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May 9 - 16, 2025
Matthew Brensilver, PhD, Brian Lesage and Tuere Sala
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Gentle Reminder: Scholarships are limited to TWO per calendar year for Residential retreats. To create as much access to our residential retreats, we ask that you abide by the limit above. Scholarships received from participation in extended training programs or any short duration online programming, are excluded from this limit.
COMMUTER PREREQUISITE: You must have attended at least one 7-night or two 5-night silent, Insight (vipassanā) meditation residential retreats PRIOR to attending this retreat. IMPORTANT NOTE!! if the retreat has a stronger prerequisite requirement, that requirement OVERRIDES the commuter requirement.
Please list your most recently attended retreats; include teacher names, dates, length of retreat (# of retreat nights), type of retreat. List only on-land/in-person retreats if that is the requirement of the prerequisite.
Some retreats require a prerequisite. Please double check the program page (link to the program in the side bar to the right) to see if this retreat has a prerequisite.
For "prerequisite" retreats: Please list your most recently attended retreats that apply toward the prerequisite. Include date or year, length of retreat (# of nights), teacher names, retreat center, and retreat type (insight meditation, metta, etc.).
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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 Sustainer 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 for the teachers.
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As part of Spirit Rock’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA), we honor the intention to continue prioritizing and developing programs that welcome our diverse communities of practitioners. In support of the accountability of our commitment, we request that you consider completing the following information. For Women only, LGBTQIA+ only, BIPOC only, and Men only programs, we ask that you register only if you identify as a member of these communities, in order to support the retreat container. Thank you! Questions? programs@spiritrock.org
Spirit Rock holds the intention to increase participation of Black, Indigenous, and People of color (BIPOC) in our programs. To support this commitment, we prioritize a portion of all retreat spaces for BIPOC community.
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