Class Series
Spirit Rock offers weekly and monthly online class series to integrate practice and study into the flow of your life. Series can be a beautiful way to connect with others in the Spirit Rock community, building saṅgha as you study and practice together.
Classes address a wide range of topics, from the study of Buddhist texts to applications of the Dharma to social action, psychology, and professional development. Many series offer Continuing Education Credits. Series are an accessible way to deepen your understanding of the Buddha’s teachings, prepare you for the immersive experience of a Retreat or Dharma Training Program, or help to sustain the momentum of practice between retreats.
Upcoming Class Series
Class Series | Online | Dharma Institute
September 18 - October 9, 2026 | 4 Fridays | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Mindful Yoga and Embodied Dharma: Living at the Pace of Presence
Amidst busy lives, slowing down to the rhythm of the body offers a profound refuge. This four-week online series illuminates the Dharma as a fully embodied experience, weaving together Buddhist teachings, meditation, yoga, pranayama, and somatic movement as one integrated path to awakening. Led by Spirit Rock's Dharma, Yoga, and Mindfulness Training teachers, sessions are accessible and trauma-informed. You'll gain practical tools for nervous system regulation and grounded presence — whether you're new to these teachings or deepening existing practice.
Class Series | Online | Dharma Institute
October 15 - November 19, 2026 | 6 Thursdays | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Wise Communication: Roots of Transformative Relationships
Communication is where practice meets real life. In this six-week live online course, Oren Jay Sofer offers practical training in mindful communication, grounded in the Buddha’s teachings on Right Speech and supported by tools from Nonviolent Communication and trauma-informed awareness. Through guided meditations, reflections, and interactive exercises, you’ll learn to stay present in difficult conversations, listen beneath conflict, and speak with clarity, honesty, and care. Open to all; no prior experience necessary.
Oren Jay Sofer
Class Series | Online | Dharma Institute
October 21 - November 18, 2026 | 5 Wednesdays | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Staying Human in a Burning World
Do you struggle to stay informed without feeling overwhelmed? In an era of nonstop headlines, it's easy to fall into despair, anxiety, or numbness. This is exactly the time to find support in practice. Through guided meditation, Dharma reflections, somatic work, and discussion, we'll explore how to regulate the nervous system, cultivate discernment, and hold complexity with care—learning to meet the flood of information we live in with presence and skill, rather than shutting down or being consumed by it.
Dawn Mauricio
Learn to your heart's content
Stream our curated collection of guided meditations and Dharma talks, read articles by our teachers, take self-paced courses, and more.
