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Love Is A Fierce Animal
Hosted by Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Presented by Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Listing details drawn from the center's public schedule.
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Teacher Leslie Booker
Senior Meditation Teacher
Leslie Booker is a senior meditation teacher at NYIMC with deep expertise in insight meditation and compassion practices.
Saturday, September 12, 2026
9:30 AM PT • 6.5 hours
Online, CA
80 spots available
Practice details
- Host
- Spirit Rock Meditation Center
- Format
- 6.5 hours
Reserve your place
- September 12, 2026
- 9:30 AM PT
- Online Zoom Virtual Meditation Hall
You'll be redirected to Spirit Rock Meditation Center to complete your booking.
About this retreat
An invitation to come home to yourself.
A deep-dive daylong micro-retreat focused heavily on the fierce, unconditional aspects of love and compassion practices (Metta). Serves as a grounding, silent reset as the late summer transitions into the early autumn months.
Why this retreat
The highest level of care, presence and craft.
Vetted Sanctuary
Held in a carefully chosen space designed to support nervous-system rest.
Expert Facilitation
Guided by a teacher with years of dedicated practice and training.
Intimate Group
Small cohort so every voice and body is held and seen.
Whole-Day Reset
A complete arc — arrive scattered, leave reoriented to what matters.
What you'll experience
A day shaped with intention.
Chapter 01
Online via Zoom
A grounded session of online via zoom woven into the wider arc of the day.
Chapter 02
Metta practice
A grounded session of metta practice woven into the wider arc of the day.
Chapter 03
Silent periods
A grounded session of silent periods woven into the wider arc of the day.
Where you'll be
Online, CA
Join us from the comfort of your own home in our virtual meditation hall
Online Zoom Virtual Meditation Hall
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