OPRAH WINFREY AND DEEPAK CHOPRA LAUNCH SIXTH ALL-NEW MEDITATION EXPERIENCE 'EXPANDING YOUR HAPPINESS'

July 14, 2014

Registration Starts Today Monday, July 14 at Oprah.com/meditation

(Chicago, IL) Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra announced the launch of their latest, all-new meditation experience "Expanding Your Happiness," which is open for registration starting today at www.Oprah.com/meditation.  The free 21-day meditation experience, which begins on Monday, August 11, will serve as a powerful and invigorating spark to create life-changing happiness in your life. 

"Happiness is the goal of all other goals," says Dr. Deepak Chopra, world-renowned author and pioneer in mind-body medicine.  "If you seek happiness first you will find yourself achieving success, creating meaningful relationships, making healthy choices and tapping into higher consciousness."  

"Expanding Your Happiness," voiced by Oprah and Deepak Chopra, offers an audio meditation each day and a series of thought-provoking reflection questions designed to anchor the teachings, which are easily accessible from a mobile phone, tablet, or computer.  Through a private, interactive journal feature, meditators are able to record and view their progress, giving them an invaluable picture of their personal growth and development.   

What participants can expect out of the 21-Day Meditation Experience, Expanding Your Happiness:

Week One- Begin to connect with the wisdom and awareness found in inner silence, the ground state from which happiness springs. 

Week Two- Learn how to deepen into the experience of silence, using that new awareness to become fully conscious of your energy, as you experience and expand your connection to the inner well spring of joy within.

Week Three- Step into your true happiness, living and feeling the profound peace, playful exhilaration and authentic joy you have come to know.   

To join the conversation on Twitter, use #ExpandingHappiness

The popular online offering "Oprah & Deepak's 21-Day Meditation Experience" is co-produced by Harpo Studios and The Chopra Center, and inspired by popular OWN programs, which connects members of its core community to the benefits of regularly practiced meditation.  Over 2.6 million people in over 200 countries participated in Oprah and Deepak's past meditation experiences: Creating Abundance, Perfect Health, Miraculous Relationships, Desire & Destiny and Finding Your Flow. 

About OWN: OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is the first and only network named for, and inspired by, a single iconic leader. Oprah Winfrey's heart and creative instincts inform the brand - and the magnetism of the channel.  Winfrey provides leadership in programming and attracts superstar talent to join her in primetime, building a global community of like-minded viewers and leading that community to connect on social media and beyond. OWN is a singular destination on cable.  Depth with edge.  Heart. Star power. Connection.  And endless possibilities.  OWN is a joint venture between Harpo, Inc. and Discovery Communications.  The network debuted on January 1, 2011 and is available in 85 million homes.  The venture also includes the award-winning digital platform Oprah.com.

About Harpo Studios

Harpo Studios is the multi-award winning production company which creates original television programming for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, including the popular series “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” “Oprah’s Master Class,” “Oprah’s Lifeclass,” “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” and the Emmy® Award-winning “Super Soul Sunday.”  Oprah Winfrey’s creative instincts inform the brand, co-producing the highly-rated syndicated talk shows “The Dr. Oz Show,” “Dr. Phil,” and “Rachael Ray.”  For 25 years, Harpo produced the number-one-rated, award-winning “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”  Harpo Print, LLC and Hearst Magazines publish the monthly O, The Oprah Magazine publication, while Harpo Film is dedicated to high-quality scripted dramatic programming, and Harpo Radio, Inc. produces Oprah Radio on Sirius XM Radio (Sirius Channel 204, XM Channel 107).

About Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Deepak Chopra, M.D., F.A.C.P., Founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, is the author of more than 75 books, including twenty-two New York Times bestsellers. His medical training is in internal medicine and endocrinology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Deepak serves as the Chairman of Board of The Chopra Foundation, an adjunct professor of Executive Programs at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, Faculty at Disney Imagineering, and a Senior Scientist at the Gallup organization. In 1996, Drs. Chopra and David Simon founded the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, which has become renowned as a pioneering institute in the field of mind-body medicine and personal transformation. He leads sought after workshops and retreats at the Chopra Center, such as the Seduction of Spirit meditation and yoga retreat, Journey into Healing (offering continuing education credits for healthcare practitioners), and online learning events.