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Metta & Qigong: In the Presence of Love (314R21) - On-Land

Vinny Ferraro, Bonnie Duran, MPH, DrPH and Teja Bell

December 6 - 11, 2021

Date and Time Details:
Mon to Sat, December 6-11, 2021 (5 nights)
Arrival Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Departure Time: 11:00 a.m.

Location:
On Land - Main Retreat Hall

Sliding Scale:
$250-$1750
Fees DO NOT include a donation to the teacher(s). Code 314R21.

Contact: Spirit Rock Registration
registration@spiritrock.org

  • Benefactor-Single – $1,750.00
  • Sustainer-Single – $1,250.00
  • Base Rate-Single – $875.00
  • Mudita/Karuna Scholarship-Single – $250.00
  • BIPOC Scholarship-Single – $250.00
  • Young Adult Scholarship-Single – $250.00

Cancellation Policy for Residential Retreats (Aug-Dec 2021) and Online Multi-day Retreats (4+ days):

  • $100 fee* when you cancel 2 or more days before the retreat (*fees reduced to half for scholarship participants)
  • No refunds when you cancel less than 2 days prior to the retreat (applies to all participants)

Registration open until 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) on December 5, 2021. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early.

Description:
This silent retreat will focus on cultivating the quality of loving kindness (metta in Pali), infusing our hearts, minds and bodies with a strong caring wisdom. Awareness as developed through mindfulness practice leads to clarity, insight and understanding. Loving kindness practices open the heart, allow a kind embrace of ourselves, and connect us intimately with all of life. The fusion of these qualities helps us to respond more compassionately to the challenges that we encounter in ourselves and in the world.

Qigong is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation. Qigong perfectly complements traditional sitting meditation practice and has a long and well-established history connected to contemplative traditions. On this retreat the loving kindness practices will be supported by periods of guided instruction as well as Qigong meditation, and regular meetings with the teachers. All are welcome to atte

Scholarship offerings: In returning to the land, we will also be returning to our pre-pandemic scholarship options and policies. All scholarship rates require a minimum fee ($50/night). While we are not able to offer “no one turned away”-type of scholarships for in-person retreats, they are still available for online offerings.

IMPORTANT – Details on our current COVID Safety Protocols for In-person Retreats.

About the Teachers

Vinny Ferraro

Vinny Ferraro has been a practitioner of insight meditation (Vipassanā) since the mid-90s. He is a co-Founder of the Dharma Punx and he’s been the Guiding Teacher of the Big Heart City Sangha in San Francisco for 20 years. He is also a nationally recognized leader in designing and implementing interventions for at-risk adolescents and […]

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Bonnie Duran, MPH, DrPH

Bonnie Duran, MPH, DrPH

Bonnie Duran met the Dharma in 1982 when she sat a month at Kopan Monastery in Nepal and learned Vipassana in Bodh Gaya India. Since then, she has taken teachings from many western teachers including Marcia Rose, Joseph Goldstein, and Jack Kornfield, as well as Thai, Burmese, and Tibetan Monastic teachers. Bonnie is a graduate […]

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Teja Bell

Teja Bell

Teja Bell (Fudo Myoo Rōshi 老師) is a lineage dharma teacher and Rinzai Zen master, the 84th ancestor of Lin-Chi I-Chuan's Chan lineage. He is a 6th degree Black Belt in Aikido and a life-long practitioner and teacher of Chinese Internal Arts and Qigong. Teaching Internationally (in China and Europe), Teja integrates meditation, and dharma, […]

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