SMILE TO YOUR HEART: A Simple Meditation for Peace, Health, & Spiritual Growth

Workshops are 2 x week for 4 weeks, starting on the first Tuesday of the month. They are taught every Tuesday and Thursday at the Lotus Studio from 6-7:00 and online, from 8-9pm. The E- Learning lets you learn from the comfort of your home, as long as you have a computer with a mic. and speakers.. These session are taught by Kurt Valle who holds a certificate from the Padmacahaya Foundation which is an International Institute for Inner Study. For more explanation, see the contents below and feel to call or email me with any questions you may have. These sessions are based on the teaching of Irmansyah Effendi ÂÂ"Smile to Your HeartÂÂ" ÂÂ"A Simple Meditation for Peace, Health, & Spiritual GrowthÂÂ" by Irmansyah Effendi founder or Open Heart Workshops and Reiki Tummo We Are Meant to be Happy •It is the original and true intention in life •Many of us fail despite worldly successes and social relationships we seem to slip back to a lower plane, a place of wanting, again and again. •Nobody has found a complete and enduring answer, perhaps because itÂÂ's been to close to see .. We Are Meant to be Happy •The answer, the truth, is our heart. •Not the physical heart, but the spiritual heart •Follow your heart as the heart knows the truth •In opening and using our heart, weÂÂ're blessed with a lasting peace, and happiness we can feel-actually and really feel-as we go about our daily lives. Once we begin to trust our heart instead of our head to make better decisions, to enjoy life experiences, and to heal our mind and body, and we begin to find effortless happiness in what we do everyday. Who is it for? •This learning is valuable for everyone, including those who have no background whatsoever in heart training or meditation. The steps are actually quite simple and natural. Being guided by your feeling as you begin to practice, you will slowly move away from old habits that have led to struggle and frustration--to the beautiful ease of allowing your heart to lead you. What to expect? •It is a joy to share with you, not only information about the heart, but also simple and effective exercises to help open and strengthen your heart further. These are based on the instruction of Irmansyah EffendiÂÂ's book ÂÂ"Smile to your Heart, A simple Meditation for Peace, Health & Spiritual Growth.ÂÂ" New Language •I will be using new terms such as Open Heart, and True Source. As not to produce any confusion, I will explain these terms and it is my hope that you can use these terms quite comfortably, as I have become accustomed to feeling. My role as the Program Director •My role is to be an instrument and facilitate how you can learn, through a series of practices that will help you to Open Your Heart, more and more. It should be really a really fun and beautiful experience. The module is for one month, meeting twice a week and practicing daily. As most people feel that Opening the Heart is very beautiful in many ways, then you will have the opportunity to attend day long workshops with a workshop instructors. Open Heart ProgramÂÂ's 10 Goals 1.Getting to know your heart better 2. Getting to know heart/feeling and brain/ thoughts better 3. Strengthening your heart 4. Lessening the domination from your brain. 5. Opening your heart through Open Heart Meditation. •Realizing True SourceÂÂ's Blessings within your heart. •Surrendering more to True Source. •Relying on True SourceÂÂ's Blessing within your heart in praying and living your daily life. •Letting your heart become more dominant then your brain. •Learning how to relax and feel more. Session 1: Our Heart and Brain. •Using Our Brain and Thoughts •Using Our Heart and Feeling •An experiment in Using Our Brain and Using our Heart. •A. Letting our Brain Work •B. Letting our Heart Work Session 2: Strengthening Your Heart. •Strengthening-of-the-heart-exercises. •Additional Benefits When You are Guided by Those Experienced with the Heart Exercises •If you do not feel anything? •Correcting Mistakes: •1. Bending the Neck/Looking Down •2. Looking for Sensations/Wanting Results •3. Following Thoughts •4. Being Distracted or Influenced by the Noise around you. Session 3: Improving the Quality of Key Points. •Strengthening Your Heart • Relaxing and Not Relaxing • Closing Your Eyes vs Not Closing Your Eyes •Touching Your Heart vs Not Touching Your Heart •Smiling vs Not Smiling •Repeating Properly Session 4: More Advanced Heart Exercises •Letting You Heart and Your Feeling Become Stronger •Realizing the Presence of True SourceÂÂ's Blessing within Your Heart •Realizing the Blessing is Working •Letting True SourceÂÂ's Blessing Work Better Session 5: The Keys •The Keys in Strengthening Your Heart and Feeling ( Improving the Quality of Your Heart Exercise) •Correcting the Initial Steps •1. Relax •2. Smile to Your Heart •Correcting the Next Steps •True SourceÂÂ's Blessing at Work Session 6: The Process of Opening Our Heart and How the Brain Block's Your Heart Strengthening of the Heart Exercise Open Heart Meditation Letting Your Heart and Feeling Become Stronger Realizing the Presence of True Sources Blessing within your Heart Realizing that the Blessing is Working Letting True Source's Blessing Work Your Brain Blocking Your Heart Your Brain Discrediting Your Heart How it is Suppose to Be Session 7: Improving Our Connection with True Source •Praying to True Source from Your Heart •Being Grateful to True Source •Surrendering Problems and Burdens to True Source Session 8: Heart in Our Daily Life •Using Your Heart Maximally •Heart Exercises & Every Day Life.