Staying Present Longer: The Interplay of Mindfulness & Concentration

Staying Present Longer: The Interplay of Mindfulness & Concentration

In this episode, Sean Fargo explores the deep relationship between mindfulness and concentration — two practices that are often taught separately but in reality support and sustain each other. Drawing inspiration from his teacher Ajahn Chah, Sean reflects on how concentration serves as the foundation that allows mindfulness to stay steady with the unfolding present moment. Through personal stories from his years as a Buddhist monk and practical concentration exercises, Sean highlights how simplicity, stillness, and focus can help us extend the duration of our presence. From visualizations in the belly to counting breaths, focusing on external objects, or repeating loving-kindness phrases, concentration practice becomes a refuge from the busyness of modern life and a gateway into joy, clarity, and perspective. Listeners are invited to experiment with lengthening their meditations, stringing together multiple sessions, or even holding mini at-home retreats. Sean Fargo also shares candid reflections on challenges like the five hindrances, the difference between grasping and genuine focus, and how deep concentration can lead to profound insights, stillness, and even some of life’s happiest moments. What you’ll learn in this episode: Why mindfulness and concentration are “two ends of the same stick” Practical techniques to stay present longer, from breath counting to visualization How concentration fuels mindfulness and supports choiceless awareness The role of concentration in overcoming the five hindrances Insights into stillness, joy, and clarity that arise with deeper practice Resources & Links: Watch the full session on YouTube: Staying Present Longer Learn more about Ajahn Chah’s teachings: ajahnchah.org Explore free meditations, courses, and trainings at MindfulnessExercises.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Healing Ourselves and Our Communities Through Mindfulness with Rhonda Magee

Healing Ourselves and Our Communities Through Mindfulness with Rhonda Magee

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify/⁠ In this episode, Rhonda V. Magee, law professor emerita, mindfulness teacher, and author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice, shares her journey of integrating mindfulness into higher education, law, and social justice initiatives. Rhonda reflects on her early influences, including the centering practices of her grandmother and her own discovery of meditation through Eastern philosophy and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). She explores how mindfulness supports not just personal stress reduction, but also community healing, resilience, and systemic change. What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✔ How mindfulness practices can heal personal and collective suffering✔ The integration of mindfulness into legal education and social justice work✔ The importance of contemplative spaces for emotional healing and community resilience✔ Rhonda’s vision for soulful mindfulness and her community project, Mount Iris✔ Practical insights on introducing mindfulness into professional and academic spaces This episode offers heartfelt guidance for anyone passionate about mindfulness, emotional resilience, community-building, and social transformation. It’s especially valuable for mindfulness teachers seeking to expand the depth and inclusivity of their practice. Connect with Rhonda:⁠Website - rhondavmagee.com LinkedIn⁠Instagram Facebook ⁠ 🧘 Want to certify to teach mindfulness? Schedule a free Zoom call with Sean here: ⁠https://calendly.com/sean-108/certification⁠ ⭐ Please leave us a 5-star review. It will help others find the podcast. Thank you!!! 🔗 Join our free mindfulness meditation community: https://connect.mindfulnessexercises.com/feed Instagram: ⁠Mindfulness.Exercises⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠ Facebook: ⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠ 🎧 Explore more guided meditations, mindfulness teacher certification programs, and free resources at ⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Maj 47min

 Building Self-Trust as a Mindfulness Teacher, a Guided Affirmation

Building Self-Trust as a Mindfulness Teacher, a Guided Affirmation

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify/⁠ Every mindfulness teacher, no matter how experienced, faces moments of doubt. But self-trust is not about being perfect; it's about believing in your capacity to show up with authenticity, care, and presence. In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, you'll be guided through a soothing affirmation-based meditation designed specifically to help mindfulness teachers, coaches, and professionals strengthen their confidence and connection to their inner wisdom. With each phrase, you’ll be invited to gently reconnect with your purpose, deepen your trust in your voice, and reaffirm the impact of your work. What You’ll Experience in This Meditation: ✔ Affirmations to build confidence in your skills and wisdom as a mindfulness teacher ✔ Encouragement to trust your intuition and presence when guiding others ✔ Reminders that growth includes imperfection, doubt, and learning ✔ Phrases to ground you in self-compassion, patience, and positive impact ✔ A calming, empowering space to realign with your purpose as a teacher This meditation is perfect for mindfulness professionals, educators, and guides who want to anchor their teaching in confidence, care, and clarity. 🌿 Let this be a moment to return to your center—where trust and purpose already live. 🧘 Want to certify to teach mindfulness? Schedule a free Zoom call with Sean here: ⁠https://calendly.com/sean-108/certification⁠ ⭐ Please leave us a 5-star review. It will help others find the podcast. Thank you!!! 🔗 Join our free mindfulness meditation community: https://connect.mindfulnessexercises.com/feed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mindfulness.Exercises/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindfulness-exercises/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/exercising.mindfulness 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at Mindfulness Exercises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Maj 11min

