Today marks the launch of Oren Jay Sofer’s new book: Your Heart was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage Integrity and Love. 

Oren has been on the Courageous Life before and has been a significant teacher in my life, and the lives of so many around the world. 

So today, to honor the release of his book we have a bit of a special episode of Practicing Courage for you. 

Oren will be a guest teacher (of sorts) and he will guide you through a meditation intended to cultivate more joy.

In his new book, and our longer conversation coming out tomorrow, Oren highlights the role of joy:

•  In the face of crises
• When fighting for what we care about
• Advocating for social change
• And pursuing challenging long term goals and projects with them. 

He makes a compelling case for this in different ways including sharing stories of people finding ways to experience joy even in the face of immense challenges, including civil rights activists in the 1960’s singing together in chorus as they continued to fight for meaningful change. 

Whether it’s little moments or deeper and more profound experiences - joy can keep us going, when the going gets tough.

And in a broader sense is part of what makes our experience of life beautiful

I hope you enjoy this special practice on joy with Oren Jay Sofer.

Be sure to check out my new conversation with Oren, which drops tomorrow and if you'd like to pick up a copy of his new book you can do so here.

More about Oren here: orenjaysofer.com

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