Hi, I’m
Susan Piver
Buddhist teacher, New York Times bestselling author and founder of the Open Heart Project, a community of support for living an awakened life.
Let’s get to know each other!
Free resources to support you on your journey
NEW BOOK!
INEXPLICABLE JOY
On the Heart Sutra
“In Inexplicable Joy, we are invited into an intimate relationship with The Heart Sutra—one of the most mysterious, deep and powerful spiritual texts in human history. Drawing on her decades-long love relationship with this scripture, Susan Piver points to ultimate truth with a wonderful freshness and vitality.”
Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance
Learn with Susan
Let’s Practice Together
Join an International Community of Goodness
The Open Heart Project Sangha
Your meditation center in the cloud
Meditation Retreat
in Colorado
AUGUST 10–18, 2026
Join Buddhist teachers Michael Carroll and
Susan Piver for a week-long retreat
at Drala Mountain Center.
We will explore how to embody the six paramitas in meaningful action and access resilient joy through mindfulness-awareness meditation.
New Online
Course
MAY 23rd
Selfless Expression:
The 5 Buddha Families
Join Open Heart Project teacher Kevin Townley for Selfless Expression, a live creativity workshop exploring creativity through the teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism and the Five Buddha Families or the Five Wisdom Energies.
Through meditation, discussion, and creative practice, participants will explore how emotions can become sources of insight, transformation, and expression. Open to artists and non-artists alike, this workshop welcomes all forms of creative exploration. No artistic experience is necessary.
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