I feel much more present and accepting moment to moment of all of my states and less grasping for the “good” ones – Thank you for helping to create a very healing process.

It was so lovely to have witnesses to my own trials and tribulations, my discoveries and my growth. Having the group witness it all allowed me a valuable perspective, and clarity.

Much of this year has been about acceptance and gratitude for me. Levine writes that gratitude is the highest form of acceptance. Like patience it is one of the catalytic agents, one of the alchemist’s secrets for turning dross to good, hell to heaven, death to life. Where there is gratitude we get the teaching. Where there is resistance we discover only that it keeps us painfully ignorant. Of course, if we had enough acceptence to explore our non-acceptance, if we leaned nothing but that resistance amplified our suffering, we would be eternally grateful. I am eternally grateful.

I am taking to heart our rebirth and am embracing my intention to live a life full of love and gratitude. This was completely unexpected and I feel blessed.

A year of living and dying has brought wealth simply unimaginable.

This group is making a difference in my life by opening my heart to what has always been but I have been unable to see.

I feel much more present and accepting moment to moment of all of my states and less grasping for the “good” ones – Thank you for helping to create a very healing process.

The class was wonderful, Bonnie was wonderful. We were all wonderful! I’ll always be grateful.

What Participants Say About Living Mindfully Now

Thank you for an unexpected day of quiet and laughter and humanity and community. As I left Spirit Rock I had one word in mind: gratitude. I have had a long time “attachment” to death. I have seen more than my share in my line of work and have had patients die on the operating table, too ill to recover from illness. Many friends and family, young and gentle, dead before fifty also. The mystery of death.

Excellent teaching, intimate sharing, important reminders for practice.

I most appreciated paying attention to when I am most alive, experiencing a peaceful death through our practice together and the breathing awareness.

It was amazing how much sense of community and shared connection there was. The subject is difficult in our culture so the workshop was most helpful and valuable.

I really enjoyed the mixture of small and large group activity and discussion. It really gave a profound sense of community.

The subject matter was very important to me. Bonnie was wonderful! I enjoyed hearing and learning from the other attendees. I really liked the amount of time we were given to speak in small groups.

This was such an experience of intimacy and joy in living a day looking at living and dying.

This was the most inspiring workshop I have ever participated in. In two days I fell in love with the humanity of the other participants and feel much more alive. I have such gratitude for my life now and consider whatever time remains a gift.

Good hearted – flowing – wonderful laugh – I appreciate your balance of structure and flow. I trust you automatically.

Vivacious, sunshiny – wisdom about life, gentleness with others. Very present, full of life, calm & accepting.

A wonderful presence and welcoming spirit – very inspirational and helpful to me & my understanding. Very grounded, loving & full of compassion. A gift in my life.

Such warmth and generosity. Open, intelligent, wise. Bonnie creates a wonderful, safe space for this healing work.

Bonnie is a fearless leader, an inspiration, a gift. Great sense of wonder and humor. She is comfortable…she is inquiring.

Bubbly – vital – unafraid to into the face of death and not squirm. A deeply caring person – spiritual depth.

Warm and friendly and accepting and non-threatening. The kind of person you might want to have around when you were dying.

There is no deception in Bonnie’s approach to people. Comfortable to be with. As a group leader Bonnie enables the participants to open up without fear.

Bonnie brings tender and loving compassion to her interactions with and leadership of our group.

Confident, capable, knowledgeable, funny, warm, articulate, positive, upbeat. Joyful, happy, giving. You delight in learning and teaching in every moment.

Generous of her wisdom, wanting to give of herself and of her commitment to sharing with us how to live life fully out of a deep love for life and creation.

Goes deep into herself on journeys and shares her treasures with each of us equally, justly, compassionately. Blessed.

You share the discoveries that you have made and continue to make with honesty, clarity & generosity.

True warmth, wisdom, so respectful of others – one can not know, or learn something new without any hint of humiliation

Willing to stretch to ensure another has been heard, has had the encouragement to go deeper, to express oneself, to consider the unexplored.

Very aware of what is important in life and sensitive to the “otherness” of others…Focused on love and growth and all that makes this world a place worth being.

Such a great facilitator – willing to take risks. Always leads us in the right direction encouraging us to open and open we will.

You are to me always insightful with that warm deep pool of introspection grounded in spirit. Brave in expression – heart based articulation – warm eyes that smile in compassion.

I love Bonnie’s lighthearted curiosity about subjects that often people are afraid to talk about. I love her courage to embrace giving others this group and leaving behind what she used to do…following her dream, her calling.

What a joy Bonnie is – someone everyone would want as a friend – a close friend. She is so real, so light, so filled with wisdom. She brings a gift of herself wherever she goes.

Sensational! Your presence has been so important to the group. You are steadfast and present with our meanderings. For this I am grateful. Smart, compassionate and enduring.

You are such a generous, kind, compassionate woman! With your warmth you’ve ignited and taught us how to live, how to be a group, how to be mindful, and silly.

Warmth and willingness to risk & be vulnerable with others – Ability to touch the deep spaces in leading group meditations and enable others to move into transformative space.