Fall Middle School Series (TE6C24)
Teresa Todoroff and Gavrila Abramson
September 29 - November 3, 2024
Registration is open until 4:00pm (Pacific Time) on Sunday, October 6, 2024 (just prior to the second class). A waiting list will be created if the program fills early.
ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ARE WELCOME
Description:
In this 6-week series, learn how to meditate, relax deeply, speak your truth, develop your mind, and integrate healthy use of electronics all while hanging out with other great people your age. Through the practices of mindfulness and Insight Meditation, we will take time to reconnect to ourselves in order to experience more ease, wisdom, and compassion. Classes will include movement, community-building games, meditation instruction, and council—a practice of witnessing the group’s collective wisdom.
Class dates: September 29, October 6, October 13, October 20, October 27, & November 3; all classes are held on Sundays from 5:00pm – 6:30pm Pacific Time.
Important Notes:
- NEW CHANGES! 6 classes, instead of 5, and shortened meeting time online.
- Class size is limited to 23 students.
- Attendance in at least 4 sessions required, including the second session.
- Video participation is expected as a support for the container, with exceptions for technical or health reasons.
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 – $240
Sustainer – $190
Basic – $160
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $108
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
About the Teachers
Teresa Todoroff
Teresa serves the Dhamma with reverence and joy. She has been shaped by the intimate teachings of caregiving, grief and loss, and living alongside Buddhist monastics. Poetry, somatics, devotional practices, and an ongoing exploration of animist ways of being in the world continue to inspire her spiritual journey. In 2014, she felt a visceral homecoming […]
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Gavrila Abramson
Gavrila Abramson is a long-time mindfulness practitioner and educator, and somatic psychotherapist. Over the last half decade, Gavrila has taught mindfulness to various populations around the world. From lawyers to incarcerated people, pre-teens to those in hospice care, Gavrila knows that mindfulness can be accessible to all and is devoted to finding the entry point […]
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