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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mindfulness Yoga
Meditation Training


Nuns in the West

108 Blessings

Kalyana Mitta

Gen X Teachers

Volunteer Profile

Recipe

                             

UPCOMING EVENTS

Moving Into Meditation
(for Yoga Practitioners)

ANNE CUSHMAN

4 Thursday evenings
September 5 - 26

7 - 9 pm

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One Day Training in
Buddhist Psychology:
The Essence,
for Meditators
& Psychologists



JACK KORNFIELD

Saturday, September 7
9:30 am - 5 pm

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The Neuro-Dharma of Love

RICK HANSON

Sunday, September 8
9:30 am - 5 pm

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Trauma & Mindfulness
Class Series

SHARDA ROGELL

5 Mondays
Sept. 9 - Oct. 7

10 am - 12 pm
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The Magic of Awareness

ANAM THUBTEN
JAMES BARAZ

Saturday, Sept. 14
9:30 am - 5 pm

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The Hidden Gifts of Aging

ANNA DOUGLAS
ROBERT CUSICK

Sunday, Sept. 15
10 am - 4 pm

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Chanting and Meditation

JAI UTTAL
DEBRA CHAMBERLIN-TAYLOR

Sunday, Sept. 15
7 - 9:30 pm
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Grief Ritual
for Collective Healing

SOBONFU SOMÉ
SPRING WASHAM

Saturday, Sept. 21
9:30 am - 5 pm

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Mindfulness & Innovation

 ANUSHKA FERNANDOPULLE

Sunday, Sept. 22
10 am - 4 pm

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The 3rd Foundation of
Mindfulness - Mindfulness
of States of Mind & Heart

TEMPEL SMITH

Sunday, Sept. 29
9:30 am - 5 pm

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Essential Buddhist Teachings

 MARK COLEMAN

10 Tuesdays
Oct. 1 - Dec. 17
(Skips Oct. 22, Nov. 12)

7 - 9 pm
ONLINE CLASS AVAILABLE

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Introduction to
Insight Meditation

HOWARD COHN

Saturday, October 5
9:30 am - 4:30 pm

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Receiving the Gift
of Our Embodied Life:
Meditation and Yoga

DANA DePALMA
ASHLEY SHARP

Sunday, October 6
9:30 am - 5 pm

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Mindfulness in Child
Psychotherapy & Education

GARY BUCK
LESLEY GRANT

Saturday, October 12
9:30 am - 5 pm

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Calming the Mind,
Opening to Insight

RICHARD SHANKMAN

Saturday, October 19
9:30 am - 5 pm

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The 4th Foundation of
Mindfulness - Mindfulness
of Patterns of Experience

DONALD ROTHBERG

Sunday, October 20
9:30 am - 5 pm

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Awakening the Heart
A Two-Day
Non-Residential Retreat

DONALD ROTHBERG
HEATHER SUNDBERG

Monday-Tuesday
Oct. 21-22

9:30 am - 4:30 pm

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Mindful Yoga & Meditation Training
A Yearlong Mindfulness Intensive
for Yoga Teachers

Weaving together yoga and Insight Meditation into one practice, Spirit Rock’s Mindful Yoga and Meditation Training (MYMT3) is an intensive 12-month training led by nationally known teachers of both yoga and Buddhism. The core of the training is the cultivation of mindfulness - the capacity to meet life moment to moment with kind awareness. In the deep inner and outer silence of the retreat environment, participants cultivate an integrated body-mind practice that encourages awakening on every level of being, including the physical, energetic, emotional and interpersonal dimensions.
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Walking the Path:
Buddhist Nuns in the West


Spirit Rock staff is well practiced in how to care and provide meals for 80-90 lay yogis, but hosting nuns on retreat last June was a whole new experience. We learned much about monastic life and the rules that surround and contain it, and it was a joy to hold the space for all the retreatants, lay and monastic, as well as the the teachers. It was quite beautiful to see how Spirit Rock staff, both above and below the gate, supported each other to ensure that the retreat ran smoothly for all.
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$2.1 million to raise before we can break ground on our new campus. Your support is vital to our success. Please join us! Make a Donation

You're Invited to Spirit Rock's
108 Blessings Benefit!
Dharma in a Wired World

Please join us for an evening of lively salon-style discussion, hearty hors d'oeuvres, drink and much merriment. The Benefit will be held on Thursday, November 7 from 6 - 9:30pm at the beautiful San Francisco home of our longtime friend and supporter Angie Thieriot. Jack Kornfield along with featured guests Anushka Fernandopulle, Will Kabat-Zinn and Soren Gordhamer will moderate salon-style discussions on the topic of Dharma in a Wired World.
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Unanticipated Blessings from Kalyana Mitta
by Melanie Speir

Kalyana Mitta has deeply enriched my personal life and spiritual practice in ways I never anticipated.  Initially I was attracted to the Kalyana Mitta listings on the Spirit Rock website because I felt isolated in my practice. I longed for friends on the Dharma path. I didn’t feel qualified to start and facilitate a new group myself.  After unsuccessfully waiting two years for someone else to start a group in my area, I finally took the plunge. I’m so glad I did!
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Gen X Dharma Teachers in the house!
by Anushka Fernandopulle, Spirit Rock Teachers Council


Earlier this summer, there was a multi-lineage gathering of Gen X dharma teachers at Deer Park Monastery (Thich Nhat Hanh's tradition) near San Diego. About 60 lay and monastic dharma teachers came together to explore issues of being a Buddhist teacher in the 21st century in the West, to inspire and support each other, and to learn from each other's lineages.
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Volunteer Profile - Giedra Gershman
Kalyana Mitta Dedicated Volunteer

In 1993, a close friend took one of James Baraz's beginning meditation classes. She thought I'd find it interesting and invited me to come to the next meeting. I wasn't seeking anything, but I easily connected with James's gentle way and intuitively knew the truth of what he said. When the class ended, James suggested many resources for continuing to learn about Buddhism and its practices - Spirit Rock was among them. I didn't know it then, but I had found my spiritual home.
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Recipe - Roasted Beet & Shell Bean Salad


This recipe is adapted from the Spirit Rock kitchen, as served to yogis on summer retreats.
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Beet salad photo by Elise Weatherby via blog.mylittlecityfoodgarden.com


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