I’ll be doing the Challenge with a group of friends, old and new, based in my town here in NH. I created a private FB group and we’re all doing it together. I’m really looking forward to it. Obviously, I Read More
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A Highly Unusual Event
Unfortunately, I’ve been unable to participate in most of this year’s program because my mother, who was under hospice care for under a month, took her leave of this world on February 14. I was with her for most of Read More
Thank you.
Like a baby bird leaving the nest, the time has come to take on a more independent practice. This has been a remarkable experience and journey. From the bottom of my heart, my gratitude goes out to the generous team Read More

Concentrating, One, Two, Three, Breathe: Beginning Again
Fits & Starts to beginning the writing portion of my participation in the meditation challenge. Several attempts were begun, embraced, cherished & then sadly left to their own devices as fragmented drafts on the blog and on my desktop as Read More

Free Weekly Gatherings in NYC
For those of you in the New York area, we are offering weekly gatherings throughout the month of February. Each week is hosted by a different meditation studio so that you can connect with some of the existing communities in Read More
“I’ll just meditate later.”
This morning, like many mornings, I woke up to the following internal dialogue: “I should sit down and meditate right now, before I get caught up in the day. No, I’ll just do it later. Hmmm…maybe I should do it Read More

ON BEING BLOG Cupping Our Hands to Grace
Cupping Our Hands to Grace Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published October 19th, 2015 Regardless of my agreement or disagreement with the Pope on any of his positions, and regardless of whom he met with or Read More

ON BEING COLUMN – To Be Home Everywhere, Especially Where I Live
To Be Home Everywhere, Especially Where I Live Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Originally Published June 29, 2015 I went to India at the age of 18, to learn how to meditate. I had grown up in Read More

Irish Times Interview “Meditation Stress Test”
Meditation Stress Test: Exercise for Mind, Body & Heart By Sylvia Thompson Published April 28th, 2015 People are drawn to meditation courses as a skills training for the mind that is not tied to a belief system. I teach three Read More