A New Approach to Mindfulness, Meditation, and Embodied Manifesting with Emily Fletcher

A New Approach to Mindfulness, Meditation, and Embodied Manifesting with Emily Fletcher

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify/⁠ In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo sits down with Emily Fletcher, founder of Ziva Meditation and bestselling author of Stress Less, Accomplish More. Emily, a Broadway star turned meditation teacher, shares her remarkable journey from high-stress performance anxiety to embodying mindfulness, meditation, and manifesting practices that have transformed over 120,000 lives. Together, they explore: ✔ How meditation cured Emily’s insomnia and anxiety within days ✔ Why the Ziva Technique blends mindfulness, meditation, and manifesting for real-world success ✔ How meditation helps release stored stress and unlocks new levels of vitality ✔ The relationship between embodiment, sacred sexuality, and spiritual growth ✔ Insights into balancing the divine masculine and feminine within ourselves This episode offers inspiring lessons for anyone seeking real-world mindfulness practices, deeper emotional healing, and a fuller, more joyful human experience. It’s a valuable listen for mindfulness teachers and meditators who want to integrate mindfulness not just on the cushion, but throughout every aspect of life. Connect with Emily: ⁠Website - Ziva Meditation⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Podcast - Why Isn't Everyone Doing This? 🧘 Want to certify to teach mindfulness? Schedule a free Zoom call with Sean here: ⁠https://calendly.com/sean-108/certification⁠ ⭐ Please leave us a 5-star review. It will help others find the podcast. Thank you!!! 🔗 Join our free mindfulness meditation community: https://connect.mindfulnessexercises.com/feed Instagram: ⁠Mindfulness.Exercises⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠ Facebook: ⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠ 🎧 Explore more guided meditations, mindfulness teacher certifications, and free teaching resources at ⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Maj 42min

Breathing Care Into the Whole Body, a Guided Meditation

Breathing Care Into the Whole Body, a Guided Meditation

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify/⁠ When we pause and breathe with intention, we tap into the quiet power that lives within us—a nurturing, healing energy that moves through every cell of our body. This guided meditation from Mindfulness Exercises invites you to reconnect with your breath as a source of care, vitality, and inner balance. Designed for both mindfulness practitioners and professionals, this practice offers a gentle journey into whole-body breathing. Through visualization, breath awareness, and calming affirmations, you’ll explore how each inhale and exhale can bring not only stillness—but also renewed strength, warmth, and presence. What You’ll Experience in This Meditation: ✔ Breath as a bridge between your body, mind, and the universe ✔ Visualization of healing light moving through the body ✔ Gentle guidance to breathe with awareness, from chest to fingertips to feet ✔ Whole-body breathing to cultivate inner harmony and connection ✔ An invitation to ground, center, and nurture yourself with each breath Whether you're offering care to others or simply in need of a mindful reset, this meditation is a reminder that your breath can nourish and support you—just as you are. 🌿 Take this time to breathe fully, feel deeply, and connect gently with your whole being. 🧘 Want to certify to teach mindfulness? Schedule a free Zoom call with Sean here: ⁠https://calendly.com/sean-108/certification⁠ ⭐ Please leave us a 5-star review. It will help others find the podcast. Thank you!!! 🔗 Join our free mindfulness meditation community: https://connect.mindfulnessexercises.com/feed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mindfulness.Exercises/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindfulness-exercises/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/exercising.mindfulness 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at Mindfulness Exercises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 Apr 11min

 Mindfulness for Pain & Illness  | Part 2 with Vidyamala Burch

Mindfulness for Pain & Illness | Part 2 with Vidyamala Burch

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify/⁠ In part two of our conversation with Vidyamala Burch, we dive into practical applications of mindfulness for pain and stress. She explains how habitual breath holding and tension reinforce pain, and introduces the concept of whole-body breathing as a way to unwind secondary suffering. Vidyamala teaches how to bring soft, embodied awareness to five key areas of the breath—the buttocks, belly, back, back of the mouth, and brain—which she refers to as the “5 Bays of the Breath.” This episode includes a guided body-based practice exploring these areas and encouraging fluid, receptive awareness to counteract pain and reactivity. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: ✔ How to use mindful breathing to release tension and reduce reactivity ✔ The connection between resistance, breath holding, and pain ✔ An introduction to the 5 Bays of the Breath and how to apply them ✔ A guided body-based mindfulness practice for pain relief and grounding This episode is ideal for mindfulness teachers, health professionals, and anyone looking to deepen their understanding of how breath and awareness can transform pain into fluid, manageable experience. Connect with Vidyamala: Website Instagram Facebook LinkedIn 🧘 Want to certify to teach mindfulness? Schedule a free Zoom call with Sean here: ⁠https://calendly.com/sean-108/certification⁠ ⭐ Please leave us a 5-star review. It will help others find the podcast. Thank you!!! 🔗 Join our free mindfulness meditation community: https://connect.mindfulnessexercises.com/feed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mindfulness.Exercises/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindfulness-exercises/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/exercising.mindfulness 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at Mindfulness Exercises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 Apr 29min

