The Open Heart Project

Mindful New Year
2015-12-31 20:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-31 08:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-30 08:00 - 08:30, 2015-12-29 20:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-29 08:00 - 08:30, 2015-12-28 20:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-28 08:00 - 08:30, 2015-12-27 20:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) and 3 more dates
Susan Piver and Lodro Rinzler Present:
Building a Mindful New Year
6 days/6 transcendent themes/9 teachers/12 meditations
Dec 26-31
With Sokuzan Brown, Joseph Mauricio, Shastri Nick Kranz, Adreanna Limbach, angel Kyodo Williams, Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche and Lodro and myself.
FREE This is the time of year when thoughts naturally turn toward what you want to create going forward. Here is a way to navigate into the new year with a sense of balance and clarity.
REGISTER HERE
Together with my friend, writer and Buddhist teacher Lodro Rinzler, we have invited a collection of accomplished dharma teachers to guide you through the end of one year and into another with mindfulness and awareness, focused on the six priorities that will benefit you most as you lay the ground for what is to come.
In Buddhist thought, the path to a life of joy is built on taking six actions consistently: Generosity; Discipline; Patience; Exertion; Meditation; and Wisdom. Each day of this program will focus on one of those themes. Two different dharma teachers will guide two different meditations. Sessions will be at 8:00 AM EST and 8:00 PM EST.
Lodro or I will host the morning sessions to give you an overview of that day’s transcendent action and also offer you a contemplation you can hold throughout the day to bring that action into your experience. The evening sessions, each led by a different brilliant teacher, will give you even deeper insight into that theme. From Zen to Vipassana to Tibetan and other Buddhist practices, a variety of lineages are represented. It is so exciting.
All sessions will be live streamed and easy to access. Each 30-minute session will begin with an opening talk, followed by a guided meditation and a brief question and answer period. (You will be able to type your questions into a chat screen.)
You are invited to drop into one or all sessions. Each session will be recorded and accessible until the next session begins. Together, these wonderful teachers will help you enter 2016 with gentleness and fearlessness.
All you have to do is register. You will in turn receive a link to our online platform that will work for all sessions. You simply need an internet connection.
Did we mention it was free?!
For the complete schedule click here.
We look forward to taking this journey with you!
Love, Susan and Lodro
Questions? Please email Michele

Daily Dharma Gathering
2015-12-25 20:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-24 20:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-23 20:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-22 20:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-21 20:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-20 20:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-19 20:00 - 20:30, 2015-12-18 20:00 - 20:30 and 7 more dates
The Open Heart Project is so proud to offer you a chance to:
Practice meditation every single day
Meet and converse daily with a brilliant Buddhist teacher
Get answers to important questions about your practice and your path
Become part of a group of smart, fun, sincere independent thinkers
Join a private Facebook forum to continue the conversation
Daily Dharma Gathering sessions are from 8:00p to 8:30pm. EST on Mondays through Fridays and 12:00p to 12:30p.m. EST on Saturdays and Sundays. All you have to do is log on using the link you’ll receive upon registration. Each session begins with a short talk before moving into a guided meditation practice with time for a q&a at the end.
Each session is recorded and made available for 24 hours or until it is replaced with the next day’s session. So if you can’t join live, don’t worry!
Teachers range from your hosts, Susan and Lodro (who are trained in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage) to Vipassana teachers such as Kate Lila Wheeler and Emily Horn, Zen teachers such as Sokuzan and angel Kyodo williams, and ordained Tibetan Buddhist monastics such as Khenpo Gawang and Thubten Chodron.
We cannot overstate the amazing-ness of these teachers! So many Buddhist traditions are represented in this special group. Our teachers include men and women, are white, black, and Asian, and range in age from twenties to seventies. In all, they represent an incomparable cross-section of Buddhism in the West.
The cost is $20 a month. Once you register, your account will be charged automatically every 30 days, unless or until you cancel.
(Please note: no partial refunds.)
REMINDER: Open Heart Project Sangha members can participate for free.
NOTE: Your registration in this program comes with a free subscription to the Open Heart Project newsletter.
We look forward to taking this journey with you!
Love, Susan and Lodro
Questions? Please email Michele

Sangha Monthly Check-in
2015-12-22 15:00 - 16:00
For all registered Sangha members
Every month OHP Sangha members will be able to gather online to share thoughts on their practice, past and upcoming programs and other Sangha community news.
A special event link is sent to each member prior to the gathering and these check-ins are recorded for those unable to attend or for members wishing to watch the chat again.

