Retreats & Community Practice
Time to slow down, deepen meditation, and practice alongside others. I offer residential retreats, daylongs, and guest teachings for meditation communities.
Explore Retreats & EventsSharon Shelton · Insight Meditation
Find Freedom in Ordinary Life
Mindfulness teaching, mentoring, and retreats with Sharon Shelton.
Life brings joy and loss, love and uncertainty, and plenty we can’t control. Meditation helps us meet this life with greater awareness, compassion, and freedom.
My teaching is grounded in the Insight Meditation tradition and the everyday practice of being human.
About Sharon
Hi, I’m Sharon.
I came to Insight meditation in the late 1990s, during early recovery from alcoholism. I was looking for a way to stay sober, be present, and learn how to live my life.
What I found was a practice that helped me suffer less and meet myself with greater kindness. It continues to support me through relationships, caregiving, grief, aging, and the ordinary joys and difficulties of being human.
Today, I teach meditation, offer retreats, and mentor practitioners and mindfulness teachers. I serve on the Teaching Council of Triangle Insight Meditation Community in Durham, North Carolina, and mentor teachers in the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program founded by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.
For more than six years, I also served as a founding advisor and lead teacher at Banyan.
My teaching is practical and grounded in the Theravāda Insight tradition. I’m interested in how practice supports us in everyday life, with our relationships, responsibilities, and the challenges we face.
- Teaching Council, Triangle Insight Meditation Community
- Mentor, Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program
- Certified Mindfulness Teacher, CMT-P
- Former Founding Advisor and Lead Teacher, Banyan
- Guest teacher for Insight meditation communities and retreat centers nationwide
“Let me happily recommend Sharon to you. She is a wise, loving and skilled teacher.”— Jack Kornfield
Practice With Me
Ways to Practice Together
There are many ways to deepen practice. You might join a retreat, listen to a teaching, spend time with a reflection, or seek individual guidance. Begin wherever you are.
Teachings & Reflections
Practical teachings on awareness, compassion, and finding greater freedom in everyday life. Explore recorded talks and my writing on Love Activist.
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A conversation about your meditation practice and how it meets your life. I offer a small number of private sessions for practitioners and mindfulness teachers.
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Upcoming Retreats & Events
Join me for residential retreats, daylongs, and guest teachings, online and in person. Please see each event listing for details and any practice prerequisites.
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Individual Mentoring
Individual Practice Mentoring
I offer a small number of private sessions for meditation practitioners and mindfulness teachers. These conversations offer space to explore your practice and how it meets the realities of your life.
Mentoring is offered on a sliding scale in the spirit of generosity, with a suggested minimum contribution of $75.
My availability is limited. Please get in touch to ask about current openings.
I’ll share scheduling information and one simple contribution link directly once we’ve confirmed a session.
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I write about mindfulness, compassion, and what it means to live with an open heart. These reflections grow out of my own practice and the conversations I have with the people I teach.
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