Residential Retreats

Residential Retreats
2015
REGISTRATION OPENS
JANUARY
RETREAT
TEACHERS
6 - 11
Essential Dharma Meditation Retreat
Howard Cohn, Will Kabat-Zinn, Ashley Sharp (yoga)
Open
12 - 19
January Metta Retreat
Donald Rothberg, Larry Yang, Heather Sundberg, Konda Mason (yoga)
Open
25 - 30
Developing Compassion: The Fruit of Our Practice
Mary Grace Orr, Norman Fischer
Open
25 - 30
Natural Radiance (UWH)
Mark Coleman
Open
Jan 31 - Mar 28
Insight Meditation Two-Month Retreat
(see One-Month Retreat listings for teachers)
Open
Jan 31- Feb 28
February Insight Meditation One-Month Retreat
Sally Armstrong, James Baraz, Carol Wilson, Greg Scharf, Brian
Lesage, Martha Link (yoga)
Open
Feb 28 – Mar 28
March Insight Meditation One-Month Retreat
Donald Rothberg, John Travis, Heather Sundberg, Winnie Nazarko,
Mary Grace Orr (1st two weeks), Sylvia Boorstein, (2nd two weeks)
Teja Bell (qigong)
Open
31 - April 3
Insight Meditation for the Curious
Mark Coleman, Anuska Fernandopulle
12/2
4 - 14
Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced
Students - (LOTTERY)
Analayo Bhikkhu, Phillip Moffitt, Shaila Catherine
11/4
25 - May 9
Dhamma Everywhere: Awareness with Wisdom
Retreat - (LOTTERY)
Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Moushumi Ghosh (translator)
12/2
1-8
Sacred Tenderness: Exploring the Energies of
Our Hearts (Yucca Valley)
Larry Yang, Tara Brach, Gina Sharpe, Thanissara, Kittisaro,
Ruth King, Konda Mason (yoga)
1/6
10 - 17
May Insight Meditation Retreat
Gil Fronsdal, Mary Grace Orr, John Travis, Heather Sundberg,
Rebecca Kronlage (yoga)
1/13
18 - 25
A Field Guide to the Mind:
Practical Abhidhamma for Meditators
Steve Armstrong. Mark Nunberg
1/20
18 - 25
Natural Liberation: Buddhist Insight Retreat
(UWH)
Wes Nisker, Grove Burnett
1/20
25 - 31
Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Mother of All
Buddhas: A Women’s Retreat (Santa Rosa)
Joanna Macy, Debra Chamberlin-Taylor, Anna Douglas,
Erin Treat 1/27
29 - 31
An Intimate Benefit Weekend for Spirit Rock:
Living with Awareness
Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein
Open
1-7
Essential Teachings of the Path of Awakening
Sally Armstrong, Tempel Smith, Adrianne Ross
2/3
8 - 14
Aging, Dying and Awakening
(for age 55 & over)
Anna Douglas, Eugene Cash, Ruth King
2/10
8 - 14
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness:
A Study, Discussion and Practice Retreat (UWH)
Tempel Smith
2/10
15 - 21
From Breath to Spacious Awareness
Donald Rothberg, Susie Harrington,Teja Bell (qigong)
2/17
15 - 21
Loving the House that Ego Built (UWH)
Howard Cohn
2/17
17 - 21
Healing Wisdom: Mindfulness and Compassion
for Health Care Providers (Santa Rosa)
Anushka Fernandopulle, Lila Kate Wheeler, Chas DiCapua
2/17
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
UWH = Upper Walking Hall
JUNE (continued)
RETREAT
TEACHERS
22 - 28
Bringing Mindfulness & Compassion to
Our Work as Therapists, Educators &
Healthcare Professionals (Santa Rosa)
Lesley Grant, Gary Buck, Richard Shankman
2/24
22 - 28
Mindfulness Facilitators Retreat
Diana Winston, Mark Coleman, Bob Stahl
2/24
29 - July 5
Annual People of Color Retreat:
Deepen Your Dharma, Deepen Your Freedom
Larry Yang, Nikki Mirghafori, Jaya Rudgard, DaRa Williams
3/3
8 - 17
July Metta Retreat
Sally Armstrong, Sylvia Boorstein, Larry Yang, Tempel Smith
2/17
17 - 26
July Insight Meditation Retreat (Lottery)
Joseph Goldstein, Kamala Masters, Pascal Auclair, Anushka
Fernandopulle
2/17
29 - Aug 2
Family Retreat (LOTTERY)
Gil Fronsdal, Ayya Anandabodhi
3/31
3-9
Insight Meditation Retreat for Young Adults
(ages 18-32)
Tempel Smith, Pascal Auclair, Spring Washam,Teja Bell (qigong)
4/7
10 - 19
Concentration Retreat
Phillip Moffitt, Sally Armstrong, Eugene Cash, Andrea Fella, Marcy
Reynolds (qigong)
4/14
20 - 23
It’s Closer Than You Think - Monastic Retreat
Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santacitta
4/21
24 - 30
Meditation & Yoga Retreat
Anna Douglas, Pascal Auclair, Anne Cushman (yoga)
4/28
2-7
Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat
James Baraz, Sharda Rogell, Howard Cohn, Terry Vandiver (yoga)
5/5
14 - 20
Finding Freedom in the Body: Mindfulness of
the Body as a Gateway to Liberation
Mary Grace Orr, Bob Stahl, Marcy Renolds (qigong)
5/13
14 - 20
Transforming the Judgmental Mind (UWH)
Donald Rothberg, Heather Sundberg
5/13
21 - 27
The Power of Presence: A Women’s Meditation
Retreat
Julie Wester, Ayya Anandabodhi, Debra Chamberlin-Taylor,
Anna Douglas, Anne Cushman (yoga)
5/20
8 - 12
Effective Lawyering: The Meditative Perspective
for Law Professionals
Wes Nisker, Norman Fischer, Charles Halpern, Rhonda Magee,
Doug Chermak
6/9
8 - 12
Mindfulness for Leaders
Anushka Fernandopulle
6/9
13 - 18
An Undefended Heart & Mind: Retreat for
LGBTQI Gender-Queer Community
Arinna Weisman, Eric Kolvig, Winnie Nazarko, Susana Renaud (yoga)
6/16
20 - 30
Fall Insight Meditation Retreat (LOTTERY)
Jack Kornfield, Trudy Goodman, Wes Nisker, Spring Washam,
Teja Bell (qigong)
5/20
20 - 29
Thanksgiving Insight Meditation Retreat
Thanissara, Kittisaro, Sharda Rogell, Jaya Rutgard
7/21
30 - Dec 6
In the Presence of Love: Meditation & Qigong
Tempel Smith, Spring Washam, Dori Langevin,Teja Bell (qigong)
7/29
9 - 16
Exploring Awareness:
A Retreat for Experienced Students
Phillip Moffitt, Adrianne Ross, Brian Lesage
8/11
17 - 23
Insight Meditation Solstice Retreat
Donald Rothberg, John Travis, Heather Sundberg
8/18
27 - Jan 3
New Year’s Insight Meditation Retreat (LOTTERY)
Eugene Cash, Pamela Weiss and others
7/28
28 - Jan 2
New Year’s Teen Retreat (for ages 15-19)
(Walden West)
Teachers TBD
8/28
REGISTRATION OPENS
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
For a complete list of classes, daylong programs, and to register for retreats, please visit www.spiritrock.org
UWH = Upper Walking Hall
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., PO Box 169 | Woodacre, CA 94973 | 415.488.0164