Note: Event begins at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET
Come join us for a half-day retreat as we turn a new leaf in the new year. During this program, we’ll explore practices to acknowledge and set down anything we are still carrying from the difficult year of 2020, and connecting fully with the strength of our hearts and the beauty of our aspirations for the year to come both personally and collectively. The half-day retreat will include a combination of silent practice, Dharma teachings, and the opportunity to reflect silently and/or engage in interactive discussion. For those who would like, there also will be an opportunity to formally take the three Refuges and five Precepts.
Cost: Sliding Scale $45-$200
About the Teachers
Oren Jay Sofer
Oren Jay Sofer teaches workshops and retreats on meditation and communication nationally. A member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council, he holds a degree in Comparative Religion from Columbia University, is a Somatic Experiencing for healing of trauma, and is a certified trainer of Nonviolent Communication. Oren is also the author of Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication.
Nikki Mirghafori
Nikki Mirghafori, PhD, started contemplative practices and yoga in the early 1990’s as a teen, and has practiced primarily in the Theravada tradition since 2003. She studied jhanas and the detailed analytical method of vipassana with the renowned Burmese meditation master Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw, who empowered and instructed her to teach in 2008. Additionally, she is a Stanford-trained compassion cultivation instructor, a UCLA-trained mindfulness facilitator, and also empowered by Spirit Rock/IMS as a Dharma Teacher. She is of Persian heritage, and in a parallel universe, has been an artificial intelligence scientist and academic.
Nikki serves on the Teachers Council, as well as the Board of Directors at Spirit Rock and the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. She offers classes, daylongs, retreats, and individual dharma guidance to practitioners nationally.