Sharon Salzberg - Author at Mindful.org https://www.mindful.org/author/sharon-salzberg/ Healthy Mind, Healthy Life Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:12:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.mindful.org/content/uploads/cropped-Mindful-logo-blue-550px-1-48x48.png Sharon Salzberg - Author at Mindful.org https://www.mindful.org/author/sharon-salzberg/ 32 32 Radical Love for Troubled Times https://www.mindful.org/radical-love-for-troubled-times/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:40:11 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=648766 What does it mean to practice radical love in a turbulent world? How do we safeguard our well-being and also relate to others open-heartedly? Sharon Salzberg shares practical wisdom from her most recent book, Real Life.

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]]> A Guided Meditation for Gathering Your Energy https://www.mindful.org/a-guided-meditation-for-gathering-your-energy/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 16:50:02 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=40086 Sharon Salzberg shares this meditation for energy and helping to strengthen concentration so you can focus with more ease.

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]]> A Compassion Practice for Opening the Heart https://www.mindful.org/a-compassion-practice-for-opening-the-heart/ Thu, 26 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=27646 A 15-minute meditation that begins by imagining yourself surrounded by a circle of the most loving beings, making generous offerings of love and goodwill to you.

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]]> Guided Meditation: Notice How Sadness, Loneliness, and Anger Show Up in Your Body https://www.mindful.org/guided-meditation-notice-how-sadness-loneliness-and-anger-show-up-in-your-body/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=62019 Instead of trying to make difficult emotions change or go away, you can simply tune in to how they show up in your body, and see how they’re always changing on their own.

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]]> A Guided Meditation for Navigating Difficult Emotions https://www.mindful.org/a-guided-meditation-for-navigating-difficult-emotions/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 15:04:34 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=60148 From self-blame to fear, it’s easy to get tangled up with sticky emotions. Sharon Salzberg helps us create space around our emotions by tuning in to our breath.

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]]> Finding Peace in Challenging Times with Sharon Salzberg https://www.mindful.org/finding-peace-in-challenging-times-with-sharon-salzberg/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:54:18 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=56254 This is a practice for difficult times like ours—one of conflict, frustration, and uncertainty.

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]]> Sharon Salzberg on Why Love Will Drive Out Hate https://www.mindful.org/sharon-salzberg-on-why-love-will-drive-out-hate/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:16:54 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=47103 Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg takes an honest look at the pain and heartsickness in the United States and offers a few words of hope.

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]]> 3 Simple Ways to Pay Attention https://www.mindful.org/meditation-start-here/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 03:50:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=13107 Practicing meditation doesn’t involve a whole new set of tools. It works so well, Sharon Salzberg says, because it enhances life skills we already have.

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]]> A Practice to Welcome Gratitude with Sharon Salzberg https://www.mindful.org/a-practice-to-welcome-gratitude-with-sharon-salzberg/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 06:16:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=42309 This practice, from Sharon Salzberg’s book Real Change, opens a doorway in your heart to gratitude and receiving happiness.

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]]> Guided Meditation: Offering Loving-Kindness to Yourself and Others https://www.mindful.org/guided-meditation-offering-loving-kindness-to-yourself-and-others/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:38:42 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=43236 Loving-kindness expert Sharon Salzberg guides an 8-minute meditation for wishing everyone around us well—including ourselves.

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