49 min
Talk
Sharon Salzberg – Metta Hour – Ep. 99 – Sebene Selassie
Selassie appears as a guest on Sharon Salzberg's Metta Hour podcast.
About the teacher
Sebene Selassie
Sebene Selassie trained within the Insight Meditation lineage before becoming a core teacher on the Ten Percent Happier app, bringing a secular, accessible framing to practice while writing and teaching distinctively on belonging, race and identity within predominantly white meditation spaces, most fully in her book You Belong.
She co-leads the 'Meditation Party' retreat with Dan Harris and Jeff Warren at Omega Institute from 16 to 18 October 2026 (in-person and livestreamed), alongside her Ancestors to Elements newsletter and further workshops and retreats.
“"You belong" is a declarative statement of truth so I hope to hold a space that allows people to explore for themselves how we can come back to the truth of our belonging—to trust that we have a sacred connection to ourselves and to others and to all things.”Sebene Selassie
Upcoming events
Meet Sebene Selassie in person.
Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
Show 3 past gatherings
16OCT
Meditation Party - Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, New York, United States · Retreat (in-person & livestreamed)
See event pageRetreat (in-person & livestreamed)
16OCT
Meditation Party: A Livestream Workshop
Online · Online workshop
See event pageOnline workshop
16OCT
Meditation Party: Reckless Conviviality With Mindfulness Superfriends
Rhinebeck, New York, United States · In-person workshop
See event pageIn-person workshop
Talks & videos
Watch before you attend.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
21 min
Talk
The Joy of Allowing Life To Be — Sebene Selassie
A talk on allowing experience to be as it is, from an Insight Meditation-trained teacher.
Path
The wider context.
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Secular attention training
Mindfulness
A secular, evidence-based approach to attention and awareness, developed from Buddhist meditation practice for clinical and everyday use.
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