All Day Sittings
If you would like to attend an All Day Sitting, please complete the All Day Sitting registration form. The contribution required to attend an All Day Sitting is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. It is also possible to attend the All Day Sitting online. We ask for a $25 contribution for the online All Day. If you would like to attend online please register here.
All Day Sittings 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 at 4pm. This provides a daylong retreat-like environment without the time or financial commitment of attending one of our retreats.
All scheduled activities are optional. You may prefer to sit on your own indoors or out, read, exercise, or walk the trails on our beautiful land. All Day Sittings are held in silence, with time for socializing at the end of the day.
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Timed Sitting and Walking (begins with information regarding the flow of the day) 8:30 AM
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Break/open sitting 10:00 AM
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Timed sitting and walking 10:30 AM
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Talk followed by open sitting 11:00 AM
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Lunch and Communal Clean Up 12:00 AM
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Break/open sitting 12:30 PM
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Timed sitting and walking 1:30 PM
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Group dialogue 2:30 PM
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Refreshments/Social time 3:30 PM