Find Your Ease: Mindfulness Retreat for Lawyers
What would happen if you were able to truly relax and rejuvenate?
Join us on a journey to finding more ease. Disconnect from all the noise and reconnect with yourself as we explore ways to integrate mindfulness into our law practices and truly connect with our values to live in alignment. Often there are challenges to living in alignment including the conflict between our ethical obligations and our own personal values, unfairness in our justice system, incivility, as well as financial and time pressures.
In community with other lawyers, we’ll discuss and cross-pollinate ideas. You are invited to practice mindfulness, meditation, engage in dialogue with other like-minded lawyers, soak in the Esalen baths, enjoy nature, go for walks, read, journal and sit by the fire in the evenings. We’ll practice the art of radical self-care, sitting and walking meditation, deep listening and journaling. Slow down, reflect and get to know yourself better.
Join us at the absolutely stunning Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA.
About Esalen Institute
Esalen is a noun and a verb, a seat of energy, an exhilarating adventure, a wellspring for the mainstream. It is a place of pilgrimage, grounded in a wildly alive environment—the spectacular, unparalleled convergence of mountains and water that is the Big Sur coastline. Esalen also travels the world as an inextinguishable, animating spirit—healing lives and history, sweeping away tired paradigms, and igniting change. There is nothing else like it.
Anchored by the inspiring beauty of Big Sur and an unparalleled intellectual history, Esalen is a worldwide network of seekers who look beyond dogma to explore deeper spiritual possibilities; forge new understandings of self and society; and pioneer new paths for change.
We provide the crucible and catalyst, alongside workshop leaders whose integrity and skills embody the highest standards of practice, to unleash your human potential and discover a re-energized sense of purpose—for yourself and for the world. [Learn more]
Our closest airports are in Monterey and in the San Francisco Bay Area:
Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) – 47 miles, approximately 75 minutes
San Jose International Airport (SJC) – 120 miles, approximately 2.5 hours
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) – 150 miles, approximately 3 hours
Meals
The Esalen kitchen serves delicious, healthy meals for our workshop participants and teachers as well as our residential community. The kitchen team, with the assistance of residential scholars, crafts each meal with mindfulness and care, featuring produce and herbs from the Esalen Farm & Garden.
Served buffet-style, options are available for omnivores, vegetarians and vegans at each meal. The kitchen is unable to provide individually-prepared meals for those on special diets. If you have a severe food allergy, please indicate this when you register for your stay.
Accommodations
There are many options for housing from sleeping bag to premium. Learn more here.
Dates
April 17 – 19, 2020
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About Jeena Cho
I teach lawyers to harness the power of mindfulness to decrease stress and anxiety while increasing focus and concentration. I have special insights into what lawyers go through, because I AM a lawyer.
I started my legal career as an assistant state attorney in 2004, handling domestic violence cases, and I have been practicing bankruptcy law at JC Law Group PC since 2009.
I’m the co-author of The Anxious Lawyer, the first book published by the American Bar Association on mindfulness and meditation. Today I speak, coach, and provide training to law firms on how lawyers can use mindfulness to boost productivity while enjoying a happier and more fulfilling professional and personal life.
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