Sharon Salzberg

Author / Teacher

Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg is a meditation teacher and New York Times best-selling author. She is the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and has played a crucial role in bringing Asian meditation practices to the West. Sharon has been a student of meditation since 1971, guiding retreats worldwide since 1974. She is a weekly columnist for On Being, a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and the author of many books including Real Happiness, Lovingkindness, and Real Change.

Articles by Sharon Salzberg

A Practice to Welcome Gratitude with Sharon Salzberg
Gratitude

A Practice to Welcome Gratitude with Sharon Salzberg

This practice, from Sharon Salzberg’s book Real Change, opens a doorway in your heart to gratitude and receiving happiness. Read More

Guided Meditation: Offering Loving-Kindness to Yourself and Others
Guided Meditations

Guided Meditation: Offering Loving-Kindness to Yourself and Others

Loving-kindness expert Sharon Salzberg guides an 8-minute meditation for wishing everyone around us well—including ourselves. Read More

The Gift of Loving-Kindness
Loving-Kindness & Compassion

The Gift of Loving-Kindness

World-renowned meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg reveals that we don’t have to make anything happen while practicing loving-kindness. With time, you’ll notice its benefits. Read More

Sharon Salzberg Reveals Why Our Interconnectedness Is Our Greatest Strength
Books & Reviews

Sharon Salzberg Reveals Why Our Interconnectedness Is Our Greatest Strength

In her forthcoming book, Real Change, Sharon Salzberg explores how nourishing our essential goodness and compassion empowers us to be forces of change that both soften and strengthen us. Read More

A Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation with Sharon Salzberg
Focus & Attention

A Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation with Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg guides us through a 20-minute practice for connection and awareness. Read More

How to Be Kind When Confronted with Cruelty
Loving-Kindness & Compassion

How to Be Kind When Confronted with Cruelty

Kindness is a force of imagination—a whole-hearted, courageous, genuine awareness that we are all connected. Read More

A Loving-Kindness Practice to Foster Acceptance
Loving-Kindness & Compassion

A Loving-Kindness Practice to Foster Acceptance

We spend a lot of our time and energy wishing our lives were different or "better." Loving-kindness helps us accept ourselves exactly as we are. Read More

Sharon Salzberg: Connect with Kindness
Loving-Kindness & Compassion

Sharon Salzberg: Connect with Kindness

Feeling disconnected? Try this loving-kindness practice. Read More

Loving People As They Are
Loving-Kindness & Compassion

Loving People As They Are

Through paying attention we learn that we are in a vibrant, enriching relationship with everyone around us, says Sharon Salzberg, even strangers. Read More

Feeling Lonely? Embrace Compassion
Expert Interviews

Feeling Lonely? Embrace Compassion

In a world driven by competition and comparison, Sharon Salzberg contends shifting our definition of love might be the key to reconnecting to what matters most. Read More

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