Opening the Heart: Joy of Living Level 2 (cUS.MSN-H-J2-260927)

Opening the Heart: Joy, Compassion, and the Way We Relate

Joy of Living · Level 2 · Two-day hybrid workshop

You found awareness in Level 1. Level 2 finds something just as close: love and compassion, already present, just unrecognized.

We live with real division, and many of us carry a quiet loneliness underneath busy lives. Mingyur Rinpoche's answer isn't to try harder to be kinder. It's simpler: love and compassion are already your nature. Like awareness in Level 1 — not something to build, just something to recognize.

Opening the Heart is that practice — across two Sundays, moving from how you hold yourself, to how you meet others, to how you show up in the world.

What to expect across the two days

• Video teachings from Mingyur Rinpoche on love, compassion, joy, and equanimity
• Guided meditations — both resting and analytical — facilitated by Kasumi
• Small group reflection: what you're actually noticing, not what you're supposed to feel
• Live Q&A and discussion
• Experiential exercises to bring the practice into daily life between sessions and beyond
• Catered vegetarian lunch each day

Details

• Day 1: September 27, SUNDAY
• Day 2: October 4, SUNDAY
• Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm [US Central] * Vegetarian Lunch will be provided on both days.
• Format: Hybrid — in person at Tergar Madison (301 S Blount Street, Madison, WI.) and online via Zoom
• Recording: A recording of the workshop will be available for two months following the final session.
  
  
  Prerequisites: Joy of Living Level 1 is the natural preparation for this workshop. If you haven't completed it but have a solid mindfulness background, please reach out — we'd love to find the right fit together.
  
  Cost:
  
  In-person
• Sponsor: $210
• Regular: $165
• Reduced: $120
  
  Online
• Sponsor: $170
• Regular: $125
• Reduced: $80
  
  Please note that no one will be turned away for lack of funds. If the fees listed are challenging, please contact us at madison@community.tergar.org and we will be happy to offer further discounts.
  

If you've completed Level 1 — whether recently or a few years ago — this is the natural next step. We'd love to practice together.

With warmth, Kasumi Kato

Senior Facilitator

Tergar Meditation Community