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Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

Sean Fargo

Mindfulness and meditation for everyday life — and for the people who teach it. Expect grounded guided meditations, evidence‑informed tools, and candid conversations with leading voices in the field.


Hosted by Sean Fargo — former Buddhist monk, founder of MindfulnessExercises.com, and a certified Search Inside Yourself instructor—each episode blends compassion, clarity, and real‑world application for practitioners, therapists, coaches, educators, and wellness professionals.


What you’ll find:
• Guided practices: breath awareness, body scans, self‑compassion, sleep, and nervous‑system regulation  
• Teacher tools: trauma‑sensitive language, sequencing, and ethical foundations for safe, inclusive mindfulness  
• Expert interviews with renowned teachers and researchers (e.g., Sharon Salzberg, Gabor Maté, Byron Katie, Rick Hanson, Ellen Langer, Judson Brewer)  
• Clear takeaways you can use today—in sessions, classrooms, workplaces, and at home


Updated 2-3x weekly. Follow the show, try this week’s practice, and share one insight in a review to help others discover the podcast.


Explore more resources and training at MindfulnessExercises.com and the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification.

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  • Yesterday · 28 min

    Mindful Tech Habits

    Your phone is not the villain, and you are not weak. The real challenge is that modern technology is designed inside the attention economy, and it quietly trains your mind through cues, metaphors, and frictionless defaults. We talk with Jay Vijarthy, founder of the mindfulness-focused UX design studio Still Ape and author of Reclaim Your Mind, about how to build digital wellbeing without turning your life into a constant willpower battle. We start with a deceptively simple practice: awareness. Instead of jumping straight to hacks like deleting apps or nuking notifications, Jay shares how to notice what happens before, during, and after you use a platform. That one shift can reveal the difference between technology that is genuinely nourishing and technology that is merely sticky. He also unpacks the interface illusions baked into modern apps: what “friend,” “match,” “views,” and even “AI conversation” really mean, and why those metaphors can distort how we experience connection. From there we get practical. Jay explains “fight design with design” and shows how to use friction and absence in your physical space and your home screen, without shame. We also challenge the false idea that online relationships are automatically fake, exploring how higher-bandwidth communication like audio and video messages can make digital connection more authentic and reciprocal. If you want mindfulness-based strategies for phone addiction, healthier social media habits, and a calmer relationship with tech, hit play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who is struggling with their screen time, and leave a review, what is one app you want to redesign your relationship with? BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • August 27 · 28 min

    Return To The Belly

    Your mind can think its way into knots, but your body already knows how to come home. Sean Fargo sits down with longtime Qigong teacher, Taoist meditation guide, and author Solala Towler to explore a simple, practical reset: bring attention down into the belly. We talk about the lower dantian as the foundation of Taoist practice, and why “understanding” the Tao is less about collecting ideas and more about doing the breathing, movement, and stillness that changes how you live day to day. From there we wander into story and source. Solala shares the legendary tale of Lao Tzu leaving a crumbling society and writing the Tao Te Ching at the last gate, then disappearing into the wilderness. It becomes a lesson in clarity, humility, and letting nature finish the teaching. We also unpack what Solala calls Source, another name for Tao: the sacred, nameless ground where being arises and where we return, especially when modern speed and distraction pull us away from what is natural. We get concrete with practices and maps you can use right away, including “manzou” (go slowly) as a lived mindfulness method, plus Taoist organ balancing through the five phases used in Chinese medicine. Solala explains how organs link to emotional qualities like anger, joy, worry, grief, and fear, and how breath, qigong, tai chi, and acupuncture all aim at one thing: restoring the free flow of qi through the body’s meridians. If this conversation helps you feel more grounded, share it with a friend, subscribe for more guided mindfulness, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show. BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • August 21 · 59 min