A Safe Space for Grieving  and Emotional Healing, a Guided Meditation

A Safe Space for Grieving and Emotional Healing, a Guided Meditation

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify/⁠ Grief can feel heavy, isolating, and unpredictable. Whether you’re navigating the loss of a loved one, a relationship, or a chapter of life, this guided meditation offers a soft, supportive space to be with your emotions, just as they are. In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, you’re invited into a safe, compassionate space to process grief mindfully, without pressure or judgment. Using gentle imagery, breath awareness, and compassionate presence, this meditation helps you honor your grief while staying grounded in your innate strength and capacity to heal. What You’ll Experience in This Meditation: ✔ A calming, safe space to acknowledge and feel your grief ✔ Breath as an anchor during emotional overwhelm ✔ Gentle visualization: grief as a passing cloud in the sky of awareness ✔ Reminders that you are not your grief—you are the space that can hold it ✔ A practice of non-attachment and emotional resilience ✔ Permission to move at your own pace, with tenderness and patience Whether you are personally grieving or supporting someone who is, this meditation is a reminder that you are not alone, and healing happens one breath at a time. 🌿 Let this be your space to grieve, breathe, and begin again—with compassion. 🧘 Want to certify to teach mindfulness? Schedule a free Zoom call with Sean here: ⁠https://calendly.com/sean-108/certification⁠ ⭐ Please leave us a 5-star review. It will help others find the podcast. Thank you!!! 🔗 Join our free mindfulness meditation community: https://connect.mindfulnessexercises.com/feed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mindfulness.Exercises/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindfulness-exercises/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/exercising.mindfulness 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at Mindfulness Exercises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Apr 10min

 Mindfulness for Pain & Illness  | Part 1 with Vidyamala Burch

Mindfulness for Pain & Illness | Part 1 with Vidyamala Burch

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify/⁠ In this episode, Vidyamala Burch, co-founder of Breathworks and a leading voice in mindfulness-based pain management, shares her personal story of living with chronic pain for nearly 50 years and how it led her to develop powerful mindfulness practices for pain and illness. She describes her early struggles, moments of insight, and the journey from resistance to resilience. Vidyamala outlines the key distinction between primary and secondary suffering, and how mindfulness helps reduce the emotional and cognitive layers of pain. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: ✔ The difference between primary and secondary suffering ✔ Vidyamala’s personal story of chronic pain and transformation ✔ The parable of the two arrows and how it applies to pain ✔ Practical metaphors like the cushion exercise and resistance loop ✔ Strategies for noticing and softening reactivity around pain ✔ The importance of recognizing your own resistance patterns This episode offers deep insights for anyone working with chronic pain—personally or professionally—and provides mindfulness teachers with grounded, compassionate tools to support others through discomfort. Connect with Vidyamala: Website Instagram Facebook LinkedIn 🧘 Want to certify to teach mindfulness? Schedule a free Zoom call with Sean here: ⁠https://calendly.com/sean-108/certification⁠ ⭐ Please leave us a 5-star review. It will help others find the podcast. Thank you!!! 🔗 Join our free mindfulness meditation community: https://connect.mindfulnessexercises.com/feed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mindfulness.Exercises/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindfulness-exercises/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/exercising.mindfulness 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at Mindfulness Exercises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Apr 28min

Awareness Without Judgment, a Guided Meditation with Sean Fargo

Awareness Without Judgment, a Guided Meditation with Sean Fargo

This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at ⁠https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify/⁠ In a world that constantly pushes us to do more and feel less, this guided meditation led by Sean Fargo invites us to do the opposite: to pause, sense, and simply be. With gentle presence and deep compassion, Sean guides us through a practice of awareness without judgment—noticing the sensations, emotions, and energies of the present moment as they are. This practice helps us return to the body, reconnect with the breath, and cultivate an inner steadiness that allows us to meet life with openness and care. It’s a space to slow down, let go of striving, and remember the quiet strength of being fully here. What You’ll Experience in This Meditation: ✔ Awareness of body sensations, breath, and emotional tone ✔ Guidance on noticing what’s here—without trying to fix or change it ✔ Permission to let go of judgment and just be ✔ Visualization of breathing with the whole body ✔ An invitation to meet this moment with gentle, embodied presence ✔ A soft closing that supports integrating presence into the rest of your day This meditation is especially supportive for mindfulness teachers, practitioners, and wellness professionals seeking to deepen their connection to presence—not as a technique, but as a way of being. 🌿 Let this practice be a reminder: presence is always available, and you are already enough. 🧘 Want to certify to teach mindfulness? Schedule a free Zoom call with Sean here: ⁠https://calendly.com/sean-108/certification⁠ ⭐ Please leave us a 5-star review. It will help others find the podcast. Thank you!!! 🔗 Join our free mindfulness meditation community: https://connect.mindfulnessexercises.com/feed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mindfulness.Exercises/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindfulness-exercises/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/exercising.mindfulness 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at Mindfulness Exercises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Apr 19min

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