Grounded & Free: An Immersive Weekend in Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness (DT1M25)

Registration closes at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on November 15, 2025. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. Continuing Education Credits? (see details below). Please read Important Notes below.*

Open to Everyone

Program to be held on the land only

Description:
How can we feel deeply grounded—safe, steady, and supported—while also free to expand and live in alignment with what matters most? This experiential weekend program blends trauma-sensitive mindfulness with somatic practices to help you cultivate both nervous system regulation and embodied freedom.

Through guided meditation, gentle movement, and relational inquiry, we’ll explore how to build inner safety, recognize and respond to nervous system cues, and integrate mindfulness practices that support healing and transformation. You’ll leave with practical tools for personal practice and ways to support others with greater skill and care. This program is open to all, whether you’re new to mindfulness or an experienced practitioner. Partner work is optional and always invitational.

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 – $500
Sustainer – $380
Basic – $220
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $110
**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.

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 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

Continuing Education (CE) credit available:
This program offers 10 CE credits/contact hours for $100 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:

• Describe the core principles of trauma-sensitive mindfulness and embodied safety
• Demonstrate grounding and body scan techniques that support nervous system regulation.
• Describe common nervous system responses that arise during meditation and daily life.
• Apply trauma-sensitive language and pacing in guided mindfulness practices.
• Explain how somatic awareness supports healing and integration in trauma-informed work.
• Utilize somatic inquiry techniques to deepen self-awareness and inner connection.
• Analyze the impact of embodied mindfulness practices on healing and transformation.
• Develop a personalized plan to integrate trauma-sensitive and somatic practices into personal or professional life.

Continuing Education content level: Intermediate

***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.
• Mindful CECs is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17985 for 10 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.