    Fit Mind: From Neuroscience To Monkhood With A Four-Step Path To Lasting Bliss

    We catch up with Liam McClintock, founder of FitMind and author of “FitMind: Four Steps to Lasting Bliss,” on how his neuroscience background and years as a Buddhist monk reshape what “mental fitness” really means. We focus on metta as a heart-based training that supports mindfulness, reduces over-efforting, and offers a clear method for returning to the present through the four Rs. • why ordaining as a monk becomes a way to simplify life and deepen practice • shifting from retreat as a sprint to meditation as a full lifestyle • metta as the core training for many Western practitioners who live in the head • jhana explained as stable, blissful metta awareness and why it matters • a practical way to start metta by sparking a warm feeling and expanding it outward • the four Rs: recognize, release, relish, remain • using tension in the forehead and head as biofeedback for craving and distraction • mindfulness and loving-kindness as inseparable as practice matures • right effort as moving from unfit states to fit states rather than forcing concentration • reintegration after disrobing, boundaries, and building a “mental diet” “I highly encourage everyone listening to check out Liam's book and to contact Liam for trainings and coaching.” “I encourage everyone listening to check out FitMind, the book, FitMind the app, FitMind the Programs, FitMind the Teachings.” “I recommend [the Mindfulness Exercises program] to all the listeners, if they're not already a student of yours.” “I just encourage us all to practice to continue along this path together.” Book: https://a.co/d/0eOlYnpM FitMind.org BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • August 17 · 10 min

    What If Reclaiming Your Mind Means Reclaiming Your Tech

    Your feed can feel like reality, until you notice how quickly it makes you tense, reactive, and certain. We sit down with Jay Vijarthi, a mindfulness teacher, designer, and technologist, to unpack what’s really happening when algorithms shape our attention. We talk about filter bubbles and echo chambers, but we keep coming back to a more actionable truth: attention is still primary, and mindfulness gives us tools to work with it directly. A big highlight is Jay’s concept of “false urgency,” the manufactured pressure baked into headlines, notifications, email subject lines, and even well-intentioned marketing. We dig into why the attention economy thrives on stress, why regulation may lag behind innovation, and why individual practice still matters right now for digital wellbeing. Along the way, listeners share the most relatable struggle: the relief of being phone-free on retreat versus the reality of needing technology to run a business and connect with clients. We also go straight at the ethical edge of mindful marketing. If urgency tactics feel “icky,” what does promotion look like when it’s aligned with compassion and service? Jay offers a grounded strategy for engaging with social media on your terms, including clear boundaries, intentional posting, and the courage to opt out of platform defaults. He calls this “attention activism” and frames it as reclaiming your mind and reclaiming your tech at the same time. If you want a practical, values-driven approach to mindfulness and technology, hit play, then subscribe, share this with a friend who feels burned out by their phone, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • August 14 · 9 min

    Susan Piver On The Heart Sutra And The Real Point Of Sitting

    Meditation gets marketed as a calm-down button, a focus trick, or the ultimate self-improvement tool. Then you try it and discover your mind did not get the memo. Sitting with us is Susan Piver, Buddhist teacher and author of Inexplicable Joy on the Heart Sutra, to name what’s actually happening when we practice and why the usual promises can miss the point. We talk about the misconception that meditation is mainly self-help. Yes, it can help in measurable ways, but Susan argues the deeper shift is learning to see reality clearly and to relate to the world directly instead of hiding inside a private “fix myself” project. From there we unpack the three qualities that naturally emerge through consistent Buddhist meditation practice: wisdom as clear seeing, compassion as the capacity to feel and care, and power as courage and authenticity. That “power” can sound uncomfortable in Western mindfulness culture, but her definition is refreshingly grounded: real practitioners feel more real, not more elevated. We also get practical and specific about what meditation actually is: body, breath, and mind. Posture, attention on breathing, noticing thoughts, letting go, returning. Simple does not mean shallow, and we dig into why adding endless hacks can distract from the transformation. Then we go straight at another myth: meditation does not necessarily make you more peaceful. It often reveals and amplifies what’s already inside, which is exactly why trauma-sensitive teaching matters. Finally, we answer a listener question about 90-second bursts, consistency, and why formal sitting still matters even if you only have five minutes. If you found this clarifying, subscribe, share the episode with a friend who thinks meditation is just a life hack, and leave a review. What meditation myth do you want to retire next? BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • August 11 · 31 min

