Talk
Real Love: Mindful Connection | Sharon Salzberg | Talks at Google
A Talks at Google session on mindful connection, drawn from Salzberg's book Real Love.
About the teacher
Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in 1975 alongside Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein, and has since become one of the most widely read voices bringing metta (loving-kindness) practice to Western audiences, through books such as Lovingkindness and Real Happiness. Her teaching consistently returns to warmth and steadiness as a counterweight to self-criticism.
She keeps a full 2026 programme including the Real Happiness Challenge, workshops with InsightLA and Tergar, an Omega Institute workshop, and a Ram Dass Legacy retreat, alongside her long-running Metta Hour podcast.
“an intuition that the methods of meditation would bring me some clarity and peace.”Sharon Salzberg
Upcoming events
Meet Sharon Salzberg in person.
Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
04OCT
New York Insight Benefit with Joseph Goldstein & Dan Harris
New York, United States · Benefit evening
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04OCT
The Wisdom to Meet This Moment: Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein in Conversation with Dan Harris
New York, United States · Evening talk
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Talks & videos
Watch before you attend.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
Talk
Grand Central Station ❤️ Street Lovingkindness with Sharon Salzberg
Salzberg leads a public loving-kindness practice in the middle of Grand Central Station.
Path
The wider context.
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Lay practice, Burmese roots
Insight Meditation
The modern Insight movement that brought Theravada meditation practice to lay audiences in the West, largely independent of monastic robes and ritual forms.
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