Heart-Opening Practices to Release Trauma Responses and Nurture Resilience (PB1C24)

Registration will close at 4:00pm (US Pacific Time) prior to the final class on May 16, 2024. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. A recording* will be available within 48 hours following each class. Continuing Education Credits? (see details below)**

Description:
During our brief time on this blue planet, the small and large stressors and traumas of our life build up and take their toll on our psyche. We start to grapple with the profound fact that everything is impermanent, ungraspable, and not fully knowable. We naturally turn inwards to find rejuvenation and healing in the Dharma. This is the time to draw from the deep well of the brahmavihāras or Heavenly Abodes of lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.

These life-transforming practices can heal and open our heart, soothe our anxious mind, and calm our inner critic. In our daily life, as we nurture ourselves with love and kindness, we shift away from our habitual fight, flight, and freeze reactions and become our own best friend. In turn, this makes us more present for our friends, family and community with a greater sense of connection, ease and belonging.

Class dates are: April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2, May 9, May 16; all classes are held on Thursday from 5:00pm – 6:30pm US Pacific Time.

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 – $600
Sustainer – $300
Basic – $150
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $75

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: If you would like access to the recordings, you must register by the deadline above. You will have ~90 days from the original program date to view the recordings of this program.

**Please 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.

Teachings are appropriate for health care professionals as well as the general public. Health care professionals will learn the cumulative impact of stressors and traumas on individuals’ mental well-being, and practices to support these impacts. By incorporating practices such as loving-kindness and compassion, health care professionals can help individuals navigate the impermanence and uncertainty inherent in life, promoting psychological resilience. As clients and clinicians alike learn to turn inward for rejuvenation and healing, these transformative practices can serve as tools to soothe anxiety, quiet the inner critic, and foster a sense of connection and belonging.

Learning Objectives for participating health care professionals-
At the end of the program you will better able to:

• Describe how to use loving kindness to reduce anxiety;
• Describe a way in which Compassion practice reduces stress;
• Describe two resiliency practices;
• Describe the effect of stress on the body;
• Describe two techniques to reduce stress;
• Describe a technique to work with eco-anxiety.

Continuing Education content level: Introductory

Attendance Requirements:To be eligible for Continuing Education Credits, participants must attend at least 5 of the 6 classes, in full, and fulfill all requirements stated on the CEC information page.
***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 7.5 contact hours.
• Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.