Equanimity for Challenging Times / Sharon Salzberg

Schedule

Sun Dec 21 2025 at 03:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

23 Brook St, West Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06110 | Hartford, CT

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Through guided meditations, talks about the Buddha’s teachings that are applicable to our own lives, and Q&A periods, this workshop will explore the practice of upekkha, usually translated from the Pali language as equanimity.

Equanimity can be described as balance: a spacious stillness that allows us to see things as they are. The power of this balance is that it allows us to avoid both apathy and indifference on the one hand, and acute reactivity on the other. This can be most helpful when we are facing challenging times in our lives, especially the challenges that we are deeply invested in. Often though, such moments in life also tend to be the ones where equanimity is most out of reach.

Sharon Salzberg offers practical and empowering tools to cultivate equanimity when it is most needed, as we learn how to cultivate clarity and compassion through different mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation techniques. When true equanimity is present, it is the ground out of which resilience is strengthened so that sustained transformation can occur.

Sharon will be presenting remotely via the Zoom platform. Attendees can choose to participate from home or join us in the studio for a shared experience. All registered attendees will receive a zoom link 48 hours prior to the workshop.

$85, registration required
($75 cash or check)

Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is among the first to bring mindfulness & lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture fifty years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers.
A co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, Sharon is the author of thirteen books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness, now in its second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindess.
In 2023, Sharon released two new books: Real Life, available in April from Flatiron Books, and Finding Your Way, a small gift book available in October from Workman.
Sharon’s popular podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed seven million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond.
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23 Brook St, West Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06110, 23 Brook St, West Hartford, CT 06110-2350, United States, Hartford

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