Registration closes at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on October 11, 2025. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. Please read Important Notes below.*
Program to be held on the land only
Description:
Desire is a natural part of the human experience. It shows up in many forms—shopping, food, sex, music, ambition, money—as well as in our longing for love, healing, or enlightenment. But what is the Buddha’s advice around desire? Is all desire problematic? Are there different kinds of desire, and how can we differentiate them? Is there a healthy way to relate to desire?
In this daylong, we’ll explore the nature of desire through the lens of the Four Noble Truths and Insight Meditation. Through guided meditations, Dharma talks, and inquiry, we’ll learn to recognize different types of craving that arise in daily life and learn to meet these with awareness, compassion, and wisdom. Together, we’ll deepen our understanding of desire and its role in our inner life, and practice ways to cultivate contentment, presence, and a more spacious relationship with wanting—not by suppressing desire, but by finding freedom within it.
Open to new and experienced practitioners.
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.
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
