meditation Archives - The Open Heart Project

Follow Open Heart Project on Instagram Follow Open Heart Project on Apple Podcasts Follow Open Heart Project on Bluesky

SUSAN’S
Blog

Viewing Posts in meditation

Cleaning Up Is Practice

August 17, 2026   |   Leave a reply

Audio only version is here
Meditation begins at 17:59

Hello Wonderful Open Heart Project, One of the most important spiritual practices I know is this: clean up after yourself. Not because you should be more organized or more virtuous. Because every unfinished mess takes your attention. We can clean up physically by caring for the spaces we live in, emotionally by apologizing when we’ve caused harm or addressing what... READ MORE

Meditation: An Act of Rebellion

August 3, 2026   |   5 Comments

Audio only here
Meditation starts at 12:49

Hello Wonderful Open Heart Project, It’s no secret that many forces are competing for your attention, especially online. Some are noble and righteous. Some are not.  Trying to track it all is…exhausting. The need for boundaries for our hearts and minds has never been more important. We must preserve our energy so that we can continue to care. Meditation helps... READ MORE

How Do You Help Someone Who is Dying?

July 27, 2026   |   18 Comments

Audio only here

Hello Wonderful Open Heart Project, When I first learned to meditate, I was given an instruction that has stayed with me for more than 30 years: place more attention on the out breath than the in breath. This week my mother entered hospice care. She is 96 and as I prepare to be with her, that simple instruction has taken... READ MORE

What do Buddhists mean when they talk about emptiness?

July 20, 2026   |   3 Comments

Audio only version is here
Meditation practice begins at 8:51

Hello, wonderful Open Heart Project meditator. Before we sit today, I want to share with you a few thoughts about a concept famously associated with Buddhism: emptiness. It’s easy to think this means something like null or devoid of meaning or value. It doesn’t! Have a listen for more on the beauty and power of true emptiness. With love, Susan... READ MORE

The time my meditation practice made me laugh out loud

July 6, 2026   |   3 Comments

Audio only version is here
Meditation practice begins at 6:40

Hello, wonderful Open Heart Project meditator. This week’s email is a chance to meditate together once again. We just moved to a new house and this is my first video from a brand new place. It was exciting to feel connected to you here. Before we sit, I share an experience I had during a recent meditation practice. Instruction was... READ MORE

Feelings are not problems, they are breadcrumbs to the truth

June 29, 2026   |   3 Comments

Audio only version is here
Meditation practice begins at 11:46

Hello Wonderful Open Heart Project, There is a great deal happening in the world that can leave us angry, heartbroken, and overwhelmed. Meditation is not about getting rid of those feelings. It is about learning to work with them without hardening our hearts or losing touch with our shared humanity. One of the most important lessons of practice is to... READ MORE

Inexplicable Magic

June 22, 2026   |   Leave a reply

Hello, Open Heart Project. Wanted to pop in to let you know I have a new book, Inexplicable Magic: Meditation for Mystics. It came out a few weeks ago and  was written to explore meditation practice as a spiritual practice.  The book outlines seven principles for keeping your practice in the realm of the spiritual rather than some kind of strategy... READ MORE

Dreaming as Spiritual Practice

June 15, 2026   |   5 Comments

Audio only version is here
Meditation practice begins at 10:22

Hello, wonderful Open Heart Project.  Over the past few weeks, I’ve been sharing what makes our approach to meditation a little different. We engage in ritual. We live as mystics. The personal is not the obstacle, it is the way. We recognize heartbreak. Today I’d like to add another principle: We dream on behalf of others. Dreaming is not an escape from reality, it is how... READ MORE

Heartbreak is a Gateway

June 8, 2026   |   Leave a reply

Audio only version is here
Meditation practice begins at 13:05

Hello, wonderful Open Heart Project. I hope you are finding joy and ease as much as possible. Before today’s sit, I continue sharing key points from my new book, Inexplicable Magic: Meditation for Mystics. It describes 7 principles of spiritual practice.The first point was We Engage in Daily Ritual. The second was We Live as Mystics (Hiding in Plain Sight).... READ MORE

Starting With Who You Are (It is Not an Obstacle to Your Practice)

June 1, 2026   |   1 Comment

Audio only version is here
Meditation practice begins at 10:31

Hello, wonderful Open Heart Project. I hope you are finding moments of ease where you can. Before today’s sit, I continue the conversation I began a few weeks ago about how we view meditation in the Open Heart Project. The first point was that we engage in daily ritual. The second was that we live as mystics hiding in plain... READ MORE

The unmeasurable results of meditation practice

May 25, 2026   |   5 Comments

Audio only version is here
Meditation practice begins at 13:40

Hello, wonderful Open Heart Project. I hope you are finding moments of ease and steadiness wherever you are. Before today’s sit, I continue our conversation about some of the less obvious but deeply felt impacts of meditation practice. Last week we talked about ritual and the way it reminds us that practice is not only about self-improvement. This week I... READ MORE

We have so much to share with you

Get a new meditation from me every Monday morning