My busy mind is constantly capturing thoughts and following them, investigating them, proving or disproving them. Piggybacking on those thoughts are others, competing for attention. My mind and body have been begging for calm for as long as I can Read More
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ON BEING COLUMN – A Standing Meditation for Self-Care
A Standing Meditation for Self-Care A Monthly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Published May 15th, 2017 What if we replaced this notion of our essential damage with a sense of our essential capacity to love, and the need Read More
Life gets in the way
It’s inevitable that life will intrude on our plans. Sharon reminds us of this and I’m very grateful for that. Why were we brought up to think that things had to work perfectly all the time and get frustrated the Read More
Speak to Me/Breathe
It’s interesting to consider the level of interaction we have with ourselves during this “magic moment” of realizing our thoughts have wandered away from the object of meditation. For me, this amounts to literally a fraction of a second in Read More
Counting the Breath – Some Stuff is Weird
The technique shared with us in today’s meditation was a bit different than what I was expecting. When I read the title “Counting the Breath,” I thought the count would be connected to the length of the inhalation and the Read More
ON BEING BLOG What’s In Avoidance
Seeing the Second Option: What’s In Avoidance Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published October 12th, 2015 Through my own meditation practice and through teaching, I now know that dukkha, suffering, the sense of dis-ease in our Read More
ON BEING BLOG Forgiveness Can Be Bittersweet
Forgiveness Can Be Bittersweet Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Published August 17th, 2015 Forgiveness is not a single action, but a process. This is not to say that forgiveness is easy. It cannot be rushed or engineered, 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
Make ‘Em Wait for a Better You
I keep saying my cat is my guru, kind of joking. Kind of not. Tonight, when I really thought about it, I was able to explain to myself why this is little saying, about this little furry guy in my life, Read More
