About us

About Thắp sáng trái tim

Thắp sáng trái tim — in English, Enlightened Heart — is a community that teaches yoga, yoga wisdom and meditation, with teams in Sài Gòn, Đà Nẵng and Huế.

Our mission is simple: to bring meditation to more people, to help people experience inner peace, better health and deeper spiritual understanding.

The whole community gathered close together, smiling after a session.

Beyond meditation

A joyful community

Besides meditation, we also hike, swim, paint and much more together. A morning on the beach, an afternoon with a brush in hand, a long dinner shared as friends — this is how strangers become friends, and a meditation group becomes a joyful community.

  • A member holding up the painting she has just finished.
  • Rocks and green hills by the sea, where the group walks.
  • The group stretching on the beach at sunrise.
  • Friends gathered around a shared dinner.
  • The group moving and laughing together in a garden.
  • A long meal on the sand under the palms in the evening.

Why

Why yoga music meditation?

  • An ancient practice for your heart

    This is an enjoyable form of meditation that helps calm the mind and purify the heart — and you do not have to sit still the whole time.

  • No lecture, nothing to believe

    The practice comes from the bhakti yoga tradition. Sessions are open to anyone, and nobody asks you to believe anything.

  • And people stay

    Every session ends with a vegetarian dinner. Most people stay and talk, and that is as much a part of the evening as the meditation.

The group crowded together for a photograph after a session, everyone laughing.

A session

What happens in a session

Every session has four parts, guided step by step.

  1. People sitting in a circle on the floor, backs straight, eyes closed.

    1

    Breathwork

    Settle the body and use gentle breathwork to calm the mind.

  2. The circle sitting quietly in a warmly lit room.

    2

    Mindfulness meditation

    A guided stretch of quiet to come back to the present moment.

  3. One person leading on a harmonium while the circle sings back.

    3

    Yoga music meditation

    One voice leads, the circle answers. Sing out, sing quietly, or just listen.

  4. Trays of vegetarian food laid out after a session, with people gathered round the table.

    4

    Vegetarian dinner

    Stay for dinner, talk, and make new friends.

No meditation experience needed — just come as you are.

Some evenings also include Yoga Nidra, singing bowls or Qigong.

Testimonials

What people say after a session

Participants on their session

Partners

Places we have worked with