Metta Hour (Sharon Salzberg)

Sharon Salzburg

meditation

Meditation

Meditation breath

Meditation exercises- breath, body. mind

Dharma

Real Happiness Practice

Sample tracks from Sharon Salzberg's, "Real Happiness at Work"

Sound Meditation

Drinking Tea Meditation

Sample tracks from Sharon Salzberg's, "Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation"

Real Happiness Excerpt

Body Scan Meditation

Breathing Meditation from Sharon Salzberg's, "Real Happiness"

Breathing Meditation

Breathing Meditation Introduction from Sharon Salzberg's, "Real Happiness"

Breathing Meditation Introduction

Within Buddhism, Faith is not held as a commodity, but is actually experienced as a journey that we embark upon. It becomes necessary to explore and investigate the insight surrounding this extraordinary sense of presence and connectedness. There is a natural evolution that occurs which involves a personal validation of, and eventual merging with, the process itself. We learn to abide in and flow with Faith, no longer seeing it as separate from ourselves. The practice of loving kindness is a powerful method for cultivating this environment of discovery. When we train our attention to be inclusive toward all of life’s happenings, we quickly see the interconnected nature of our lives, and our limited perspective shifts to encompass the greater whole.

Sharon Salzberg – Metta Hour – Ep. 03 – Faith & Loving Kindness

Taken from the 2010 Open Your Heart in Paradise retreat, Sharon relates the act of meditation to an alchemical process in which we convert the conceptual into the felt presence of direct experience. The array of what we might encounter in meditation is broad, but we welcome it all. Meditation is a skills training in learning to gather energy. Our attention is brought into focus and we begin to connect the fragments of our lives. When we tap into our ‘inner abundance’, our experience changes and we naturally settle into a more compassionate state of awareness.

Sharon Salzberg – Metta Hour – Ep. 02 – Meditation

Through Loving Kindness we sense our deep connection to the world around us. From that awareness arises compassion, which recognizes suffering, on all levels, and responds accordingly. Loving kindness doesn't seek to label or define the qualities or emotions that it addresses. It simply comes as an offering, in the form of forgiveness 


Sharon Salzbetg Metta Hour -Ep. 06 - Foundations Of Forgiveness

Jon Kabat-Zinn Guided Meditation 
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Jon Kabat-Zinn Guided Meditation Tp1 Sd1

Develop a mind so filled with love that it resembles space.” Sharon uses this quote, from the Buddha, to emphasize the value in creating a vast and loving space from which we can operate. This cultivation can come in the form of expanded awareness, or from the clearing and cleansing of the present environment. When we unclutter the heart, we are reminded to stay true to our deepest intentions.

Sharon Salzberg Metta Hour - Episode 08 - Love Is Space

Jon Kabat-Zinn Guided Meditation 
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Jon Kabat-Zinn Guided Meditation 
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Doubt is essentially a form of indecision, a crossroads at which we are hesitant to move in any specific direction. It can be truly seductive in its ability to habituate the mind, rendering us paralyzed to act in its presence. Sharon provides a revealing and inspiring dissection of this stagnant state, and explains the different ways that we can interpret and respond to the feelings that often accompany it. In putting our humility and patience into practice, we may find it preferable to discover the consequences for ourselves, rather than staying frozen in the fear of commitment.

Sharon Salzberg Metta Hour - Episode 17 - Doubt

Sharon Salzberg - Ep. 19 - Greed, Hatred, And Delusion

Sharon Salzberg is New York Times Best-Selling author and world-renowned mediation teacher. 