Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light (388Z24) - Online

Please only register for one of the two formats: Online Retreat or Audit Option.

Registration opens at 9:00am (Pacific Time) on August 13, 2024, and closes at 3:00pm (Pacific Time) on December 18, 2024. A waiting list will be created if the program fills early. A recording* will be available following the program.

Description:
Throughout this retreat, we will focus on centering ourselves at the time of the holidays and the New Year, quieting our minds, grounding in our bodies, opening up our hearts, and using inquiry to help give energy to our practice. Special emphasis will be placed on opening to the darkness, including to our difficulties and challenges, and opening to the coming light—to the beauty, joy, wisdom, and love within and around us. The 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: Oren Jay Sofer, devon hase, Dawn Scott, David Cabrera (movement)
Online Teacher: Heather Sundberg

Interested in joining the residential retreat instead? Learn more here.

Online Retreat Details:
The online retreat will be offered via Zoom and will include: meditation instructions, Dharma talks, and opportunities to ask questions during Q&A with on-land teachers, broadcasted live from Spirit Rock’s Upper Meditation Hall. There will also be practice meetings on Zoom with a dedicated online Spirit Rock teacher, as well as online affinity groups. Please note: the on-land teachers will not offer practice meetings to online practitioners. This retreat has a limited number of spaces for online participants.

Details for Auditing the Retreat:
The audit option for this retreat is available online/live broadcast only. The audit option 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 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.

What’s the difference between online retreat and audit option?

Both online retreat and audit option will include:

• Broadcast of all Dharma talks, meditations, and other instructions
• Retreat homepage – includes retreat schedule, access to recordings, other resources
• Recordings of all Dharma talks and meditations

Online Retreat:

• Zoom hall for all teaching sessions
• Recordings of all teaching sessions
• Practice meetings with the online teacher
• Opportunity to ask questions during Q&A with the on-land teachers
• Online affinity groups (optional)

Audit Option (online/live broadcast only):

• Zoom hall for all teaching sessions
• Recordings of all teaching sessions

Financial Details
Please consider paying at the highest rate that you can afford: your generosity supports Spirit Rock and your fellow practitioners who need to pay less. Registration fees DO NOT include teacher dana. At the end of the retreat, there will be an opportunity to offer dana to the teachers and to Spirit Rock.

Sliding Scale for Online Retreat:
Benefactor – $1,500
Sustainer – $1,008
Basic – $550
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $125

Sliding Scale for Audit Option:
Benefactor – $900
Sustainer – $500
Basic – $385
Scholarship Rate (BIPOC, M/K) – $95

*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