Yael Shy: Unblending From the Inner Voice

Once Upon a Conversation

Yael Shy is a teacher of mindfulness and meditation. She spent years working at NYU, where, among many other things, she founded a program called MindfulNYU, which was the largest campus-wide meditation initiative in the country. She is the author of a book called “What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond” and currently teaches and consults on mindfulness for a wide range of organizations and individuals.

Listen to this interview in which Yael shares her insights on dealing with anxiety, her techniques for befriending the harsh inner voice many of us deal with, her favorite Jewish and Buddhist wisdom tales, and much, much more.