Mindfulness for Everyone (270R21)

Registration open until 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) on June 13, 2021.  A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. 

Mindfulness for Everyone: Practicing Across the Spectrum of Awareness

Description:
Most people practice mindfulness in a focused way—attending to their breathing, and returning to their breath when their attention has wandered. But there are actually many different ways to practice mindfulness.

In this retreat, we will learn about the Spectrum of Awareness Practices, from focused awareness to investigative and choiceless awareness, to natural awareness. Natural awareness is an effortless, radiant, and spacious state of being that includes awareness of awareness.

Over the retreat, through sitting, walking meditations, lectures, exercises, and meetings with teachers, we will practice each type of awareness and explore how these different approaches relate to one another. We will also make each practice relevant to daily life and will practice with them in our families, homes, and daily activities.

The retreat is based on Diana Winston’s book, The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering your Natural Awareness.

All are welcome! No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. For more information, please email Registration@spiritrock.org.

General Daily Schedule (subject to revision; all times in US Pacific Time)
Opening Day
2:00-2:30 p.m. – Tech Orientation (optional)
3:00-5:00 p.m. – Opening Session

Main Days
7:30 a.m. – Sitting/Stillness Meditation
8:00 a.m. – Meal Break
9:00 a.m. – Sit, Instructions and Q&A (posture guidance)
10:00 a.m. – Walking/Moving Meditation; Small Groups
10:45 a.m. – Sitting/Stillness Meditation
11:30 a.m. – Walking/Moving Meditation; Small Groups
12:15 p.m. – Sitting/Stillness Meditation
12:30 p.m. – Meal Break
1:30 p.m. – Rest, Walk/Move, Siesta
2:30 p.m. – Loving Kindness Meditation
3:15 p.m. – Walking/Moving Meditation
3:45 p.m. – Sitting/Stillness Meditation
4:15 p.m. – Guided Mindful Movement
5:00 p.m. – Break
5:15 p.m. – Teaching Session
6:15 p.m. – Closing/Home Practice Instructions

Closing Day
7:30 a.m. – Sitting/Stillness Meditation
8:00 a.m. – Meal Break
9:00 a.m. – Closing Session
12:00 .m. – Close of Retreat