    How Small Emotional Pivots Break Stress Cycles

    Your calendar is packed, your phone never stops, and somehow your body still thinks every moment is an emergency. We sit down with clinical psychologist and mindfulness teacher Dr Elisha Goldstein to talk about his book *Tiny Shifts* and the practical reality behind emotional steadiness: you do not need a new personality or a perfect morning routine, you need a reliable way to access your skills when stress hijacks your brain. We break down the “emotional loop” that drives reactivity, shutdown, self-criticism, doomscrolling, and those “not this again” moments. Elisha explains how thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and actions link together, and why simple recognition changes what is possible by bringing more perspective and impulse control online. From there we get concrete about “release” as nervous system regulation: lowering the shoulders, lengthening the exhale, softening the jaw, shaking out tension, or even writing down intrusive thoughts, not to suppress emotions but to create capacity. We also go deep on emotional vocabulary and communication, including lessons from nonviolent communication and how AI can act as temporary training wheels when hard conversations feel impossible. Along the way we explore what emotional health actually means, how self-worth grows when we can receive kindness without deflecting, and why repeating a tiny phrase like “I am loving awareness” can be a powerful pivot when you are stuck in an old pattern. If you want mindfulness that holds up in real life, this one is for you. Subscribe, share this with a friend who feels overwhelmed, and leave a review with the tiniest shift you are going to practise this week. BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • August 7 · 43 min

    Five Keys To A Deeper Mindfulness Practice, with Melvin McLeod

    Mindfulness is everywhere now, but the way we talk about it can feel strangely small: a tool for stress, a way to focus, a better “hack” for busy lives. I sit down with Melvin McLeod, editor-at-large at Lion’s Roar, co-founder of Mindful Magazine, and a practitioner for over 40 years, to make a bigger claim that stays grounded in reality: mindfulness can be a complete path of living in a secular, evidence-based world. Melvin's new book: With a Single Breath: The Complete Path of Mindfulness https://a.co/d/0aIwcRC6 We trace how modern mindfulness took shape through teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh and Jon Kabat-Zinn, and why the early success of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) may be the foundation for a deeper cultural shift. Melvin shares why he believes the movement is ready for its next step: not abandoning the practical benefits, but expanding them through a fuller definition of practice that includes insight, compassion, ethics, and community. Melvin lays out five keys he builds on in With a Single Breath: meditation, insight, love and compassion, ethics, and community. We dig into the often-missed second phase of mindfulness: using a steadier mind to investigate the nature of experience, see what truly causes suffering, and learn what creates real happiness that is “win-win.” Along the way, he offers simple contemplations, including looking at the universe in a single flower, to bring interdependence from concept into direct experience. If you’ve ever felt that mindfulness should be more than self-improvement, this conversation is a clear, practical invitation to go deeper. Subscribe for more, share this with someone who practices, and leave a review with the one part of mindfulness you want to strengthen next. BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • July 31 · 11 min

    A Grounded Eyes-Open Meditation With Susan Piver

    Your meditation doesn’t need better willpower, a quieter mind, or a more “spiritual” seat on the floor. With renowned meditation teacher Susan Piver, we practice a clear, grounded approach to mindfulness meditation that starts where your body already is: feeling your weight land, sitting upright with dignity, softening the belly, and letting the jaw and shoulders finally unclench. If you’ve ever wondered whether a chair “counts,” you’ll love her reminder that it does. We also explore eyes-open meditation in a way that feels surprisingly gentle. Susan shares how to cast the gaze down, let vision mix with space, and stop turning attention into a hard stare. From there we move into breath awareness without breath control, and a key insight that changes everything for overthinkers: don’t just notice the breath, feel it as expansion and letting go. Then we get honest about thoughts. Thinking isn’t the enemy, and spacing out isn’t failure. When you catch yourself lost in a storyline, you silently label “thinking,” let go, and return. The best part: you get infinite fresh starts. We close with a behind-the-scenes conversation on teaching meditation, timing silence, and adjusting pacing online or in a room by reading the group’s energy with humility. Subscribe for more practical mindfulness, share this with a friend who wants a simpler practice, and leave a review. What helps you most right now: more guidance or more silence? BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • July 25 · 9 min

