Registration closes at 8:30am (Pacific Time) on Saturday, June 28 2025. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. A recording* will be available following the program.
Description:
Meditation practitioners often find themselves struggling to establish concentration or grasping for insight—sometimes both. These challenges can be frustrating, and may lead to feeling uninspired about practice. What if you could drop the struggle and allow concentration and insight to arise naturally?
The “naturally arising practice method” refers to a spontaneous and effortless unfolding of the meditation experience in which concentration naturally arises and insights can be spontaneously understood. This method of practice starts in a different manner
by beginning with preparatory meditative practices in which attention is systematically and repeatedly oriented inwardly.
During this day, we will explore two practices that create the conditions for a naturally arising concentrated mind. The first practice is “the three renunciations,” which establishes a discerning mind that is free of reactivity and self-judgment. The second practice, the “arriving sequence,” establishes a mind state that is available for practice and aligned with the Dharma. The fruition of these practices is a naturally arising responsive mind. In this way, we become free of the over-efforting that so often plagues our practice.
This program is appropriate for meditation students of all levels. Psychotherapists may find this program particularly useful in helping people establish calm and choice in their lives.
Online Only: We are offering this program online via Zoom.
Tentative Schedule: (subject to change)
9:30am – 12:30pm: Morning Session
12:30pm – 2:00pm: Lunch Break
2:00pm – 4:30pm: Afternoon Session
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.
Benefactor – $200
Sustainer – $120
Basic – $95
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $45
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.
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
