Healing the Heart Details
At some point in our lives we experience loss and the pain in our heart that accompanies it. Whether it is the loss of a dear one, loss of love, loss of a relationship, loss of innocence or the loss of joy in our lives, the pain can spiral us down into a world of despair. Healing the Heart is a three-day interactive experience designed to help you heal and move beyond that pain and reclaim your wholeness.
Integrating the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda with modern psychological principles, Chopra Center Medical Director and Co-Founder Dr. David Simon, teaches you how to expand your capacity to love and be loved, to reach into the past and forgive and to step into the present whole and healed. You will identify and nourish the emotional needs of your heart and soul and finally make peace with yourself.
In this unique three-stage healing process you will evolve your emotional state to identify and release the very pain with which you struggle, and most importantly, fill the void with love, strength and empowerment.
With the support of the loving Chopra Center staff and guided by Dr. Simon, you will achieve the emotional freedom you seek. Join us for this unique opportunity to explore your emotional constraints, forgive yourself and others and finally free your heart from its pain. Leave this transformational weekend feeling healed and able to love again.
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Healing the Heart FAQs
What is Healing the Heart?
Who should go?
What type of relationships do you focus on?
What happens at Healing the Heart?
Are there prerequisites or additional activities for Healing the Heart?
What is Healing the Heart?
This unique Chopra Center program, designed and facilitated by David Simon, M.D., teaches you how to identify your emotional turbulence, release it, replace it with emotional freedom, and restore wholeness to your heart and soul.
Whether you attend on your own, with a friend, or with your significant other, you will return home feeling light and free, with new energy and skills for all the relationships surrounding you.
Who should go?
Those looking to:
- Gain emotional wholeness
- Find love again
- Forgive yourself and those that have hurt you in the past
- Respond to others with love not fear
- Create nurturing relationships
- Grieve a loss and move forward with connection
What type of relationships do you focus on?
This transformational weekend is ideal for you if you are looking to re-connect, better understand, and more peacefully manage the varied relationships in your life. Previous attendees at this healing workshop have identified the following issues as the reasons they attended:
- To finally let go of a divorced/deceased spouse
- To make peace with a parent/sibling/partner
- To get over a break-up
- To move forward after an emotional setback
- To embrace a new relationship
- To forgive and heal from an abusive past
- To fully accept and embrace your uniqueness
Whether you are forging ahead alone in life or are part of a couple looking to find common ground, this workshop will help you to re-ignite the passion in your heart, discover the depth of your understanding, and move beyond any relationship barriers that prevent you from achieving true joy.
What happens at Healing the Heart?
Your journey begins with instruction in Primordial Sound Meditation as the ancient technique is explained and the practice demystified. After some free time for meditation and optional Ayurvedic massage treatments, David Simon, co-founder and medical director of the Chopra Center, begins the evening session with the first emotional freedom exercise to help you gently identify the depth of your pain and the degree of your turbulence.
Day Two begins with Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga instruction and Primordial Sound Meditation to reconnect you with the stillness and silence that rests within. Dr. Simon then walks you through emotional exercises designed to help you release pain, anger, guilt, and sadness. Dine on vegetarian Ayurvedic lunches designed from the Chopra Center cookbook. The afternoon session includes intimate interactive exercises and journaling, meditation, and profound searchings of the heart. Your day concludes with Seven Spiritual Laws of yoga instruction and meditation. Saturday evening offers optional entertainment.
Day Three begins with yoga and meditation and then a powerful morning session with Dr. Simon. The program culminates with a cathartic emotional release ceremony to cleanse your heart and bring forgiveness into your heart and soul.
Are there prerequisites or additional activities for Healing the Heart?
The only prerequisite is that you are open to healing.
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What People Are Saying
A truly profound event that opened up for me seemingly out of nowhere and has altered my life - perhaps saved it. i am deeply grateful to you and the universe.
-Karl
Before I came, I felt like I was choking from so much pain, heartache, anger. I didn't know how to deal with these feelings or bring myself any peace of mind. I was in a deep depression. This program has shown that I'm not alone, and that I DO have the tools to trust myself, believe in myself and find answers within myself. I feel excited and so much more lighthearted. Thank you!
-Tricia C.
Dr. Simon is a sweet, gentle soul and an excellent communicator with a wonderful caring heart. He made this process feel safe and loving. Thank you!
-Nancy
I came because I felt very limited in my relationships - especially sour ones, so I only knew two ways of being - vulnerable and then deeply hurt, or withdrawn. I finally can
create other ways of being that are loving and satisfying for everyone involved."
—Wendy, 38, Park Ridge, IL
I feel a profound sense of release/relief from having been through this process and I feel like I can move forward in a very meaningful way. Thank You!
- Sujata Patel Potter
I experienced every feeling and emotion in 12 hours...I'm lighter, free. I actually have calm at the end of my day now.
—Susan, Phoenix, AZ
Literally I needed to heal my heart from a broken marriage. I guess I just saved around 5 years of psychological therapy in a weekend. The releasing experience at the beach and our 7 pain stories and 7 wrong things was wonderful, very relieving. Just felt so light after that!.
—Rocio, 47, Queretaro, Mexico
I hoped to move beyond the grief of my divorce and find energy for the next step. I am grateful beyond words for this process-connecting what was unconsciously stored in my heart with the freedom to choose-to let go-to be surrounded by love and support that is so genuine and without strings. Bless all of you in this work!
—Deborah M.
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Healing the Heart Dates & Locations
February 20-22, 2009: La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, CA
La Costa Resort & Spa is home to The Chopra Center. We are surrounded by the natural beauty and tranquility of the Pacific coast and are blessed with many warm and sunny days year round.
La Costa Resort & Spa is just 30 miles from the San Diego Airport and only 90 minutes from Los Angeles. The Chopra Center has arranged preferred rates for our guests at La Costa.
June 19–21, 2009: Indian Lakes Resort, Chicago, IL
The Chopra Center is excited to return to Chicago – David Simon’s hometown – with Healing the Heart. We have chosen the Hilton–Indian Lakes Resort, a beautifully designed hotel inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The resort boasts spacious, light-filled guest suites; magnificent views of the city; and one of Chicago’s top-rated luxury spas. Indian Lakes Resort is located just minutes from Chicago’s O’Hare international airport, and is easy to reach by car or the city’s rapid transit system.
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Healing the Heart Pricing
$975 - 60-day super early bird
$1175 - 30-day early enrollment
$1375 - Standard enrollment
Bring a companion for $875!
Please note, transportation & accommodations are not included.
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