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The point of meditation practice (if there is one) is not necessarily to become great at meditation—it is to become great at your life. The practice creates a mind that is flexible, tender, and powerful. We become more adept at expressing ourselves honestly, dealing with conflict, and treating others with respect.

However, the area of life that seems most difficult to bring these qualities to bear is the area that, for many, is most important: relationships. To help us all, I invited wonderful teacher and awesome human being Nick Kranz to lead us in a four-week exploration of how to bring the dharma into our love lives.

Whether you are single, attached, falling in love, or going through a break-up, this program can help you to give and receive love more honestly, communicate more clearly with people you love, and become more discerning, no matter where you are—or wish to be—in the relationship cycle.

I hope you’ll consider this special program.

Love, Susan

CURRICULUM

Class 1: Gentleness
Exploring the foundation of a good friendship or relationship
• Exploring our own self image with gentleness
• Exploring our expectations with gentleness

Class 2: Commitment
Exploring what allows us to go deeper together – what prevents it.
• What are our healthy boundaries
• What are our vision(s) for a good life

Class 3: Loneliness * Please note this class will be an 8p.m. EDT start
Exploring maturity and working with the tenderness of the human heart, finding the courage to not reject loneliness but to see its positive aspect
• Discovering friendship with loneliness
• Appreciation of the whole person

Class 4: One Heart
Exploring how deepening intimacy radiates inspiration, and highlights our common good human heart in our community and life.
• Hosting goodness
• Healing without agenda

This program is not free for Open Heart Project Sangha members.

All classes are recorded and a link sent to participants within 24 hours of the live class.

Recordings are available for use for 90 days from the last class.

Nick is an extraordinary teacher with so much depth of insight and joyfulness of spirit.  He has already enriched my practice considerably.  —Amy

Nick’s warmth, caring and wisdom have really helped me clarify and deepen my understanding so that I am more able to take my practice off the cushion and into the world.—Janet

ABOUT NICK KRANZ

Shastri Nick Kranz has been a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche since 1997. He has developed an approach to cultural transformation with the practice of Social Meditation, and worked with Youth Leadership development in the Shambhala community for the last decade. You can see his teaching schedule and video blog at www.nickkranz.com