Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light (290A25) - Audit

Registration opens at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on August 20, 2025, and closes at 3:00pm (Pacific Time) on December 18, 2025. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. A recording* will be available following the program.

Description:

Throughout this residential retreat, we will focus on centering ourselves at the time of the holidays and the New Year. Together we will quiet our minds, ground our bodies, open our hearts, and use inquiry to help energize our practice. Special emphasis will be placed on opening to the darkness, including to our difficulties and challenges, and opening to the coming light, which includes the beauty, joy, wisdom, and love within and around us. This retreat will include complete meditation instructions, sitting and walking meditation, daily lovingkindness practice, daily Qigong practice, evening talks, practice discussions, and a Winter Solstice ceremony.

On-Land Teachers: Dawn Scott, devon hase, and Oren Jay Sofer
Online Teacher: Heather Sundberg

Details for Audit Option:
The audit option for this retreat offers online access to the teacher-led meditation instructions and Dharma talks broadcasted live from Spirit Rock’s Upper Meditation Hall. Recordings of each teacher-led session will be posted within 24 hours after a session ends. All recordings will be available for you to play and replay for 90 days after the retreat ends.

Important note regarding the audit option, it is held only online and it does not offer interactions with the teachers (i.e., no practice meetings, no ability to ask questions during Q&A sessions, etc.), nor does it offer online small groups or affinity groups.

Included:

• Live broadcast from the Zoom hall of all Dharma talks, instructions, and teacher-led meditation sessions
• Retreat homepage – includes retreat schedule, access to recordings, other resources
• Recordings of all Dharma talks, instructions, and teacher-led meditation sessions

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 – $900
Sustainer – $500
Basic – $385
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $95

All are welcome! No one will be turned away for lack of funds as space allows. For more information, please email Registration@spiritrock.org by 4:00pm PT on the day prior to the program date.

*Recording Note: You will have ~90 days from the original program date to view the program. If you would like access to the 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