Reclaiming Who We Are
With Self-Compassion
An in-person or online event with Caverly Morgan and Kristin Neff
Saturday, October 3, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
Most of us have internalized a voice that says we're not enough. That we need to be different — more disciplined, more together, more something — to finally be okay.
That voice isn't the truth of who you are. It's conditioning. And compassion is one of the most powerful tools we have for seeing through it.
In this two-day in-person program, Caverly Morgan and Kristin Neff bring together scientific rigor and contemplative depth to explore self-compassion from both angles. What does the research actually show? And how do we access this capacity in our direct experience — not just as a concept, but as a lived reality?
Together, they'll guide you in untangling from the conditioning — familial, cultural, genetic — that keeps you contracted and self-critical, and in opening to a larger, more connected sense of who you already are.
What you'll explore over two days:
How the voices of family, culture, and genetics became your inner critic — and how to stop letting them run the show (that loop of "I should have handled that better" after a hard conversation? This is where it loosens)
Trading self-criticism for something that actually works — why being kind to yourself makes you more motivated, not less
Learning to see your conditioned patterns clearly — so the anxious thoughts, the people-pleasing, the perfectionism stop feeling like you
How to meet difficult emotions — the 3am spiral, the shame after conflict, the low-grade dread — without being swallowed by them
Self-compassion and the nature of Being: who you are beneath the stories you've been told about yourself
Bringing it all home — concrete practices you can return to when life gets hard
Continuing Education Credit Available
This program offers 12.0 CE hours (14.4 for nurses) through UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness, accredited by the American Psychological Association.
Eligible licenses: Psychologists, MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs (California and APA-reciprocal states), and RNs.
Testimonials
The co-teaching leaders were amazing. Their synergy made the program deep, relevant. The balance between the research and the spirit based tenants was powerful and reinforcing. The balance between personal and global was exceptional. The balance of teachings, meditations, exercises, writing, break outs was great. The teachers are exceptional in their knowledge but also really personable and funny!
—2025 Participant
Continuing Education (CE) credit available:
This program offers 10 Continuing Education (CE) credits/contact hours for $100, applicable for psychologists and California-licensed MFTs, LCSWs, LEPs, LPCCs, nurses, and chiropractors, and may be applicable for other licenses. Please review Spirit Rock’s Continuing Education information page for provider details, and to determine if your association or board will accept credits offered by Spirit Rock.
What People Are Saying
“Caverly has an uncanny intuition for what a group needs and skillfully guides us as a cohesive collective.”
—Eddie, Director, Cyber Information Security
”Somehow Caverly’s teachings have landed as the first practice I can reach for both on the cushion and in the moments of great everyday life as a means to center. This modern non dual approach brings ease and deep meaning in an accessible way. So, so grateful.”
—Elizabeth, Physician, mom
About Caverly Morgan
After eight years as a Zen monk, Caverly Morgan discovered something unexpected: nothing was missing. The freedom she'd been searching for was already here.
Named one of 2025's powerful women of the mindfulness movement, Caverly is a teacher of awakening, nonprofit founder, speaker, and author who blends the original spirit of Zen with a modern nondual and relational approach.
Caverly supports others in remembering our true nature—not through more techniques or self-improvement strategies, but through presence, inquiry, and togetherness.
She is the author of The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together and A Kids Book About Mindfulness. As founder of the nonprofits Peace in Schools (the nation's first for-credit mindfulness program in U.S. public high schools) and Realizing Freedom Together, she has pioneered ways for communities to awaken collectively, making teachings that lead to liberation accessible to all.
About InsightLA
InsightLA’s mission is to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and peace within our community and beyond. We are dedicated to providing a sanctuary where individuals from all walks of life can explore the transformative practices of meditation.
Practitioners of all experience levels and all backgrounds are welcome.
Pricing
Class Fee $395
Class Fee with CEs $495
There are a limited number of pay-what-you-can spots available to support members of marginalized groups (people of color, queer people, people with disabilities) and those in financial need (those for whom the cost to attend is not financially possible). These spots are offered on a first come, first served basis.
This is a hybrid 2-day event which will take place both in-person and online.