Fearlessly Creative: A Meditation and Writing Retreat
2015-12-17 - 2015-12-21 | Shambhala Mountain Center, 151 Shambhala Way, Red Feather Lakes, CO, 80545, United States
What do writers want more than anything in the world? Time to write. Yet even if such precious time could be found, it’s not always easy to settle into the writing groove.
Meditate, Write, Share (or Don’t)
Meditation can help synchronize mind and body in a way that truly supports the creative process. In addition to plenty of personal writing time, quiet, and the supportive (but non-intrusive!) presence of other writers, this writing retreat will include meditation instruction and discussion of how to create and maintain a practice at home. Evenings provide the option to share and discuss your work with others, if you would like.
Open to writers of fiction and non-fiction, published and unpublished. Please note that the majority of time will be spent writing rather than doing writing exercises. Thus this writing retreat is best for those who wish to begin, continue, or complete a particular project. Bring your ideas, works-in-progress, or simply your wish to devote attention to your creativity.
Please Note:

This program ends at 9 pm on the final day. The SMC shuttle service is only available the following morning. Please book an additional night if you will require travel assistance. Select “add extra night- 25% off” in the upper right hand corner of the registration page.

The Dharma of Simple
2015-12-15 19:30 - 21:00
A special evening event exploring the intersection of personal organization and meditation.
We all want to feel confident heading into a new year. As you may have learned from the Open Heart Project, genuine confidence is not necessarily about “believing” in yourself—it is a way of being in the world. To live with confidence, according to Buddhist teachings, you don’t have to change anything about your psychology, rather, you can create small shifts in the environment in which you live.
The simplest way to make those small shifts is by getting organized and improving your relationship with time.
In this 90-minute class, Andrew will introduce us to The Organizational Triangle®, three simple and powerful rules for getting and staying organized. He’ll discuss easy and sustainable ways to address the obstacles we all face in managing very busy lives. From dealing with papers and filing to time management, and from photographs to sentimental objects, his simple system can help you finally get a handle on it all.
Our intention for this evening is to help you reorder the one place or “hot spot” that is making you most unhappy and give you the tools you need to keep it ordered for good. You’ll also learn how to apply the same techniques to every other area where you feel disorganized, overwhelmed or stuff-challenged.
When Andrew offers this program elsewhere, he charges $97 or more. Because we are pals, he’s willing to offer this to our community for only $29. A DEAL!

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No cancellations
LIMITED TO 100 PARTICIPANTS
Participants will also receive Andrew’s Top 10 Tips for Starting the New Year with Confidence checklist.
(Last time we ran this program, it sold out seriously fast. Please reserve your spot sooner rather than later.)
The session will be recorded and a link sent to participants. The recording will be available for 30 days.The day before the webinar, you’ll receive an email with details for joining the live event.
(OPEN HEART PROJECT SANGHA members: You will be able to access a recording of this webinar for free from December 16th-20th. If you would like to join the Sangha to receive this free viewing and participate in many other programs free of charge, please click here.)
About Andrew:
Best-selling Author of “Unstuff Your Life! Kick the Clutter Habit and Completely Organize Your Life for Good”
Andrew’s humor, honesty, tough love and foolproof strategies have won fans and followers from Fortune 500 CEOs, award-winning artists, and older adults to overwhelmed moms and dads everywhere. He’s maintained a private practice for over 18 years, as well as leading workshops and speaking worldwide on stuff, sustainability and simplifying your life.
As a sought-after expert on organizing and productivity, Andrew is often called “The Most Organized Man in America.” Here are just a few of the places he’s appeared: Tricycle, Real Simple, This Old House, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Nate Berkus Show, Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart Living Today, Ladies’ Home Journal, Family Circle, GQ, Women’s Day, HGTV and NPR, along with many others.
His private clients range from American Express, Goldman Sachs and the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the U.S. Departments of Education and Homeland Security.
A long-time meditation practitioner, he often teaches on the intersection of organizing and spirituality at venues including Omega Institute, San Francisco Zen Center, Center for Spiritual Enlightenment and NY Open Center, where he is on the faculty.
