A Meditation for Pain Relief | Bonus Meditation with Sharon Salzberg

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.6 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Sharon teaches you a simple breathing technique to release tension and reduce the intensity of a painful experience.

About Sharon Salzberg:

A towering figure in the meditation world, Sharon Salzberg is a prominent teacher & New York Times best-selling author. She has played a crucial role bringing mindfulness and lovingkindness practices to the West.

Sharon co-founded the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) alongside Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield and is the author of nine books, including Lovingkindness, Real Happiness, and the most recent Real Love. Sharon lives in New York City and teaches around the world.

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0:00.0	Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape
0:09.8	and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among
0:17.2	others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.
0:23.9	And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.
0:29.8	It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.
0:36.0	So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes of Briden and
0:41.2	are available early and ad free on Amazon Music or by subscribing to Wondery Plus in Apple
0:46.5	Podcasts or the Wondery app.
0:59.0	This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey gang, happy Friday. It's bonus meditation
1:08.2	time. As you may know, on the show this week we've been talking a lot about pain, both physical
1:14.1	and psychological pain and how meditation can help. Today we're going to move from
1:19.7	talking about this to actually practicing it. Our meditation teacher, Dojo is the great
1:25.9	Sharon Salzberg who for many of you will need no introduction. But if you're new to
1:30.1	our little TPH world, here's a quick bio. Sharon is a Vipassana or insight meditation
1:36.3	teacher who teaches all around the world alongside Joseph Goldstein and Jack Cornfield. She founded
1:42.4	the Insight Meditation Society back in the 1970s. It's a legendary retreat center. She's
1:50.1	also the author of 11 books, including Loving Kindness, The New York Times Best Seller
1:55.6	Real Happiness, which she followed up with a book called Real Love and then her latest
1:59.8	book Real Change. Sharon also hosts the Metta Hour podcast, which brings Buddhist wisdom
2:06.3	to everyday life in practical common sense vernacular. So be sure to check that out.
2:13.4	All right, enough out of me over to Sharon.
2:17.3	Hi, this is Sharon. The breath can help you tap right into your parasympathetic nervous
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