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Online Meditation Practice Wednesday 7 pm to 8:30 pm

6/30/2021

 
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Open Heart now offers a weekly  Meditation practice and monthly group discussion (Wednesday 7:oo pm to 8:30 pm) through an online platform during the period when in person group practice at the First Unitarian Church is not available.  You may register for the online meditation practice by sending an e-mail with the following information to openheartzen@gmail.com 
Your first  and last name,  Member states - New, regular/active or non-active 



Monthly Group Discussion February 24, 2021, 7 PM

2/17/2021

 
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​We will view a 13 minutes video
​"12 principles of forgiveness" by Jack Kornfield, (Click to View)
Jack Kornfield is an author, Buddhist practitioner, Spirit Rock Meditation Center founding teacher, and one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. 

Saturday Retreat, March 20, 2021, 9 to 12

2/17/2021

 
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You are invited to join a half day retreat Saturday, March 20, 2021,  from 9 am till 12 pm. To register for the retreat, please send
an e-mail to openheartzen@gmail.com including:
​First name, Last Name,  Part time or Full time,  Participation Time frame (if you are a part time participant).
Looking forward to seeing you at the retreat. 

Monthly Group Discussion January 27,  2021 @7:00 PM

1/24/2021

 
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Here is a 22 minutes  video the group will view on the upcoming group discussion Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021, 7:00 PM.
​The Power of Forgiveness by Gelong Thubten (click to view).
Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation trainer and author. In 1993, at the age of 21, he was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. He has spent over six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which was 4 years.
It's an appropriate topic as we try to heal in our own lives and as a nation. Thubten radiates kindness and compassion; it feels healing just to listen to him. ​

Saturday Retreat - January 16, 2021, 9 am to 12 pm

12/12/2020

 
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You are invited to join a half day retreat Saturday, January 16, 2021,  from 9 am till 12 pm. To register for the retreat, please send an e-mail to openheartzen@gmail.com including: 
​First name, Last Name,  Part time or Full time,  Participation Time frame (if you are a part time participant) .   Looking forward to seeing you at the retreat. 

Monthly Group Discussion December 30th, 2020, 7:00 pm

12/6/2020

 
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The group will view a 12 minutes video
"Tara Talks – Listening with Ears of the Heart",  (click to view) followed by group discussion.  
When we really listen to another, they sense a space where they can speak authentically.
Tara explores the three steps of deep listening and how this deliberate practice can help us
connect more intimately with others as we learn to listen with 'ears of the heart.'



Monthly Group Discussion November 25, 2020 at 7:00 PM

11/18/2020

 
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The group will view an eighteen minutes TED Talk video "How Mindfulness changes the emotional life of our brains - with Richards Davidson". 
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Richard J. Davidson is professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as well as founder and chair of the Center for Healthy Minds.

Monthly Group Discussion October 28, 2020, 7:00 PM

10/21/2020

 
We will view a 25 minutes video  "The Compassion Boot Camp" by Dan Harris ( 10% Happier Author) and Spring Washam (mindfulness teacher, author).  (click to view the video)
Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday, October 28, 2020.
 

Half Day Retreat, Saturday, November 14, 2020, 9:00 AM

10/12/2020

 
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You are invited to join a half day retreat Saturday, November 14, 2020,  from 9 am till 12 pm.   To register for the retreat, please send an e-mail to openheartzen@gmail.com including: 
First name, Last Name,  Part time or Full time,  Participation Time frame (if you are a part time participant) .
Looking forward to seeing you at the retreat.
 

Monthly Group Discussion Wednesday, September 30th, 2020, 7:00 PM

9/23/2020

 
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The group will view a 22 minutes video "Loving Kindness In the Face of Adversity" by Sharon Salzberg (click to view the video) on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at 7:00 PM.  
“Lovingkindness: it’s not something simpering, saccharine, weak or foolish. It is actually something that is full of tremendous strength,” .....
Sharon Salzberg is a New York Times Best selling author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practices in the West. In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts.





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