Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠ Have you ever become aware that you’re dreaming, while still in the dream? Lucid dreaming is the act of becoming conscious that we’re dreaming. It’s a skill we can intentionally develop to become more lucid in our waking state. Those who regularly practice mindfulness meditation may be particularly adept at lucid dreaming. In this episode, author and spiritual teacher Andrew Holecek introduces lucid dreaming, dream yoga, and how to best induce these deeply meditative states. Learn more about the benefits of nocturnal meditations in Episode #306, Mindfulness While Sleeping, or start with the preliminary practice of Liminal Dreaming, introduced in Episode #064. Andrew Holecek teaches meditation, lucid dreaming, and Buddhist death preparation practices worldwide. His books include “Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming” and “Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming.” This talk is a brief excerpt from Andrew Holecek’s guest teacher presentation to those enrolled in the Mindfulness Exercises Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program. This unique, online, self-paced certification program balances pre-recorded webinars with live mentorship. Students in the program learn directly from Sean Fargo, his team, and some of the world’s most respected mindfulness and meditation experts.  Train to share mindfulness with confidence, compassion and skill within a supportive online community. Learn more at mindfulnessexercises.com/certify or, schedule a 15-minute call with Sean to see if this program is right for you at https://calendly.com/sean-108/application Related Episode: Mindfulness While Sleeping, with Andrew Holecek  Related Episode: Liminal Dreaming as a Mindful Practice, with Andrew Holecek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Des 202326min

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠ Meditating regularly, at any time of day, can help us fall asleep sooner and sleep more soundly when it’s time for bed. During daytime meditation, we typically try to stay awake and alert while practicing. With sleep meditation, the invitation is to let calm and relaxation take over, to allow yourself to drift off to sleep.  This calm and spacious guided meditation with Sean Fargo can be used as a daytime practice or as a sleep meditation. To meditate yourself to sleep, practice this meditation while lying down in a comfortable position with eyes closed. Stay present with the narration, yet allow for drowsiness as it arises. May this meditation be of benefit to you in your mindfulness journey. Sean Fargo is a former Buddhist monk and founder of the online resource, Mindfulness Exercises. Mindfulness Exercises has shared mindfulness with over 6 million people via free and premium services including downloadable meditations, meditation scripts, mindfulness worksheets, courses, content and live online retreats. Enhance your personal practice or guide others in meditation with 200 Guided Meditation Scripts. These scripts are for mindfulness and meditation teachers, therapists, counselors, coaches, healers, yoga instructors and anyone who wants to share mindfulness with others. Teach meditation with more confidence and skill Grow your mindfulness business or practice Reach more clients with shareable content Add more variety to your current meditation sessions Each of our 200 guided meditation scripts comes as a beautifully designed, separate PDF file. You can read them word-for-word, make them your own, record them or use them to create videos for individuals or groups. Learn more at https://mindfulnessexercises.com/guided-meditation-scripts/ Related Episode: Liminal Dreaming as a Mindful Practice, with Andrew Holecek Related Episode: Mindfulness While Sleeping, with Andrew Holecek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Des 202324min

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠ Devotion is not a quality that’s often talked about in secular mindfulness. But perhaps it should be.  Devotion can be an inspiring means of getting out of our heads, out of our own way, and connecting to our own hearts and communities. It need not be reserved for the divine. For mindfulness teachers, devotion can also help reinforce a sense of humility and reverence that makes our teaching both more impactful and fulfilling.  In this episode, Sean Fargo speaks with Oren Jay Sofer about his new book, “Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity and Love.” They discuss the quality of devotion and why we all could benefit from inviting devotion into our mindfulness practice. This podcast is brought to you by the Mindfulness Exercises Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program. This unique, online, self-paced certification program balances pre-recorded webinars with live mentorship. Students in the program learn directly from Sean Fargo, his team, and some of the world’s most respected mindfulness and meditation experts.  Train to share mindfulness with confidence, compassion and skill within a supportive online community. Learn more at mindfulnessexercises.com/certify or, schedule a 15-minute call with Sean to see if this program is right for you at https://calendly.com/sean-108/application Related Episode: Leading Difficult Conversations with Mindful Presence, with Oren Jay Sofer Related Episode: Mindful Communication, with Oren Jay Sofer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 Nov 202323min

