New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat (320X21)

This retreat is Lottery-style in order to ensure that spaces are available for a diverse student body. Registering for a lottery does not ensure a space in the program. We recommend you submit the lottery application by end of the day on September 21st. First round of notifications have been delayed – we are so sorry! Should be by Friday, Oct 8th. You will be asked to register and pay then.

Description:
This is a traditional Insight Meditation (vipassana) retreat with sitting and walking in silence, and regular meetings with teachers. Each day there will be systematic meditation instructions, dharma talks and movement practice. We will mark the turning of the year with a late evening sitting and simple ceremony on New Year’s Eve. In celebration of the New Year, our focus will be on cultivating loving awareness and embracing each moment as fresh and new. All are welcome.

Financial Information:
Sliding Scale: $350 – $2,450; including meals, and lodging for 7 nights.
Please consider paying at the highest rate that you can afford: your generosity supports Spirit Rock, staff, and your fellow practitioners. Any amount offered above the Base rate is a tax deductible donation to Spirit Rock, and your generosity will enable and support the participation of others. These fees do not include dana (donation) for the teachers.

Benefactor – $2,450
Sustainer – $1,750
Base – $1,225
Mudita/Karuna Scholarship (for anyone who needs financial assistance, including fixed income folks) – $350*
BIPOC Scholarship (for Black, Indigenous, and/or Persons of color) – $350*
Young Adult Scholarship (for young adults age 18-26 years) – $350*

*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). Scholarship requests do not influence your acceptance. While we are not able to offer “no one turned away”-type of scholarships for in-person retreats, these are still available for online offerings.

Cancellation Policy
To offer participants greater flexibility as we make our way out of the pandemic, we’re offering a more generous cancellation policy for Residential Retreats (Aug-Dec 2021) and Online Multi-day Retreats (4+ days):

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