7:00-8:30 pm EST

Suggested Donation $10

About the Session

We must continue to be open in the face of great opposition. No one is encouraging us to be open, and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.

—Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Do you feel the pain and groundlessness of a broken heart? A broken heart is something most of us face at least once or several times during a lifetime. In this session, Chaplain Alley Smith will lead you through a guided meditation to help you begin to heal from a broken heart. 

Privacy: We respect your privacy.  This program will not be recorded to protect the privacy of individuals who want to share their deep and heartfelt experiences of having a broken heart.

This Session Offers:

• An opportunity to decompress after the holidays and reset
• An opportunity to practice meditation in community
• An opportunity to share your experience of a broken heart in a safe and supportive contemplative community
• An opportunity to practice in the comforts of your own home and/or practice space
• A guided meditation on developing gentleness toward “the thinking mind”
• A space to send love and healing to your heart 
• A space to share your compassion with others

Recommended Reading (not required):

Training the Mind & Cultivating Loving-Kindness by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche – Edited by Judith L. Lief. Forward by Pema Chödrön

About the Teachers

Meli-Tashi Happy is the End-of-Life Coordinator for Seattle Shambhala Center, a death doula, and somatic educator. Her Buddhist path began in 1997 in the Zen tradition, and in 2007 she found the Shambhala teachings. She’s taken Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows, and is a vajrayana student. She helps foster ‘community death care’ education and connections. [email protected]

Alley Smith is a Buddhist Chaplain in the Shambhala Lineage. She also holds precepts in Zen. She is an experienced bereavement coordinator and end-of-life care chaplain. Alley has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism and Zen since 1999. She currently hosts Making Friends with Death & Dying: Support Group (monthly) with Shambhala Online.