We hope you can join us for our late fall 7 Day Retreat in person with Sandra Gonzalez from November 7 - 14. Several spaces are still available for this retreat, including single rooms and shared dorm rooms. An online opportunity for this event is also available, please email onlineretreats@springwatercenter.org  for more information or to register.

Sandra will give talks and be available for private meetings and the daily afternoon group dialogue in this retreat. 

Sandra Gonzalez began working with Toni Packer in 1988. In 2003 Toni asked her to be one of the people to help carry on the meditative work of the Center. Sandra spends part of the year in Springwater. In Sandra's words:

Awareness comes from the darkness of not knowing, which is wholeness, openness, aliveness - life itself. There is humility and wisdom available that will permeate what we do or don't do, wherever we are. Love cannot harm nor divide - Behold it All!

Visit Sandra's teacher page for articles and recorded talks.

Are you curious about meditative inquiry?  It happens only twice a year. Don’t miss this opportunity to question and engage with the Center’s teachers,  This semi-annual meeting offers participants the opportunity to pose questions to members of the Center's Teaching Committee. 

Anyone interested in Springwater Center, inquiry work, or silent retreats is welcome. Participants are invited to attend as their schedules permit.

Please send questions at least 24 hours in advance to info@springwatercenter.org with the subject Question for the Teachers Online Meeting.

Schedule (ET)
1:30 - 1:55 pm  
Timed Quiet Sitting
2:05 - 3:20 pm
Teachers' Dialogue (in response to questions submitted prior)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Whole Group Dialogue 

Zoom Access for this event:

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Zoom.us Meeting ID: 289 037 6188, Passcode: 7179 

Find your local number:  https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdsftvqRwr

Speaking and dialoguing at Springwater Center is different from a lecture or a discussion group where we share what we already know.  The spirit of meditative inquiry infuses talks and dialogues with a sense of exploration and discovery, of being open to the freshness of not knowing.  Join the program online and experience this for yourself.

Online Programs are donation-based events.  To contribute in support, a donation of $12 per attendance is suggested.  Please use the button below to donate, and choose the "Online Sittings/Programs" option.  Your generosity helps keep online programs available for all to attend.
Thank you.

There is still space available to register for the Saturday Retreat (formerly All Day Sitting) on October 24 with a talk by Sandra Gonzalez.

Saturday Retreats are one of the most popular ways to participate in the work of Springwater Center. We come together for a day of sharing silence, sitting, listening, and meditative dialogue. The day begins at 8:30 am with silent sitting, includes a talk by one of our teaching staff, a vegetarian lunch, a group dialogue, and refreshments and social time before concluding around 4pm. This provides a daylong retreat-like environment without the time or financial commitment of attending one of our retreats.

Space is limited for Friday and Saturday night Guest Stays, please email info@springwatercenter.org before submitting the Guest Stay application.

Quiet Weeks at Springwater Center offer a meditative atmosphere within the ordinary rhythms of daily life at the Center. During these weeks, areas of the house are kept in silence while participants may move between silence and conversation as they wish – joining timed and open sittings, group dialogue, one-to-one meetings, walks on the many trails through woods and meadows, and simply being with what is arising moment to moment, with interest and curiosity.  Optional Quiet Weeks schedule

Kirk writes: “Presence is healing”

Read an interview with Sandra Gonzalez about why she started Quiet Weeks.

Space is limited, please email info@springwatercenter.org before submitting the Guest Stay application.

 

Please consult our Calendar for information about more upcoming events, including the Open Meditative Dialogue w/Guest Speaker (online) on Saturday November 28.

Saturday Retreat December 5 with Wayne Coger

Space still available for the 4 Day New Year Retreat December 30 - January 3 with Wayne Coger

Springwater Center also provides the opportunity to join timed and open sittings online.  Please consult our calendar of online offerings for more information.

The Center will be closed to guests December 7 - 13 and there is a Staff Break December 14 - 25. Please do not plan to visit at this time.

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