Settling, Seeing, and Luminous Awareness (260R27) - On Land

Registration opens at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on September 2, 2026, and closes at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) on September 12, 2027. A waiting list will be created if the retreat fills early.

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

Retreat to be held: Spirit Rock’s Community Meditation Center.*

Completion of a 5-night (or longer) silent, residential, insight meditation retreat.

Description

During this retreat, we will train in four interrelated modes of practice which are the treasures of the Buddhist tradition. First, we will settle and stabilize our minds and bodies, becoming more concentrated through sitting and moving forms of meditation, including Qigong. As we settle, we become better able to closely examine our experiences of our bodies, thoughts, emotions, and the general patterns of experience. From here, we see more clearly when there is reactivity and when there is a strong sense of self, and we learn to be more with the impermanent flow of experience. We can also tune in more, as we settle and see, to an increasingly unconfined and luminous awareness beyond reactivity, that is a source of freedom, wisdom, and compassion. These practices will be supported by regular lovingkindness practice.

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

*This retreat will be held concurrently with another, with all sessions located in the beautiful Community Meditation Center on the lower campus. It is a short 5-10 minute walk down the hill from the dormitories. It offers a unique opportunity to practice in a smaller, more intimate retreat environment.

Financial Details

Sliding Scale fees are for 6 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 – $3,750
Benefactor Rate – $3,000
Sustainer Rate – $2,250
Basic Rate – $1,500
Toni Ko Scholarship Rate (1st time retreatants, ages 27-55 yrs) – $50**
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, Mudita/Karuna, or Young Adult [ages 18-26 yrs]) – $570
Present Parent Scholarship (low-to-modest income, parent/legal guardian raising children under 18) – $50**
**See eligibility requirements here>> Financial Support FAQs

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

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 accommodation 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.

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. IMPORTANT NOTE!! If this retreat has a stronger prerequisite requirement than the minimum commuter prerequisite above, the retreat requirement OVERRIDES the commuter requirement.

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

Commuter Sliding Scale:
Sustainer-Commuter – $1,140
Basic-Commuter – $750

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