Awareness and kindness are essential and beautiful qualities of an awakened life. In this silent retreat, we will discover how these qualities are intimately related and mutually supportive.
When we turn our attention to the sensory, natural world around us, mindfulness practice can become easeful and expansive. Nature allures awareness through her beauty, and range of dynamic, enchanting experience. In this session we will practice cultivating attention to our sense experience, and discovering joy, peace and wonder in this very moment. Tune in from any peaceful environment outdoors with an internet connection, or indoors, ideally with a view of the outdoors.
The Monday Night sitting group at Spirit Rock has been a welcoming refuge for the community to gather, hear the teachings of the Buddha and practice mindfulness meditation. During the pandemic, Spirit Rock is continuing to offer this group online via Livestream.
Living Dharma Program is to be held entirely online and designed for meditators and Buddhist practitioners wishing to engage wholeheartedly in a deep exploration and practice of Dharma through the study and teaching of the Buddha’s “Noble Eightfold Path.” Using the classic Buddhist teachings of sīla, samādhi, and pañña (ethics, meditation, and wisdom), we will look at how we cultivate mindfulness, kindness, and balance given the inner stresses of modern life, and the outer challenges of social inequity and the pressure of climate change.
In the Mindfulness-Based Nature Connection Course, participants will explore accessible and powerful meditation practices all while immersed in the beauty of nature. Each week, we will take our meditation practice outside as a way to deepen our awareness of the natural world and cultivate a natural, mindful attention that can help open our hearts to delight, wisdom, and awe.
Following ancient spiritual traditions that value the transformative power of nature, this experiential workshop will be spent entirely outdoors to explore embodied sensory practices in the natural beauty and mystery of Esalen. Whether during a sunset meditation as we listen to the soothing waves or while we sit graced by the stillness of cypress trees, we will open to the profound serenity and wisdom of nature.
Are you impacted by the tormenting self-critical mind and feeling the negative effects of self-judgment? Join us for Freeing Yourself from the Inner Critic--a day of exploring how to be more free from the challenge of the inner critic.
This online follow-up class to the Freeing Yourself from the Inner Critic daylong retreat at Spirit Rock is a touchstone to check in about the practices learned on retreat and build on new practices. There will be a Q&A with Mark to ask your questions about working with the inner critic.
In this silent meditation retreat, we will explore this innate quality of awareness – what it is, how to recognize it, and how to cultivate and nurture it. We will investigate how moment-to-moment continuity of mindfulness builds concentration, which in turn supports a depth of awareness.
In this workshop, through engaging in various mindfulness meditations, loving kindness and forgiveness practices and contemplative inquiry, you will discover how ADHD interrupts our functioning, how to navigate the challenges it creates, and how we can meet ourselves with compassion, forgiveness, and a good sense of humor.
In this heartfelt day of meditation, we will discover how mindfulness and love are essential in responding to the inevitable stresses and suffering that are part of being human. We will explore how they are necessary in any journey of awakening and in learning to live wisely and kindly in the midst of difficulty.
Have you noticed the painful effects of self-judgment? Do you feel tormented by negative critical self-talk and the harsh words of the inner critic? Are you prone to judging everything you do as not good enough, not quite right, not living up to some impossibly high standard? Do you find yourself harshly judging your meditation, your practice or your other spiritual practices? If you wish to be more free from the influence of the inner critic, then this workshop offers tried and tested methods for overcoming the challenges of self-judgment.
Mark will be leading the first webinar session of the "Meditation and Psychotherapy: Learning from Nature" course on April 4 and talking about "Mindfulness in Nature Practice - Pathways to Wonder, Wisdom, and Well-Being". The talk will be followed by a discussion and Q&A session.
This April, meditation teacher Mark Coleman will offer a rich variety of mindfulness in nature practices. During the program, you will discover how taking your meditation outdoors invites a natural, embodied, awake presence. Nature practice not only attunes us to the beauty, wonder, and mystery of the natural world, but awakens wisdom into inter-dependence, impermanence, and the selfless nature of experience. It also supports resilience, restoration, and renewal, key qualities especially needed at this time.
Join Mark Coleman for an enriching class exploring how mindfulness and compassion can be essential tools for navigating life’s challenges. Through guided meditation, lecture and discussion we will explore how to meet inner and outer adversity with clarity, compassion and resilience.
In this day of Insight Meditation practice, you will learn how to cultivate the beautiful quality of mindfulness. Mindful awareness helps you naturally develop clarity, wisdom, and a calm well-being—qualities so essential at this time.
