Donald Rothberg
Donald Rothberg, Ph.D. (he/him), is a member of the Teachers Council at Spirit Rock Center in California. He has practiced Insight Meditation since 1976 and also received training in Tibetan Dzogchen and Mahamudra practice, in the Hakomi approach to body-based psychotherapy, and in the Somatic Experiencing approach to working with trauma. Formerly on the faculties of the University of Kentucky, Kenyon College, and Saybrook University, he currently teaches and writes on mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation and the application of these and other practices to transforming the judgmental mind, speech and communication, working with conflict, social service, and social action. Donald is the author of The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World, and the co-editor of Ken Wilber in Dialogue: Conversations with Leading Transpersonal Thinkers. He is currently working on a book on transforming the judgmental mind.
Upcoming Programs by Donald Rothberg
Bringing Wisdom, Inner Work, Empathy, and Skillful Responses to Conflicts
In our times, conflicts (which we’ll define as differences in values, goals, views, or strategies and not necessarily involving hostility or aggression) seem increasingly pervasive – in relationships, communities, workplaces, political polarization, and social issues. Differences and conflicts can lead to reactivity – manifesting in avoidance, acting out, frustration, anger, blaming, and/or withdrawal. How do […]
Metta and Awakened Awareness: Developing Loving Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Practitioners
In this retreat, we will cultivate and increasingly integrate two fundamental practices that help us to access the depths of our being. In the first half of the retreat, we will practice metta or lovingkindness, the steadfast cultivation of the intention of kindness and warmth as our orientation in meditation and in daily activities. In […]
Self-Guided Retreat
Join other experienced practitioners for self-guided practice in Noble Silence, with the support of a resident teacher (Donald Rothberg). Participants must have taken part in at least two 5-day silent meditation retreats (or one 10-day retreat) and have experience with regular, self-supported daily meditation practice. Retreatants are invited to join up to five regularly scheduled […]