    How Taoist Meditation And Qigong Turn Stress Into Flow

    Trying harder can feel like the only option until it stops working. We sit down with Solala Towler, a longtime teacher of Qigong, Taoist meditation, and the Way of Tea, to explore a different approach: alignment over strain, flow over force, and practice that meets you where you are. Solala shares his personal path into Eastern philosophy, the early hunger for something more grounded than words, and the moment Taoist teachings clicked with a sense of “coming home.” From there, the conversation turns deeply practical. Solala explains how chronic fatigue syndrome left him bedridden, how Chinese herbs helped him stand again, and why Qigong became central to his healing journey. We talk about Taoism as the root of many Chinese medicine principles and how working with qi is not reserved for the ultra-fit or the already-calm. Standing, moving, seated, and even lying-down forms make Taoist meditation and Qigong accessible tools for stress relief, recovery, and steady energy. We also dig into the core Taoist principles that change how you live day to day: flexibility, authenticity, and especially wu wei, often misunderstood as doing nothing. Here it becomes something sharper and kinder: not forcing, not overextending, not pushing the river. The metaphor of water runs through it all, showing how adaptability can be strength rather than compromise. Finally, we explore why nature is considered the highest teacher in Taoism, and how seasonal rhythms can guide your body and mind back toward balance. If you found something helpful here, subscribe so you don’t miss what’s next, share the episode with a friend who needs a softer way forward, and leave a review. What’s one place in your life where you could practice wu wei today? BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • July 21 · 10 min

    Leaving New York To Rebuild A Daily Meditation Practice

    Busy can start to feel like a personality, especially when you’re doing meaningful work and getting rewarded for it. Sean Fargo sits down with Buddhist meditation teacher and author Lodro Rinzler to unpack what happened when external success still left him exhausted, stretched thin, and craving something he couldn’t schedule: space. We talk about the real-life shift from New York City to the Hudson Valley, and why changing your environment can be a powerful mindfulness practice all by itself. Lodro shares how he and his wife clarified a single intention for his work, what it looks like to protect relationships while still serving others, and why doubling down on daily meditation and longer retreats can be the most practical form of self-care. If you’ve been searching for mindfulness for burnout, a sustainable meditation routine, or a way to stop feeling “always on,” you’ll hear a grounded path forward. Then we move into heart practices drawn from Tibetan Buddhism that are widely shared across traditions: the four immeasurables of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. Lodro explains how loving-kindness for yourself includes the parts you like, the parts you regret, and the parts you’d rather ignore, and he offers an unexpectedly simple “loving-kindness photo” exercise for working with people you find difficult. We also point you to free guided meditations on Lodro’s website so you can practice immediately. If this conversation helps, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s running on empty, and leave a review with the heart practice you want to try first. BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • July 16 · 7 min

    Are Your Goals Truly Yours Or Borrowed Values?

    Your mind does not just record reality, it edits it, polarizes it, and then makes decisions based on the edit. That is why we can feel certain we are “right” while repeating the same relationship patterns, motivation struggles, and self-sabotaging habits. We welcome world-renowned human behavior expert Dr. John DiMartini to unpack a practical way out: the DiMartini Method, a structured series of cognitive questions designed to balance perception, surface what we have been unconscious of, and turn apparent chaos into usable feedback. We talk about how quickly we can idealize or demonize people by staying conscious of upsides and unconscious of downsides, and how that split perception fuels infatuation, resentment, and regret. Dr. DiMartini shares how asking higher-quality questions can equilibrate the mind, reduce emotional reactivity, and help us become more present so life feels “on the way, not in the way.” If you care about mindfulness, emotional resilience, and personal transformation, this is a concrete framework you can apply immediately. From there, we go deep into values based living and why your hierarchy of values quietly runs your goals, your habits, and your sense of self-worth. Dr. DiMartini explains the difference between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation, why misaligned goals require constant pushing, and how adopting someone else’s “shoulds” can erode authenticity. He also points to his free values determination process at drdmartin.com as a way to clarify what truly matters, set congruent goals, and fill your days with high-priority actions instead of low-priority distractions. If this conversation helps you see your patterns more clearly, subscribe for more practical mindfulness tools, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review so more listeners can find it. BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • July 13 · 30 min

