A Meditation to Rest Your Attention
We live in a noisy world thatβs constantly vying for our attention. But as teacher Sharon Salzberg reminds us, our attention is at its most potent when we're able to rest and restore it. Read More
Articles by Sharon Salzberg
Podcasts & Audio
Guided Meditations
A Meditation to Connect With Loving-Kindness (Even When It’s Hard)
This classic loving-kindness meditation can help you to awaken to how connected we all are. You donβt have to like everybody, or agree with everything they doβbut you can open up to the possibility of caring for them, because our lives are inextricably linked. Read More
Expert Interviews
Finding Peace in Challenging Times with Sharon Salzberg
This is a practice for finding peace in difficult times like oursβone of conflict, frustration, and uncertainty. Read More
Expert Interviews
Radical Love for Troubled Times
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. Read More
Breathing Meditations
A Guided Meditation for Gathering Your Energy
Sharon Salzberg shares this meditation for energy and helping to strengthen concentration so you can focus with more ease. Read More
Guided Meditations
A Compassion Practice for Opening the Heart
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. Read More
Body Scan
Guided Meditation: Notice How Sadness, Loneliness, and Anger Show Up in Your Body
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 theyβre always changing on their own. Read More
Breathing Meditations
A Guided Meditation for Navigating Difficult Emotions
From self-blame to fear, itβs easy to get tangled up with sticky emotions. Sharon Salzberg helps us create space around our emotions by tuning in to our breath. Read More
Expert Interviews
Sharon Salzberg on Why Love Will Drive Out Hate
Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg takes an honest look at the pain and heartsickness in the United States and offers a few words of hope. Read More
Focus & Attention
3 Simple Ways to Pay Attention
Practicing meditation doesnβt involve a whole new set of tools. It works so well, Sharon Salzberg says, because it enhances life skills we already have. Read More
