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Beyond Mindfulness: Bridging Divides with a Resilient Heart

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A conversation with Oren Jay Sofer & Susan Kaiser Greenland
(Event begins at 4:00pm Pacific / 7:00pm Eastern)

Join renowned authors and mindfulness teachers Susan Kaiser Greenland and Oren Jay Sofer in conversation about applying mindfulness beyond formal practice to the rigorous challenges of our times. In this one-hour session, Susan and Oren will discuss their new books, and offer practices to bridge gaps in our divided world, foster compassion, and strengthen awareness in service of profound personal and collective.

How do we honor our differences while holding fast to our common humanity? How do we open to grief while making space for joy and vision? Move beyond the basics of mindfulness and join us for this engaging, free session. 

A recording of this session will be available for those who register (complete the form below to register).

Learn more and purchase Susan Kaiser-Greenland’s new book, Real-World Enlightenment.
Learn more and purchase Oren’s new book, Your Heart Was Made For This.

Meet the AUTHORS

Susan Kaiser Greenland is a mindfulness educator and bestselling author, specializing in distilling global wisdom traditions and scientific research into straightforward everyday practices. In the early 2000s, she helped pioneer the introduction of secular mindfulness into classrooms through her Inner Kids model. After decades of working with children and adults and writing two widely translated books, Susan’s latest work has culminated in a new book called Real-World Enlightenment. With 50 short, powerful tools, it shares the lessons she’s learned as a mindfulness innovator, educator, and leader as well as insights from psychology to Buddhism and everything in between. Written for modern seekers, it offers time-tested tools that serve as an antidote to the pressures of modern life while fostering meaningful connections in our relationships, all without needing to go on a two-week silent meditation retreat or start up a three-hour morning routine.

Oren Jay Sofer teaches meditation and communication internationally. He holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University, is a Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication, and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner for the healing of trauma. Oren is also the author of several books, including the best-seller Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication and his latest book, Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices to Meet a World In Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love. His teaching has reached people around the world through his online communication courses and guided meditations.

Earlier Event: August 30
Guided Meditation plus Q&A
Later Event: September 18
Guided Meditation with Q&R