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Opening to Insight and Love (6-night silent retreat)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center · Erin Treat, DaRa Williams, Pamela Weiss and teachers in training
DatesDec 11–17, 2026
WhereSpirit Rock Meditation Center (Upper Meditation Hall)
Woodacre, CA
Woodacre, CA
PriceSliding scale $960–$3,660; scholarships $50–$570
A six-night silent retreat on relaxed, focused attention, softening habits of reactivity and fear, and engaging life from embodied compassion.
Source: www.spiritrock.org · Dates and price checked on Oct 21, 2026. Organizers can change details, so confirm on their page before you book. A listing is not an endorsement.
Pre-workshop reading
Books by GatherAligned founder Bill Heinrich that pair well with self-compassion work.
Links go to Amazon (coming-soon Field Guides link to thealignedlifeseries.com).
Also see Bill’s keynote, The Power of Energetic Alignment: How to Shatter Burnout, Fast.
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