Intimacy with Life: Undoing the Habits That Armor the Heart (JB2Z26)

Please only register for one of the two formats: On-Land or Online.

Registration closes at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on December 13, 2026. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. A recording* will be available following the program.

This program offers 5 CEs at $50. For more CE details, see below.

Description:
Join us for a day of meditation and inquiry devoted to loosening the habits that separate us from our inner life and from each other. As our hearts open, we may rediscover our capacity for joy, deepen our sense of kinship with all beings, and engage more actively in caring for our world.

Jill White Lindsay will be guiding us in simple stretches and movement to ground us in our bodies as we go through the day.

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.

Online Sliding Scale: (JB2Z26)**
Benefactor – $175
Sustainer – $95
Basic – $75
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, Mudita/Karuna, Young Adult) – $45
**For Online Program: 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 CEs 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, 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

This program is applicable for licensed and license-eligible mental health and health care professionals, including psychologists, social workers (LCSW, LSW), counselors (LPC, LCPC, LMHC), marriage and family therapists, nurses (RN, NP), chiropractors, and other health care professionals, seeking education in contemplative approaches to self-compassion, emotional resilience, and relational connection. Please review our Continuing Education information page for provider details, and to determine if your association or board will accept credits offered by Spirit Rock.

Through discourse, guided meditation, and inquiry practices, participants will have the opportunity to examine patterns of experiential avoidance and self-protection — ways we turn from our own inner experience and from one another — and practice cultivating self-compassion, eliciting positive affect through joy and gratitude, and a felt sense of connection and belonging. Participants will also explore how greater emotional openness and interpersonal intimacy can support compassionate, values-aligned action in our relationships and community. For clinicians, this experiential engagement can support work with self-criticism, while strengthening emotional regulation and building our psychological resources tied to sustainable practice, ultimately deepening the capacity to respond to suffering with care.

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

• Identify common patterns of emotional self-protection (“armoring”) that limit openness, connection, and presence.
• Apply self-compassion–based inquiry practices as an approach to reduce self-criticism and support emotional regulation.
• Describe the role of gratitude and joy cultivation in supporting emotional resilience.
• Apply practices that cultivate a felt sense of social connection and belonging as a counterpoint to habitual self-protection and isolation.
• Utilize practices that translate compassion and interpersonal connection into potential for prosocial, values-aligned engagement in relationship and community.

Attendance policy for CE participants:

• Full, live attendance is required. Incomplete attendance nullifies CE eligibility, as board regulations do not permit partial credit for partial attendance.
• To ensure your attendance is recorded:
  • Sign in to Zoom with the same email used for registration, before joining the program. Zoom can keep you signed into a different account from a previous meeting. Check how you are logged into Zoom before the program begins.
  • Join on time using the Zoom app or a web browser (phone dial-ins are not tracked).
  • Stay logged in and engaged for the duration of the program.
  • Maintain a stable internet connection; participants are responsible for their own connectivity.
• Submit your professional information within one week of receiving the link. This link will be emailed within 2 business days after the program to all participants who met the attendance requirements.
• Certificates are issued only to those who meet the attendance requirements—without exception—to maintain compliance with our provider licenses and ensure the continuation of future CE programs.

Please note:

• Visit our Continuing Education information page for complete provider details and additional CE information, including attendance requirements and our cancellation and grievance policies.
• Continuing Education is sponsored by Mindful CECs.
• Mindful CECs is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Mindful CECs maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
• Mindful CECs is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17985 for 5 contact hours.
• Participants are responsible for determining whether this program meets the CE requirements of their licensing board or certifying organization. Spirit Rock does not confirm CE applicability for license types beyond the scope of Mindful CECs’ provider approvals.
• Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.
• Conflict of Interest Statement: This instructor may have authored publications relevant to the subjects covered in this course, and may teach additional programs. The instructor might reference these publications and programs during the course, and may receive financial compensation if participants choose to purchase them.