Mindfulness for Everyone: Cultivating Attention, Compassion, and Presence (238R27) - On Land

Registration opens at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on July 15, 2026, and closes at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) on June 18, 2027. A waiting list will be created if the retreat fills early.

This program offers 6 CEs at $60. More Continuing Education (CE) details below.

Applying for a residential scholarship? – see our Financial Support FAQ’s.
Interested in Commuting to the retreat? – learn more below.

Description

Mindfulness offers us tools to develop our capacity to pay attention, regulate emotions, and cultivate states of lovingkindness, compassion, and even-mindedness. Mindfulness can be practiced in a range of ways—from focused attention to wide open, spacious, natural awareness. Over time, regular practice can support greater well-being in both silent meditation and everyday life.

In this retreat, we will practice mindfulness through stillness and movement, as well as through lectures and the opportunity to meet with guiding teachers. While rooted in the Buddhist practice of mindfulness, this retreat will focus on the practical applications of mindfulness and the range of ways to practice it. It is open to people of all backgrounds and experience, especially those interested in secular mindfulness.

This retreat is silent except for teacher-led Q&A, small groups, or other practice meetings.

Financial Details

Sliding Scale fees are for 4 nights including food and lodging. Please consider paying at the highest rate that you can afford: your generosity supports Spirit Rock’s efforts in offering lower sliding scale rates and supporting the large number of scholarship requests.

Registration fees DO NOT include teacher dana. At the end of the retreat, there will be an invitation to offer dana to the teachers and to Spirit Rock.

Supporter Rate w/guaranteed single room – $2500
Benefactor Rate – $2000
Sustainer Rate – $1500
Basic Rate – $1000
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, Mudita/Karuna, or Young Adult [ages 18-26 yrs]) – $380

Important Note for CE participants: Continuing education credit (CE) fees are NOT included in the registration fees. If you are interested in receiving CEs, you must pay for CEs at the time of your registration and prior to the start of the retreat (no retroactive CECs will be given). Please review the detailed CE information below.

Pay in full or Payment plan: You can either pay in full or pay a minimum 30% deposit when you register. Payment plans are available to everyone! If you choose the deposit option, the remaining balance will be automatically set up and charged to your payment card in equal installments on a monthly basis. Full payment is due two weeks prior to the retreat start.

Cancellation Policy (Residential Retreats):*
Standard Cancellation Fees:

• $50: On or before 12 weeks
• $100: 8-12 weeks before
• $175: 4-8 weeks before
• $300: 2-4 weeks before
• No refunds as of 2 weeks before

Scholarship and Commuter Rate Cancellation Fees:

• Full refund: On or before 12 weeks
• $75: 8-12 weeks before
• $100: 4-8 weeks before
• $200: 2-4 weeks before
• No refunds as of 2 weeks before

*Fees reduced for serious illness or death in family

Retreat Commuter Option

The retreat commuter option will only become available once the retreat is FULL with a waitlist. However, if your personal circumstances preclude you from attending a residential retreat (e.g. staying overnight), please reach out to us as we may be able to offer you a commuter spot sooner and we would be happy to have a conversation with you. (“Personal circumstances” could be situations like if you are a sole caregiver, or parent w/young children where you need to be home each night, for example.)

Prerequisite for Commuters:
You must have attended at least one weeklong silent residential retreat (5-7 nights) in Insight (vipassanā) meditation PRIOR to attending this retreat.

What is a Retreat Commuter?
A retreat commuter is a practitioner who attends a full residential retreat, including all meals, but they are not provided with overnight accommodations. Instead practitioners stay in their own home or find local accommodations at their own expense. A communal resting area is provided during the day while on campus for the retreat. The retreat commuter is expected to attend the entire retreat just like residential retreatants. Special reduced rates are listed below for retreat commuters.

If you have additional questions about being a retreat commuter, please email Registration@spiritrock.org

Commuter Sliding Scale:
Sustainer-Commuter – $760
Basic-Commuter – $500

Current Covid-19 Safety Protocols for residential retreats

This program is applicable for licensed and license-eligible mental health and healthcare professionals, including psychologists, therapists, social workers, counselors, nurses, and chiropractors seeking education in mindfulness-based approaches to attention, emotional regulation, lovingkindness, compassion, and present-moment awareness. 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.

This mindfulness retreat offers mental health and healthcare professionals tools to strengthen attention, emotional regulation, and empathy. Through instruction and guided meditation in mindfulness of breath, body awareness, lovingkindness, and compassion, participants develop skills applicable to sustaining professional presence and supporting their capacity to work effectively with clients. The retreat’s grounding in both contemplative tradition and contemporary mindfulness research makes it relevant for clinicians seeking to integrate these practices into their professional work.

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

• Describe how mindfulness practice supports the development of attention and emotional regulation, useful in professional settings.
• Describe the benefits of mindfulness-based lovingkindness and compassion practices in healthcare settings.
• Utilize mindfulness of breath practices to develop present-moment awareness and calm the mind in preparation for, and when working with, clients.
• Utilize body awareness practices to cultivate emotional awareness and regulation when working with clients.

Attendance policy for CE participants:

• To ensure your attendance is recorded:
  • Check in for CE instructions in the Council House at the beginning of the retreat, during the regular check-in period.
  • Sign in at the CE table, in the retreat hall foyer, within 5 minutes of the start of each required session. A list of required sessions will be posted with the retreat schedule and available at retreat check-in in the Council House.
• Full attendance is required. Incomplete attendance nullifies CE eligibility, as board regulations do not permit partial credit for partial attendance.
• 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.
• After the program, participants who meet the attendance requirements will be emailed a form to submit their professional information. There is a one-week deadline to complete and submit this form to receive the Certificate of Attendance.

CE Session Schedule: (Times are listed in Pacific time.)

• Opening Day: No CE
• June 20-22
  • 8:45am – 9:45am: Practice Instructions, Q&A
  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm: Discourse/Dharma Talk
• Closing Day: No CE

Please note:

• Please visit our Continuing Education information page for complete provider details and additional CE information, including attendance requirements and our cancellation and grievance policies.
• Professionals with other license types or credentials may find our programs applicable for continuing education. Please confirm acceptance with your licensing board or certifying organization before registering for CE. 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.
• 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 6 contact hours.
• 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 the instructor may receive financial compensation if participants choose to purchase them.