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Sep 2018
15m 50s

Open Your Heart With Sharon Salzberg

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This guided meditation helps open your heart to both giving and receiving love. You’ll begin by imagining yourself surrounded by a circle loving beings. Offer love and goodwill to them and they’ll do the same for you. 

Show notes: Meditation by Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg is a meditation teacher and New York Times best-selling author. She is also the cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society.

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