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Sharon Salzberg on Retreats at the Garrison Institute

Sharon Salzberg describes the experience of attending a retreat – the value, purposes and effects of going on retreat – particularly a retreat at the Garrison Institute. Recorded in December 2010 during a retreat she co-led with Sylvia Boorstein. Sharon Salzberg has been a student of Buddhism since 1971 and a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts and The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.