The Year of Your Heart

letting your heart lead the way

If you like the idea of having a heart-centered intention for the new year, but shudder at the memory of past experiences with New Year’s resolutions, this simple program is for you. You will come away with a simple “word of the year,” a quality that you choose through the wisdom of your heart. In addition, throughout the year, you’ll receive reminders and support opportunities to encourage using your word as an anchor and a guiding light, to help direct your thoughts, feelings, imagination, and actions into the experience of your heart’s desire.

How Is This Different from New Year’s Resolutions?

For many people, new year's resolutions are quickly forgotten. Or they become unwelcome “have-to’s,” and lose their inspirational power. They often are so outwardly focused that they miss the mark on providing the underlying inner experience that the outer goal was supposed to create. (For example, “My resolution to be more adventurous was supposed to make me more confident, but it gave me a broken leg instead!”)

The Year of Your Heart is a simple and undemanding practice that you may find far gentler and perhaps more effective than most resolutions: you simply choose a meaningful word for the inner experience you'd like to develop throughout the year, and use that word as your guide to choose your thoughts, feelings, words, and actions. With use, your word becomes your intention (inner energy), which directs your attention (outer energy), which manifests through your living. Notably, this is not a mental approach to grabbing a word, but rather one of opening to the wisdom of your heart and allowing the word to come to you.

Unlike making a resolution, in this practice there are no promises to make or keep, no measures, no tracking the times or ways you use it. There’s just allowing your word to both reflect and enhance your heart's intention, and following it into manifestation. You may be very surprised at how that manifestation unfolds.

What Can I Expect?

The Year of Your Heart workshop is the starting point. The simple 90-minute live online workshop is intimate by design so you can be sure to have the time and attention you need to choose your word for the year. Martha Boston is your facilitator, and she will guide you deeply and gently into the wisdom of your heart, assisting you in naming that experience your heart holds for you in the coming year.

Throughout the year, you'll receive reminders and support to keep energizing your word, that it may guide you to and through the Year of Your Heart. You’ll also be invited to a private WhatsApp chat group to further inspire and support your Year of Your Heart.

What Do Participants Say About The Year of the Heart?

• I begin each day asking that [my word] be anchored in my consciousness - and I find myself ever more peaceful and content with whatever is going on.

• As I move from a consciousness of doing into one that’s more of being, I find [my word] encourages me to let my heart lead more than I had before.

• Mine is a powerful word that takes on new meaning as I use it - day to day, even moment to moment.

• I really appreciate the monthly reminders and support notes - my ego would like to forget all about [my word], but my heart’s intention grows stronger as I use it more.

• [My word] has taken on whole new meaning with changes in my life, and I am being gentle with myself and allowing the love and support around me to seep in.

• Wow, what a ride this year has been! [My word] is posted on my computer screen, and also shows up in random alerts I’ve set on my smartphone. I seem to see those reminders when I most need them. I love that when I set one thing in motion (my word, in this case), my Universe challenges me to really live it.

What Do Participants Say About Martha’s Facilitating?

• Martha is a master at using everything as a learning opportunity.

• Martha’s style is one of strength from the heart, with passion and huge delight for her work.

• “God’s grace works through her, and in that way she reaches others with loving, wisdom, neutrality and joy.

• Martha radiates the kind of feeling you need to create that inner peace we all need in our lives.

• She is warm and challenging, a master of really listening and guiding one toward their own Self’s dignity.

What Is the Cost?

Your fee of $85 includes the workshop, followup reminders and support, and membership in the private group chat.

When Is the Workshop?

When would you like it? Three sessions are scheduled around the start of the year both for your convenience and to keep group sizes small. All times shown are U.S. Eastern. Here’s time zone converter for you.

• Saturday, December 27, 10-11:30 am

• Tuesday, December 30, 2-3:30 pm

• Monday, January 5, 7-8:30 pm