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠ The three centers of belly, heart, and head are often the locus of strong emotions. We experience powerful sensations in these areas, both unpleasant and pleasant. With mindfulness, we can practice feeling whatever we feel in these areas, while softening labels of good or bad, right or wrong. In this guided meditation, Sean Fargo of Mindfulness Exercises presents a mindful body scan with a particular focus on the three centers of belly, heart and head. The practice encourages a tender presence and a graceful acceptance of all that arises in our experience.  Please listen in a safe, quiet place where you can be relatively free from distraction. Practice with eyes opened or closed, in a posture that balances comfort with alertness. May this meditation be of benefit to you in your mindfulness journey. Sean Fargo is a former Buddhist monk and founder of the online resource, Mindfulness Exercises. Mindfulness Exercises has shared mindfulness with over 6 million people via free and premium services including downloadable meditations, meditation scripts, mindfulness worksheets, courses, content and live online retreats. Enhance your personal practice or guide others in meditation with 200 Guided Meditation Scripts. These scripts are for mindfulness and meditation teachers, therapists, counselors, coaches, healers, yoga instructors and anyone who wants to share mindfulness with others. Teach meditation with more confidence and skill Grow your mindfulness business or practice Reach more clients with shareable content Add more variety to your current meditation sessions Each of our 200 guided meditation scripts comes as a beautifully designed, separate PDF file. You can read them word-for-word, make them your own, record them or use them to create videos for individuals or groups. Learn more at https://mindfulnessexercises.com/guided-meditation-scripts/ A Deeper Mindful Body Scan with Sean Fargo Connecting With Emotions Through the Body, with Sean Fargo Using the Body to Identify Emotions, with Sean Fargo   Sensing Into the Heart Meditation, with Sean Fargo Mindfulness of the Head Space, A Meditation with Sean Fargo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Nov 202321min

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠ Myths and misconceptions about anxiety can prevent us from overcoming our struggles with it, holding us back from the greater calm and ease we seek. When we don’t understand the habit cycles around anxiety we can get stuck repeating them, unable to move forward. In this episode, best-selling author, researcher and psychiatrist Dr. Jud Brewer shines a light on anxiety. Dr. Jud combines ancient Buddhist psychology with modern neuroscience to help bring awareness to how anxiety functions and what ultimately is most helpful for minimizing anxiety-related suffering. Dr. Jud Brewer previously spoke about anxiety in episode #041, Unwinding Anxiety. In that episode, he breaks down the steps necessary to mindfully interrupt the anxiety habit loop. This talk is a brief excerpt from Dr. Jud’s guest teacher presentation to those enrolled in the Mindfulness Exercises Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program. This unique, online, self-paced certification program balances pre-recorded webinars with live mentorship. Students in the program learn directly from Sean Fargo, his team, and some of the world’s most respected mindfulness and meditation experts.  Train to share mindfulness with confidence, compassion and skill within a supportive online community. Learn more at mindfulnessexercises.com/certify or, schedule a 15-minute call with Sean to see if this program is right for you at https://calendly.com/sean-108/application Podcast: Unwinding Anxiety, with Dr. Jud Brewer Podcast: Modeling Mindfulness, with Sean Fargo  Podcast: Mindful Weight Loss Through Habit Change, with Dr. Jud Brewer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Nov 202327min

