Sharon Salzberg: How I found kindness as my compass

<p>By the time Sharon Salzberg is 16 years old, she knows the people around her don’t admit to suffering, much less talk about it. A year later, she makes a life-changing decision to travel alone to India to study meditation. It doesn’t all go as expected. Through the journey’s disappointments, discomforts, and surprise lessons, she finds an unexpected friend: herself. In today’s Meditative Story, Sharon talks about how being kind, especially to herself, became her biggest mountain to climb.</p><p>Each episode of Meditative Story combines the emotional pull of first-person storytelling with immersive music and gentle mindfulness prompts. Read the transcript for this story at:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.meditativestory.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.meditativestory.com</a></p><p>Sign up for the Meditative Story newsletter:&nbsp;<a href="http://eepurl.com/gyDGgD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://eepurl.com/gyDGgD</a></p><p>Learn more about Sharon:</p><p>Website: <a href="http://sharonsalzberg.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sharonsalzberg.com</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/sharonsalzberg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/sharonsalzberg</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sharonsalzberg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/sharonsalzberg</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SharonSalzberg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/SharonSalzberg</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SharonSalzbergVideo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/user/SharonSalzbergVideo</a></p><p>Medium: <a href="http://www.medium.com/@sharonsalzberg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.medium.com/@sharonsalzberg</a></p><p>Linkedin: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsalzberg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsalzberg</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19