BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Open Heart Project - ECPv6.16.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:The Open Heart Project
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://openheartproject.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Open Heart Project
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20170312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20171105T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20180311T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20181104T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20190310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20191103T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180326
DTSTAMP:20180219T163256Z
CREATED:20170920T224138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180219T163256Z
UID:10013593-1521244800-1522022399@openheartproject.com
SUMMARY:Week-Long Spring Meditation Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Do a deep dive into your meditation practice with this one week intensive. Appropriate for newbies and experienced meditators\, this is a chance to deepen your understanding of meditation as well as your own mind and heart.\nWe will practice shamatha\, peaceful-abiding meditation\, under the guidance of Shambhala teachers and best-selling Buddhist authors\, Lodro Rinzler and Susan Piver. Each day will include a mix of meditation\, guided contemplation\, fresh teachings\, and discussion around how to apply our practice to the rest of our world. If you have been seeking a way to build a bridge between your spiritual life and your secular life\, this is the retreat for you. If you have yearned to bring your meditation practice off the cushion and into your work\, family and romantic realms\, this is the time to do it. If you are ready to see the effects of meditation on how your live your everyday life\, join us for this experience. We will study how meditation practice impacts not only your own life\, but your relationships with others and society overall. \nThis retreat is a way to recharge our intention for being kind to ourselves and helping others. We will balance our meditation practice with celebration. Each day will begin with opening practice at 7:00 am. and end at 9:00 pm. Included will be group practice with breaks after meals\, the daily chants practiced within the Shambhala community\, teaching talks and opportunity for discussion\, individual meetings with a meditation instructor\, and 24-hour periods of  silence. We will serve all our meals to each other in silence in the meditation hall. Attendance at each session is an important aspect of the discipline of retreat\, but we will also include much time for celebration\, the arts\, and meaningful conversation. \nThis retreat fulfills the requirements of a weekthun. \nRegistration is now open. \n \n\n\nLodro Rinzler\nLodro Rinzler has taught meditation for seventeen years in the Shambhala lineage and is the award-winning author of six books including the best-selling The Buddha Walks into a Bar and Love Hurts:Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken. He has spoken across the world at conferences\, universities and businesses as diverse as Google\, Harvard University and the White House. Lodro’s work has been featured in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Atlantic\, FOX\, CBS\, and NBC. He serves as co-founder and Chief Spiritual Officer of MNDFL\, NYC’s premier drop-in meditation studios. Website: www.lodrorinzler.com \n\n\nSusan Piver\nSusan Piver is a Buddhist teacher and the New York Times bestselling author of nine books\, including the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life and The Wisdom of a Broken Heart. Her latest book is Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation. \nPiver has been a student of Buddhism since 1995\, graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004 and was authorized to teach meditation in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage in 2005. \nShe teaches workshops and speaks all over the world on meditation\, spirituality\, communication styles\, relationships and creativity. She wrote the relationships column for body + soul magazine\, and is a frequent guest on network television\, including the Oprah Winfrey Show\, Today\, and CNN. Her work has been featured in the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, TIME\, Parade\, Money\, and others. \nIn 2011\, Piver launched The Open Heart Project\, an online meditation community with more than 20\,000 members who practice together and explore ways to bring spiritual values such as kindness\, genuineness and fearlessness to everyday life. www.susanpiver.com
URL:https://openheartproject.com/event/week-long-spring-meditation-retreat/
LOCATION:Shambhala Mountain Center\, 151 Shambhala Way\, Red Feather Lakes\, CO\, 80545\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Event
GEO:40.737805;-105.546075
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Shambhala Mountain Center 151 Shambhala Way Red Feather Lakes CO 80545 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=151 Shambhala Way:geo:-105.546075,40.737805
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR