: Relation to Other Practice with dyad practice
11:30am – 12:00pm: Relation to World Practice in council format
12:00pm – 12:30pm: Break
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Working with Indigenous Story
1:30pm – 2:00pm: Insight practice in dyad
2:00pm – 2:30pm: Closing Practice
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.
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:
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 live program. Please review the CEC information below.
Continuing Education (CE) credit available:
This program offers 4.5 CE credits for $45 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.***
Health care providers can benefit from incorporating mindful Indigenous inter-relationship meditation into their work, as it offers a framework for cultivating harmony, good relations, and balance with patients, colleagues, and the broader community. By integrating Indigenous concepts, stories, and mindfulness practices, this retreat provides an experiential and instructional opportunity for health care providers to deepen their understanding and practice of mindfulness/insight meditation within an indigenous context.
Teachings are appropriate for health care professionals as well as the general public. Health care providers can benefit from incorporating mindful Indigenous inter-relationship meditation into their work, as it offers a framework for cultivating harmony, good relations, and balance with patients, colleagues, and the broader community. By integrating Indigenous concepts, stories, and mindfulness practices, this retreat provides an experiential and instructional opportunity for health care providers to deepen their understanding and practice of mindfulness/insight meditation within an indigenous context.
Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
At the end of the program you will better able to:
- Demonstrate a clear conceptual understanding of the interconnectedness between indigenous interrelationship and mindfulness practices;
- Identify how indigenous stories can facilitate mindfulness practice;
- Identify the relationship of wellness with inter relationship.
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 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 4.5 contact hours.
- Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.
