105: Sharon Salzberg - Real Happiness: The Power Of Meditation

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4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

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, MA and has played a crucial role in bringing Asian meditation practices to the West. Sharon's been a student of meditation since 1971, guiding retreats worldwide since 1974.

In this episode, we discuss:

What is mindfulness?
Where does the meditation newbie begin?
A specific meditation practice for beginners
Meditation becomes easier and easier over time
Is there any substitution for meditation?
Are meditation apps legit?
Has meditation become more essential in today's busy world?
How meditation positively changes your brain
The practice of Lovingkindness
Why so many people struggle to keep a consistent meditation practice
The concept of meditating "on something"
Can meditation ruin your ambition or creative spark?
What Sharon's meditation practice looks like

Sharon Salzberg - Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation (book)

Sharon Salzberg's website

Follow Sharon Salzberg on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Sharon Salzberg (books)

10% Happier guided meditation (app)

Headspace guided meditation (app)

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0:00.0	Hello and
0:12.8	Welcome to the Ultimate Health Podcast episode 105 Jesse Chappas here with Marnie Wasserman and we are here to take your health to the next level
0:18.6	Today our featured guest is Sharon Salzburg a meditation teacher and New York Times best-selling author.
0:25.6	She is the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and has played a crucial role in bringing
0:30.6	Asian meditation practices to the west.
0:33.0	Sharon's been a student of meditation since 1971, guiding retreats worldwide since 1974.
0:40.0	She's an author of many books, including the one that we based this interview off of
0:44.7	titled Real Happiness the Power of Meditation. Before we get into what we discussed on
0:50.6	today's show I just want to mention that if you haven't done so already
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0:59.3	minute really makes a huge difference to us. It's not about us hearing amazing things about us in the show,
1:05.7	although we do like that.
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1:10.0	So again, hit pause, Ultimate Health Podcast.
1:13.8	dot com slash iTunes, and especially if you've been listening in the show for any period of time
1:18.6	and you haven't done this already.
1:20.3	We really appreciate it and thank you ahead of time.
1:23.0	So now for what we discuss in our episode with Sharon,
1:26.0	we get into so many things like what her meditation practice looks like,
1:30.0	how meditation positively changes your brain brain are meditation apps legit can meditation ruin your ambition or creative spark and is there any substitution for meditation she really digs deep into meditation.
1:44.2	As you can see, this is an awesome subject.
1:46.4	We know you guys are ready for this.
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