On-Land Retreat
Spring Insight Retreat
Continuing Education: 8 CE Credits
$80
This program offers 8 CE Credits Continuing Education (CE) credits for $80 for , and may be applicable for other licenses. Please review our CEC information page for full provider information.
To be eligible for Continuing Education Credits (CECs), you must:
- Register and pay for CECs by 4:30 p.m. PT, the business day before the program. After the program begins, no retroactive CECs will be given and the CEC fee is non-refundable.
- Attend in full and fulfill all attendance requirements and next steps. No exceptions. Please review the CEC information page for attendance requirements.
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Additional notes
- For full provider information, and additional CEC information, including attendance requirements, cancellation, and grievance policies, please visit our CEC information page.
- Spirit Rock is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP16905, for 8 contact hours.
- Credit is awarded for instructional time only and does not include extended silent meditation, if offered.
- For those with a different license or with a license from a different licensing board, please contact your licensing board directly to ask if CE credit from the above-approved sponsors is accepted. Spirit Rock does not confirm applicability of credit for those with licenses different than those listed above.
Teaching Team
Matthew Brensilver, PhD
Teacher
Matthew Brensilver teaches at the Insight Retreat Center, Spirit Rock and Insight Meditation Society. Before committing to teach meditation full-time, he spent years doing research on addiction pharmacotherapy at the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine and continues to be interested in the dialogue between Buddhism and science.
Cara Lai
Teacher
Throughout many mind-body adventures, Cara has explored the concentrated mind, chronic illness, the value of pleasure, the power of maternal energy, and connection to the earth. She tries her best to teach from the most authentic place she can muster, and is still learning about the contentment of simply existing.
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