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SUMMARY:Open Heart\, Clear Mind: A Week-Long Meditation Retreat
DESCRIPTION:All the world’s wisdom traditions counsel retreat practice in order to return to life strengthened\, softened\, and fully engaged. In this spirit\, we’ll take a deep dive into the sitting practice of meditation. Each day will begin 7 a.m. and end at 9 p.m. While the majority of time will be spent in meditation (sitting and walking) there will be plenty of space for rest\, meaningful conversation\, celebration\, and taking delight in the incredible natural beauty that surrounds Shambhala Mountain Center. \nOpen to new and experienced practitioners. \nSusan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books\, including the award-winning How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life\, The Wisdom of a Broken Heart\, and Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation. Her latest book is The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships. Piver has been a practicing Buddhist since 1995 and graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004. She is an internationally acclaimed meditation teacher\, known for her ability to translate ancient practices into modern life. Her work has been featured on the Oprah show\, TODAY\, CNN\, and in the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, MONEY\, and others. 
In 2011\, Piver launched the Open Heart Project\, the largest virtual mindfulness community in the world. \n\nKevin Townley is a writer and performer. Since 2010 he has been studying in the Shambhala tradition as well as with the SokukoJi Zen Center. He completed the Interdependence Project’s teacher training program in 2012. He is passionate about exploring the interplay of meditation and art-making and encouraging others to bring their own innate humor and insight to their meditation practice. He currently teaches full time at MNDFL. \nCrystal Gandrud is a writer\, installation artist and editor based in London. Her recent work can be found in INQD\, The Encyclopedia Project\, and The Brooklyn Women Anthology. She has created many installation-novels\, exhibited in the UK\, Ireland and France. She is also the creator of Dream of the Drawing for Everything\, an online installation concerning the oneiric. In 2017\, she co-founded Lionheart Press with the mission to publish marginalised Buddhist thought-influencers to a more mainstream audience. She has practiced Tantric Buddhism for twenty years and taught meditation for fifteen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://openheartproject.com/event/spring-weekthun-2019/
LOCATION:Shambhala Mountain Center\, 151 Shambhala Way\, Red Feather Lakes\, CO\, 80545\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fearlessly Creative: A Meditation and Writing Retreat
DESCRIPTION:(Event Registration will be live soon on the Shambhala website) \nWhat do writers want more than anything in the world? Time to write. \nYet even if such precious time could be found\, it’s not always easy to settle into the writing groove. 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. \nOpen 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. \nRetreat Schedule\nArrival Day\nCheck-in from 2 pm to 5 pm\, dinner at 6 pm\, followed by orientation \nProgram Days\n7:30 am – Early morning meditation practice (optional) \n8 am – Breakfast (vegetarian options available at all meals) \n9 am – Meditation practice\, journaling\, personal writing time \n12:30 pm – Lunch and break (hike\, rest\, read\, write\, hang out with new friends) \n2:30 pm – Meditation practice \n3-430 – Personal writing time \n430 pm – Tea break \n5 pm – Discussion \n6 pm – Dinner \n7:30 pm – Evening event to share work
URL:https://openheartproject.com/event/fearlessly-creative-meditation-writing-retreat-3/
LOCATION:Shambhala Mountain Center\, 151 Shambhala Way\, Red Feather Lakes\, CO\, 80545\, United States
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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
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171213
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SUMMARY:Fearlessly Creative: A Meditation and Writing Retreat
DESCRIPTION:  \nTime to write. Yet even if such precious time could be found\, it’s not always easy to settle into the writing groove. Meditation may help.\nMeditate\, Write\, Share (or Don’t)\nMeditation 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. \nOpen 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. \nRegistration now open!
