Trauma-Sensitive Meditation Options, with Dr. Willoughby Britton
You may have been told that trauma lives in the body until we’re willing to feel it. Research shows, however, that it is counter-productive to turn toward this pain before we feel resourced, safe and supported. So, how are we to know when to apply the gas in our practice, versus when to hit the brakes? In this episode, we hear from mindfulness and meditation researcher, Dr. Willoughby Britton. She shares helpful advice you can apply today to bring more trauma sensitivity to your practi...
1 Touko 202427min
Sensing Beyond The Body, a Meditation with Sean Fargo
Ancient wisdom traditions recognize the mind not as something limited to the brain, but as an expansive, heart-based awareness that extends throughout the body and beyond. One benefit of mindfulness meditation is that it can help us learn to connect to such awareness, for a profound experience of presence. In this guided meditation, led by Sean Fargo, we are invited to bring an awake and alert energy to the body as a whole. Using this embodied energy, we then sense into the space beyond for a...
24 Huhti 202427min
Becoming Your Own Hero, with Brian Johnson and Sean Fargo
Brian Johnson, philosopher, founder and CEO, has spent the better part of the last 20 years studying ancient wisdom and the modern science that supports it. His new book, Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential, partners that wisdom with the practices that help people integrate it into their daily lives. Described as “more wisdom in less time,” Areté is a collection of 451 potentially life changing ideas, presented in easy-to-digest microchapters. The book mirrors Brian’s popular online a...
17 Huhti 202421min
Cultivating Courage, A Meditation with Sean Fargo
When we think of courage we often imagine a fierce energy. One that pushes obstacles aside, cuts through barriers and fights battles. But courage can have a gentle energy, too. Sometimes, courage can look and feel like steady, caring presence - especially during mindfulness meditation and the practice of feeling what we feel. In this guided meditation, led by Sean Fargo, we are invited to sense into this moment, just as it is. With courage, we practice staying with our experience, allowing it...
10 Huhti 202428min
Hosting Your First Mindfulness Retreat, with Cory Muscara
Mindfulness retreats are a valuable opportunity to step away from routine and apply ourselves to deepening our mindfulness. We may devote a single day or multiple days to retreat, either at home or at a retreat center. Meditation teachers who have completed retreats of their own know full well the benefits of such focused attention on their practice. However, the thought of guiding others through this intimate, intense experience can be intimidating. In this episode, we hear from ...
3 Huhti 202416min
Tending To This Changing Moment, A Meditation with Sean Fargo
To tend to something is to show it kindness, gentleness and compassion: to offer it our caring attention. In this guided meditation, led by Sean Fargo, we’re asked to tend to our present experience with kind, loving and spacious awareness. As we witness change in the body with love and care, the offering of space allows this moment to continue unfolding without the added pain of resistance. Listen in a safe, quiet place where you can be relatively free from distraction. Practice...
27 Maalis 202413min
5 Essential Skills for Embodied Mindfulness, with Lynda Caesara and Sean Fargo
What we learn from our most beloved mindfulness teachers isn’t always in the words they say, but in how they show up. Just being near someone who exudes a grounded presence and an open heart can be co-regulating and profoundly healing. Embodied mindfulness is a lifelong practice, but it’s one we can all take part in. Bringing attention and awareness to subtle energies in the body enhances our ability to work with these energies and expand our compassionate presence. In this episode, Sea...
20 Maalis 20242h 22min
Grounding Down and Rising Up, a Meditation with Sean Fargo
When blown about by life’s movement and strong winds of change, mindfully grounding can have a calming, stabilizing effect. Sensing only downward energy, however, can sometimes have a heavy, depressive effect. In this guided meditation, led by Sean Fargo, we are invited into a state of balance by sensing two opposing energies. We ground down into the earth’s stability and support while also rising up into a dignified, spacious presence. Listen in a safe, quiet place where you can be relativel...
13 Maalis 202419min
