Registration closes at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on December 14, 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:
Thich Nhat Hahn said that a strong emotion is like a storm that comes, stays a while, and passes. But with ongoing personal, social, and political dukkha, it may feel that the storm of strong emotions (such as fear, anger, anxiety and sadness) intrude throughout our meditation and into our day.
This program offers ways to refine our meditation—especially on days when the emotional turbulence of life makes it feel nearly impossible to meditate. Through science-backed strategies, we will calm the stress in our simmering nervous systems. We will gently tend to our emotions with a 7-step process to create a greater capacity to handle the charge of emotions and to tolerate and embody them. We will unfold our lotus heart with love, compassion, joy, and gratitude. By nourishing our inner harmony of body, mind, and heart, we will deepen our connection with ourselves as well as our loved ones, friends, coworkers, and communities.
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 – $175
Sustainer – $95
Basic – $75
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $45
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 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 CECs will be given) and you must attend the entire program. Please review the CE information below.
Cancellation Policy – Online: Drop-ins, Daylongs, Multiday Programs (1-3 days), Family Programs/Series, CE 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 6 CE credits for $60 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. This program supports health care providers in meeting emotional overwhelm—both their own and that of those they serve—with greater skill, steadiness, and compassion. Grounded in the somatic teachings of Dr. Pawan Bareja and Dr. Raja Selvam, the practices offered help clinicians regulate their own nervous systems and increase embodied capacity to stay present with strong emotions. By cultivating this inner stability and resilience, care providers will be better equipped to model and guide clients through emotional challenges with greater sensitivity and attunement. As providers nourish their own hearts with compassion, joy, and gratitude, they can more fully show up in service—creating healing spaces rooted in presence, embodiment, and connection. In addition, they will gain practical tools to directly support clients in regulating the nervous system, embodying emotions, and accessing the heart as a resource for healing.
Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
At the end of the program, you will be better able to:
- Describe three evidence-based techniques to regulate autonomic nervous system activity and reduce physiological stress responses.
- Describe a structured, evidence-based approach to facilitate emotional embodiment and integration through somatic and interoceptive awareness techniques.
- Demonstrate three contemplative heart-centered practices that enhance emotional well-being by promoting parasympathetic activation and improve emotional well-being.
- Describe a mindfulness-based interoceptive awareness practice to support emotion regulation and increase tolerance of distressing internal states.
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 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 different than those listed.
- Co-sponsor Mindful CEs is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17985 for 6 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.
