Gentle Self-Compassion for Helping Professionals, a Guided Meditation
This episode is sponsored by our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. Register today for 80% off at https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify/ As wellness professionals, we give so much of ourselves to others—holding space, offering care, and tending to others’ needs. But in the process, we can forget to care for the one who gives. This guided meditation offers a much-needed pause to reconnect with your own inner well-being through the lens of mindful self-compassion. In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, you’ll be gently guided through a calming self-compassion meditation designed especially for therapists, coaches, healthcare providers, mindfulness teachers, and helping professionals. Through body awareness, emotional presence, loving-kindness, and mindful breathing, this practice invites you to release tension, set compassionate boundaries, and reconnect with your inner strength and humanity. What You’ll Experience in This Meditation: ✔ A gentle body scan to ground your awareness and soften tension ✔ Mindful acknowledgment of difficult emotions with kindness and care ✔ Loving-kindness phrases to foster inner support and compassion ✔ Breathwork to release judgment, guilt, and the pressure to be perfect ✔ Reflections on professional boundaries to support sustainable service ✔ A gratitude practice to honor your efforts and impact Whether you’re navigating emotional labor, compassion fatigue, or simply feeling stretched thin, this meditation reminds you that your well-being matters just as much as those you serve. 🌿 Let this be your space to pause, receive, and replenish. You deserve it. Enjoyed this meditation? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: http://mindfulnessexercises.com/ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: https://mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community/ 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
13 Maj 21min
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 Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your teaching, leadership, or social impact! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: mindfulnessexercises.com Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: Connect Here 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 46min
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. Enjoyed this meditation? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: http://mindfulnessexercises.com/ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: https://mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community/ 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 10min
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? Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness and meditation are enhancing your life and teaching! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: Join Here 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 41min
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. Enjoyed this episode and meditation? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: http://mindfulnessexercises.com/ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: https://mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community/ 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 10min
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 Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: http://mindfulnessexercises.com/ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: https://mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community/ 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 28min
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. Enjoyed this episode and meditation? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: http://mindfulnessexercises.com/ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: https://mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community/ 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
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 Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: http://mindfulnessexercises.com/ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: https://mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community/ 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 27min
