The Open Heart Path: A Deep Meditation Retreat with Susan Piver
August 25–September 1, 2025
Buddhist Path, On Land Retreats
Program Description:
Please join New York Times best selling author and Buddhist teacher Susan Piver for a week of meditation practice within a supportive community.
This program brings together three important components of the spiritual journey:
- connecting with your own wakefulness through the practice of shamatha-vipashyana meditation;
- spending time reflecting on the nature of your personal journey;
- and feeling the quiet but powerful support that comes from sitting with others.
In the Buddhist view these three jewels—Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha—are the supports needed to create a steady practice and discover the next steps for our personal journey.
Suitable for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. Includes complete meditation instruction, daily yoga, and an introduction to Buddhist chants. The Refuge Vow will also be offered for those who are interested.
Program Arrival Date & Time: August 25th | 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Program Start Date & Time: August 25th | 5:30 pm Orientation
Program End Date & Time: September 1st | 9:00 am (after breakfast)
Retreat Faculty
Susan Piver
Susan Piver is the New York Times best-selling author of 11 books including Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation, The Four Noble Truths of Love, and The Buddhist Enneagram. Susan has been a practicing Buddhist since 1993 and graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004. She is an internationally acclaimed meditation teacher known […]
Maho Kawachi
Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Maho first encountered meditation and Buddhism in downtown Manhattan in 2000. She became an avid practitioner in 2008 and has over a decade of experience, practice, training, and certification credentials including completion of the Interdependence Project Teachers Training (2011), Mindful Meditation Teachers Certified Program (2022), and Mindful Mentor Training […]
Michele Sapanaro
Michele Sapanaro is a dual certified Meditation Instructor, advanced 500 hr certified yoga teacher with multiple specialized areas of training , certified qigong instructor, end of life doula and reiki practitioner with more than 25 years of practical experience. She is a student of Tibetan Buddhism since 2003, and continues to be committed to the […]
