My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we are willing to explore our own experiences, we open the doorway to deeper connection and intimacy.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Love is a living capacity within us that is always present, even when we don’t sense it.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Love is defined by difficult acts of human compassion & generosity.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we set an intention to explore our emotional hot spots, we create a pathway to real love.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is so much wiser and more robust than our inner critic.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
We come to meditation to learn how not to act out the habitual tendencies we generally live by - those actions that… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Cultivation of positive emotions, including self-love and self-respect, strengthens our inner resources and opens us to a broader range of thoughts and… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Each opportunity to interrupt the onslaught of thoughts and return to the object of meditation is, in fact, a moment of enlightenment” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we do our best to treat others with kindness, it’s often a struggle to determine which actions best express our love… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“From our first breath to our last, we’re presented again and again with the opportunity to experience deep, lasting, and trans-formative connection… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Sanskrit has different words to describe love for a brother or sister, love for a teacher, love for a partner, love for… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Until we begin to question our basic assumptions about ourselves and view them as fluid, not fixed, it’s easy to repeat established… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Not everyone wants to take up meditation, but most people can feel an alignment with values like mutual respect, insightful investigation, listening… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy. Through the practices of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The costs of keeping secrets include our growing isolation due to fear of detection and the ways we shut down inside to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a matter of trying to stop thinking or make your mind go blank but rather to realize when your… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“In mindfulness practice, wise discernment is a tool that can help us in boundary setting. Mindfulness may open the doors of perception,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“One of my friends who leads meditation retreats honors the Asian habit, as I do, of bowing to the image of the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“CORE MEDITATION: Breathing This classic meditation can deepen concentration by teaching us to focus on the “in breath” and the “out breath.”… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Some things hurt, you know, and there's pain. But we magnify the suffering of it often, I think, by our reactions. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and focuses us on building our inner resource of resilience.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The paradigm for our relationships is formed from our earliest experiences and is actually hardwired into our neurological and emotional network.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“As we explore new ways of loving and being loved by others, we need to equip ourselves with open, pliant minds; we need to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
