Registration closes at 9:00 am (Pacific Time) on May 13, 2023. A recording* will be available following the program.
Open to all who are raising or have raised children, including stepmoms, adoptive and foster moms, grandmothers, godmothers, and every other kind of mama. We welcome the spectrum of genders within motherhood, including trans women, cis women, and nonbinary and gender non-conforming people who feel supported in a space that centers motherhood.
Let Your Practice Mother You: A Day of Care for Every Kind of Mama
Description:
As mothers, generosity is our practice. We pour our time, attention, and love into our children. We offer our physical, emotional, and spiritual labor to make a world we want to pass on to them. And we do it all in a society that doesn’t always support us, or our kids, the way that it should. From the Buddhist perspective, generosity is our capacity to receive care, as well as to give it. In truth, we never stop needing mothering—even after we become mothers ourselves.
In this daylong retreat, on the day before Mother’s Day, we’ll give ourselves time to nurture the inner mother. Through meditation, restorative movement, and journaling, we’ll make space for rest, creativity, healing, and humor in our practice. Most importantly, we’ll lift up mothering as its own spiritual path, and find ways to let our practice mother us, as we in turn mother future generations.
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 – $200
Sustainer – $120
BASE – $95
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $45
Tentative Schedule: (subject to change)
10:00-10:45am: Introduction and Opening Talk
10:45-11:00am: Short Break – 15 minutes
11:00am-12:15pm: Morning practice period
12:15-12:30pm: Reflections and transition
12:30-1:30pm: Meal break
1:30-2:15pm: Afternoon Practice period
2:15-2:45pm: Q&A
2:45-3:00pm: Closing
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: You will have ~90 days from the original program date to view the program. If you would like access to the recording, you must register by the deadline above. The recording will be available in ~10 days after the program.