URL:https://openheartproject.com/event/fearlessly-creative-meditation-writing-retreat/
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SUMMARY:Writing and Meditation Summit
DESCRIPTION:In sessions led by each of the three distinguished faculty members\, you’ll hear inspiring talks\, engage in innovative writing exercises\, explore dynamic meditation practices\, discuss the art and craft of writing\, and have the opportunity to share your work in a nurturing environment that engages and challenges writers of all levels\, from the novice to the advanced. \n\n\nBecause the focus of the summit is on re-connecting with your innate creativity and generating new writing rather than critiquing manuscripts\, you simply begin where you are. This is a fun\, creative\, inspiring week of mindfulness and writing designed to ignite and re-ignite your passion for the ideas within you that are yearning to emerge and connecting with the stories you have to tell. \n\n\n\n\nAlbert Flynn DeSilver\nAlbert Flynn DeSilver is an internationally published poet\, writer\, speaker\, and workshop leader. His latest book is Writing as a Path to Awakening (based on his popular workshops by the same name) and will be released September 1st from Sounds True. Albert served as Marin County\, California’s very first Poet Laureate from 2008-2010. His work has appeared in more than 100 literary journals worldwide including ZYZZYVA\, New American Writing\, Hanging Loose\, Jubilat\, Exquisite Corpse\, Jacket (Australia)\, Poetry Kanto (Japan)\, Van Gogh’s Ear (France)\, and many others. He is also the author of the memoir Beamish Boy\, which Kirkus reviews called “a beautifully written memoir poignant and inspirational. . ..” Albert received a BFA from the University of Colorado and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Albert is also a speaker and trainer who has taught writing workshops at the Esalen Institute\, the Omega Institute\, Spirit Rock Meditation Center\, and literary conferences nationally. He lives in Northern California.orthern California. \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. \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
URL:https://openheartproject.com/event/writing-meditation-summit/
LOCATION:Shambhala Mountain Center\, 151 Shambhala Way\, Red Feather Lakes\, CO\, 80545\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open Heart Project Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Let’s practice meditation together and recover a sense of balance\, cultivate fearlessness\, sharpen our minds\, soften our hearts\, and rejoice in community.\n  \n\n(Space is limited.) \n\nThis 5-day community retreat is a gathering for the Open Heart Project (and anyone who wants to live a heart-centered life)\, the first-ever in North America. We will practice meditation together\, share our experience\, explore ways of bringing practice into every aspect of our lives\, get to know each other in one of the most beautiful settings imaginable\, and have fun! \nThe whole OHP posse will be in attendance: Susan\, Jenna Hollenstein\, Michele Gare\, and Lisa Fehl. It will be so wonderful to practice together in person. We can’t wait to meet you. \nRetreat schedule \nSeptember 14\nArrival day. Check-in from 2:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m\, dinner at 6:00 pm\, followed by orientation \nSeptember 15-18\n7:00 a.m. Early morning meditation practice and gentle wake-up walk in the mountain air \n8:00 a.m. Breakfast (vegetarian options available at all meals) \n9:00 a.m. Meditation practice\, discussion groups\, contemplative practices\, a talk from Susan \n12:30 p.m. Lunch and break (hike\, rest\, read\, write\, hang out with new friends) \n2:30 p.m. Meditation practice \n4:00 p.m. Tea break \n4:30 p.m. Participant-led group explorations on a variety of topics: learn from each other and share group wisdom \n6:00 p.m. Dinner \n7:30 p.m. Evening event (evening one: a talk and discussion; evening two: movie night!!; evening three: roundtable discussion; evening four: banquet and dance party) \nProgram ends formally on the evening of the 18th. \nSeptember 19\nDeparture day. \nIt all takes place at beautiful Shambhala Mountain Center in the Colorado Rockies\, about two hours north of Denver. For those arriving by plane\, there is a shuttle from the Denver airport to Fort Collins and Shambhala Mountain Center will pick you up from there. \nSMC is a spiritually powerful and healing place. All you have to do is show up. <3 \n\n \nBuddha practice space \nShrine Room \n  \n  \n  \nBeautiful sunrise \n  \nThe Great Stupa of Dharmakaya Which Liberates Upon Seeing \nView from the Stupa \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nLearning together \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nOne of two housing lodges (room types: single\, double\, dormitory) \nRock Buddha \n  \nClosing celebratory banquet \n  \n 
URL:https://openheartproject.com/event/open-heart-project-retreat/
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SUMMARY:Fearlessly Creative: A Meditation and Writing Retreat
DESCRIPTION: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. Meditation may help.\nMeditate\, Write\, Share (or Don’t)\nMeditation 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. \nOpen 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.
URL:https://openheartproject.com/event/fearlessly-creative-meditation-writing-retreat-2/
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