Opening the Heart

We close our hearts for good reasons. At some point, it was protective—sometimes life-saving. But what once protected us can become a barrier to the love, connection, and aliveness we most long for.

This retreat is a journey into the heart. Together, we’ll explore how to soften protective walls, stay open in the presence of fear, and let love move through you in a way that isn’t dependent on conditions being perfect. We’ll weave together trauma-sensitive teaching, contemplative practice, and science-based understanding of how the heart—and nervous system—learn to open again.

What you’ll explore:

✅ Heart-based practices to cultivate love and warmth from the inside out

✅ Heart-opening movement and meditation sequences to soften old defenses

✅ A 5-part framework to understand your heart’s unique patterns of opening/closing

✅ How developmental trauma conditions the heart to shut down, and how to heal

✅ Daily strategies to notice when your heart closes and simple ways to return to openness

✅ A 30-day meditation plan (music, mantras, reflections) to support ongoing heart opening

✅ Guided visualizations to expand your capacity to receive love

✅ How to stay open in the presence of difficult people and triggers (when you’re ready)

✅ Practices for grief, letting go, and relational repair

Bonus resources ($500+ value):

✅ Multi-Part Heart Opening Meditation Practice

✅ 3 Relaxation Meditations

✅ Lovingkindness, Tonglen, and Compassion Meditations

✅ 30-Minute Video Teaching on the 3 Stages of Relaxation

✅ A Meditation for Befriending, Integrating, and Releasing Inner Demons

✅ 20-Minute “Deep Rest” Meditation

✅ 10 Guided Mindfulness Meditations

✅ 5 Sleep Meditations

✅ 10-Day Deep Sleep Course

✅ 31-Day Mindfulness & Positive Psychology Series

✅ 7-Day Anti-Anxiety Coaching Series

✅ 8-Page Mindfulness Starter Pack

✅ 30-Minute Partner Meditation Practice

This program is a transformative journey into the heart. Learning to work skillfully with the opening and closing of the heart is, in many ways, learning how to be truly alive. 

And it’s one of the most important journeys we can take.