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠ A body scan meditation can be deeply relaxing, but relaxation is not the goal of mindfulness. Instead, mindfulness expands our capacity to be present with what is, whether or not what we experience is wanted.  When our mindfulness is imbued with a tender, caring, heartfulness, we’re capable of presence with that which may be uncomfortable or challenging. Paradoxically, lovingly accepting all that we experience often results in greater relaxation. In this guided meditation, Sean Fargo, the founder of Mindfulness Exercises, guides us through a mindful body scan. The practice emphasizes allowing for whatever we observe, as we apply a gentle heartfulness to our experience.  Please listen in a safe, quiet place where you can be relatively free from distraction. Practice with eyes opened or closed, in a posture that balances comfort with alertness. May this meditation be of benefit to you in your mindfulness journey. Sean Fargo is a former Buddhist monk and founder of the online resource, Mindfulness Exercises. Mindfulness Exercises has shared mindfulness with over 6 million people via free and premium services including downloadable meditations, meditation scripts, mindfulness worksheets, courses, content and live online retreats. Enhance your personal practice or guide others in meditation with 200 Guided Meditation Scripts. These scripts are for mindfulness and meditation teachers, therapists, counselors, coaches, healers, yoga instructors and anyone who wants to share mindfulness with others. Teach meditation with more confidence and skill Grow your mindfulness business or practice Reach more clients with shareable content Add more variety to your current meditation sessions Each of our 200 guided meditation scripts comes as a beautifully designed, separate PDF file. You can read them word-for-word, make them your own, record them or use them to create videos for individuals or groups. Learn more at https://mindfulnessexercises.com/guided-meditation-scripts/ Related Resources: Blog: Mindfulness Meditation: Curious Awareness, Present Moment  Blog: A Complete Guide to Body Scan Meditation Podcast: Connecting With Emotions Through the Body, with Sean Fargo Podcast: Appreciating a Moment of Body Awareness, A Meditation with Sean Fargo  Podcast: Tending to the Body, A Meditation with Sean Fargo  Podcast: Welcoming This Moment, A Meditation with Sean Fargo  Podcast: A Deeper Mindful Body Scan with Sean Fargo Audio: The Way of Heartfulness Audio: Turning Towards Suffering with Heartfulness Audio: The Path of Tenderness Meditation Script: Making Room for Pain or Discomfort - Mindfulness Exercises Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Nov 202323min

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠ The value of mindfulness isn’t always recognized in professions where high performance, mental toughness, and physical strength are celebrated. But what if we expanded our view of what it means to be fit, applauding mental fitness the same way we do physical fitness? Jon Macaskill is a former Navy SEAL turned mindfulness coach, speaker, and podcaster. He is also a graduate of the Mindfulness Exercises Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program. In this episode, he speaks with Sean Fargo about the professional and personal fulfillment he found via mindfulness, and why, after 24 years in the Navy, he is now inspired to share it with others. This podcast is brought to you by the Mindfulness Exercises Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program. This unique, online, self-paced certification program balances pre-recorded webinars with live mentorship. Students in the program learn directly from Sean Fargo, his team, and some of the world’s most respected mindfulness and meditation experts.  Train to share mindfulness with confidence, compassion and skill within a supportive online community. Learn more at mindfulnessexercises.com/certify or, schedule a 15-minute call with Sean to see if this program is right for you at https://calendly.com/sean-108/application Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Nov 202325min

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠ When you bring mindfulness to the breath, do you include the entirety of your body, incorporating all your senses? Mindfulness of breathing is not merely a cognitive process, one that takes place in the head. In this guided meditation, Sean Fargo, founder of Mindfulness Exercises, invites us to observe our breathing using the body itself. Embodying awareness in this experiential manner connects us to the here and now, the only place where genuine happiness and contentment exists.   Please listen in a safe, quiet place where you can be relatively free from distraction. Practice with eyes opened or closed, in a posture that balances comfort with alertness. May this meditation be of benefit to you in your mindfulness journey. Sean Fargo is a former Buddhist monk and founder of the online resource, Mindfulness Exercises. Mindfulness Exercises has shared mindfulness with over 6 million people via free and premium services including downloadable meditations, meditation scripts, mindfulness worksheets, courses, content and live online retreats. Enhance your personal practice or guide others in meditation with 200 Guided Meditation Scripts. These scripts are for mindfulness and meditation teachers, therapists, counselors, coaches, healers, yoga instructors and anyone who wants to share mindfulness with others. Teach meditation with more confidence and skill Grow your mindfulness business or practice Reach more clients with shareable content Add more variety to your current meditation sessions Each of our 200 guided meditation scripts comes as a beautifully designed, separate PDF file. You can read them word-for-word, make them your own, record them or use them to create videos for individuals or groups. Learn more at https://mindfulnessexercises.com/guided-meditation-scripts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 Okt 202324min