Join us for an open, group session every week via Riverside.fm webinar service.
Bring your questions about The Work, or bring a stressful situation to explore with the four questions and turnarounds of The Work. I will be facilitating each session (up to 7 people can sign up each week).
Because Open Sessions are recorded and go out to my podcast, YouTube channel, etc, I would need you to sign the release form in order to participate. If you’re willing to do that, it would be great to have you on the calls. Join us to ask your questions, do The Work, or just to be with us as we discuss.
As a thank you for attending Open Sessions with me, I offer a $50 CAD coupon to anyone who attends 10 sessions. And if you keep attending, you’ll get another coupon each time you attend another 10 sessions. You can use this coupon when purchasing any product at theworkasmeditation.com.
I’ll keep track of who attends the live sessions each week and will send your coupon when you have attended 10 sessions. I look forward to having you with us even if you’re just there to listen.
Check the times
in your time zone here.
Fri, Jun 16 at 4:00 PM Pacific Time (Vancouver)
Thu, Jun 22 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time (Vancouver)
Wed, Jun 28 at 10:30 AM Pacific Time (Vancouver)
Tue, Jul 4 at 4:00 PM Pacific Time (Vancouver)
Mon, Jul 10 at 1:00 PM Pacific Time (Vancouver)
Sessions are 30 minutes long.
Bring a completed Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet, or a stressful thought to question, or just a stressful situation to look at, or bring your questions about anything related to The Work. Or if you come just to listen, bring your open mind as we explore together. I will facilitate volunteers to do The Work.
No. If you don’t have a worksheet ready, I can support you to write a worksheet.
No. You can bring any thought you want to question, whether it fits in the Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet format or not.
Yes. If you have any question about The Work, this is a good place to bring it up.
Yes. If you’ve started doing The Work on your own and have gotten stuck somewhere in the process, bring what you’ve done to the group. We’ll see if we can support you to find anything that you couldn’t find on your own.
Yes. All participants who are subscribed to my Open Sessions list, will receive a download link after the call for the recording. By default, when you sign up for any of my products or services, you will be added to the Open Sessions list. You can unsubscribe at any time using the Email Preference Center at the bottom of any group email you receive from me. In addition, the recordings are included in my podcast and on my YouTube channel.
No, Open Sessions are open to everyone. In fact, this is a great way to get familiar with The Work before going deeper with it.
I use a service called Riverside.fm. It allows for 7 people to participate each week.
I used to use Zoom for many years for Open Sessions (and I still use it for all other online meetings), but I use Riverside.fm because it allows us to record higher quality audio and video. I use the recordings in my podcast, on YouTube, etc. The live sessions at Riverside.fm have a little less quality (are more pixelated) because Riverside.fm focuses on making a really good recording at the expense of the live stream quality.
The first step is to request the release form. It usually takes us about one business day to send you the release form to sign. Once you sign it, it may take us another day to update your account and send you the sign-up link for scheduling Open Sessions.
I restrict registration to only 7 people, so please be one of the first seven to sign up. If you need to cancel, please use the cancellation button a the bottom of the confirmation or reminder emails to cancel. Please do this as far in advance as possible to allow others to sign up and take your place.
Yes, please come 10 min early to each Open Session. This gives us a chance to test that everything is working and to go over anything we need to go over before the session. We start on time. I don’t admit people who arrive late.
The release form covers a period of six months (either January to June or July to December). If you sign the release form in May, then it will expire on June 30 and you’ll need to sign the next release form for July to December. After that, you will only need to sign a new release form every six months in January and again in July to continue participating in Open Sessions.
You can access Open Sessions through Riverside.fm on three different platforms:
This is important. If your internet is unstable or slow, please don’t join Open Sessions.
Yes, please plan to leave your video on during the whole session. If you do not have video, please don’t join these calls.
No, please don’t join us if you have a lot of background noise.
There is no curriculum. Each session will be different. Learn from your peers as we work together. Sometimes, I may even ask a volunteer to facilitate me. This is a meeting of minds as we do The Work together.
Join us for the next session using the online calendar below.
Sessions happen once a week, on different days of the week, and at different times depending on my schedule. Times are generally between 10:30 AM and 5 PM Pacific Time Monday through Friday. You will have access to the scheduling calendar which shows the times in your time zone after you sign the release form.
For anyone who wants to see how effective The Work can be I recommend Todd Smith’s Open Sessions – not only is there generously no charge for the Open Sessions but because the process works in the same way no matter what the issue, you can bring something you feel comfortable to share and within this supportive context learn how to apply The Work with greater efficacy. Todd is a skilled facilitator and can really open up a deeper way of doing The Work, I’d recommend his facilitation to anyone new or experienced to this process.
Open Sessions are a place where we all come together as human beings to share and explore as one mind. These sessions are not meant to be polished productions, but rather unscripted, unedited inquiry. I will continue to support everyone who participates with love and understanding. Your courage in participating means a lot to me. Please sign the release form to get started.
If this is your first time signing the release form, you will also get the following:
If you have signed up before, you will not receive these downloads again. You can manage which emails you want to receive using our Email Preference Center (accessible at the bottom of any email).
This website represents Todd Smith’s personal understanding of The Work of Byron Katie. You may also want to visit the official website of The Work at thework.com.
