Sharing the Practice So Others Can Heal

A little less than two years after Nick was killed, Mitch Dworet went to an event for the local community, an introduction to mindfulness conducted by two meditation teachers, Shelly Tygielski and Sharon Salzberg, in late November 2019; Jon KabatZinn, the founder of MBSR, was also a teacher there.

Just being in public after the murder of Nick was hard—Mitch often found being around other people frightening, as if trouble loomed everywhere. And he had no idea if mindfulness could help. But something clicked there for him during a loving-kindness meditation: He felt calm. He felt safe, even in a roomful of people. Then Mitch went to one of Shelly’s Sunday morning meditations on the beach in nearby Hollywood; →