De-Stress and Shed Fear Fast Thru Mindfulness!!! Plus a Guided Meditation from Sharon Salzberg

EPISODE · Mar 20, 2020 · 50 MIN

De-Stress and Shed Fear Fast Thru Mindfulness!!! Plus a Guided Meditation from Sharon Salzberg

from Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler · host Michael Sandler and Sharon Salzberg

Today I'll be talking with Sharon Salzberg, a true pioneer in the field of meditation and world-renowned meditation teacher, and the best-selling author of a brilliant book on meditation, "Real Happiness" And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about how to use meditation for greater health, happiness, and grounding during this special time.   Key Points Discussed: Can we use meditation to help our health? (02:30) How she went to India in her earliest years to learn how meditation practice could be used to bring more happiness (02:58) The two wolves in terms of the fear that's in the world right now (08:00) Meditation: Cultivating the ground so that those things we yearn for can emerge (09:42) What does concentration, mindfulness, love, and kindness have to do with meditation? (11:45) Decluttering our field of attention so that our perception of what's going on in the moment is not so distorted by bias of some kind (13:54) Her first experience of meditation and the role that was played by sitting down and feeling her breathe (16:15) An exercise we can do to focus on breathe (19:16) Learning how to let go more gracefully and starting again more beautifully (24:15) What does it mean to you to look at ourselves with quiet eyes (26:39) Being afraid of the unknown more than we're afraid of what we do know (32:06) Using mini-meditations today and letting the phone ring a few times prior (33:48) What is a slow-mo meditation? (35:50) Mindfulness/meditation and how it helps with loneliness and isolation (38:16) Harnessing the great potential we have for connection and change  (43:20) Additional Resources: Real Happiness By Sharon Salzberg www.SharonSalzberg.com www.InspireNationUniversity.com www.AutomaticWriting.com ……. For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com To support the show and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access, visit: www.Patreon.com/InspireNation And to follow Inspire Nation (and the lives of Michael and Jessica) on Instagram, go to www.Instagram.com/InspireNationLive And to follow Inspire Nation on Tik Tok simply go to InspireNationShow on Tik Tok

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