    Human Sustainability At Work, with Rosina Geiger

    Burnout doesn’t usually arrive as a dramatic collapse. It shows up as subtle numbness, constant urgency, and a workplace culture that celebrates “push through” while quietly ignoring the nervous system that makes performance possible. Sean Fargo sits down with Rosina Geiger to explore a concept that belongs at the center of every sustainability strategy: human sustainability. If your ESG goals focus on the planet and the numbers but forget the people doing the work, the system won’t hold. Rosina brings a rare inside view from SAP, where she works on sustainability customer adoption and also serves as a Global Mindfulness Ambassador. We talk about the “S” in ESG, the social pillar, and what it looks like when organizations treat mindfulness at work and emotional intelligence as real capabilities, not soft extras. You’ll hear how simple rituals like a one-minute arrival can change meetings, reduce reactivity, and build psychological safety across teams. We also go deeper into nervous system awareness through Rosina’s experience with long COVID and mind-body coaching, connecting recovery to regulation, rest, and a kinder relationship with intensity. Along the way, we unpack practical tools you can try immediately: micro check-ins that create human connection, three-breath resets, and structured journaling prompts that help people listen to what the body and mind are actually saying. We end with a grounded reminder: you can’t force people to change, but the way you show up influences more than you think. If you care about corporate sustainability, burnout prevention, mindfulness training, and building healthier cultures, subscribe, share this with a colleague, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. What’s one small practice you want your team to try this week? BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • July 8 · 19 min

    Imposter Syndrome In Mindfulness Teaching And How To Work With It

    The most common reason people hold back from teaching mindfulness isn’t lack of talent, it’s that quiet thought: “I’m not good enough to lead this.” We sit down with Buddhist meditation teacher and author Lodro Rinzler to get honest about imposter syndrome, self doubt, and the pressure to be “perfect” before you help anyone else. We talk about what responsible teaching actually looks like: doing real practice, learning the terrain, and finding your own authentic voice instead of copying someone else’s script. Lodro shares a powerful reframing: doubt may keep showing up, but you can choose whether it gets to drive. That idea lands not only for meditation teachers, but for writers, parents, and anyone building something meaningful while feeling exposed. From there, we explore shame, guilt, and the Buddhist lens on Hiri and Ottappa, including how “positive shame” can become wise regret that helps you change without crushing your spirit. Finally, we step into a bigger question that many listeners wrestle with right now: how to relate to harm, polarisation, and the concept of evil without giving up on basic goodness or losing your backbone. If you care about meditation, compassion, and staying human in a divided world, this conversation will meet you where you are and still challenge you. Subscribe for more, share this with someone who’s doubting themselves, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What part of the conversation do you want to practice this week? BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • July 4 · 48 min

    Dr. Elisha Goldstein on Tiny Shifts: How Emotional Health Transforms Stress, Relationships, and Longevity

    We explore how tiny shifts can interrupt emotional loops in seconds and help us access calm, clarity, and self-compassion when life feels overwhelming. Dr Elisha Goldstein connects mindfulness, emotional health, and longevity through a simple four-step framework we can practise in daily moments. Dr Elisha Goldstein's website: https://elishagoldstein.com/tiny-shifts/ Buy his book, Tiny Shifts: https://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Shifts-Emotional-Transforms-Relationships/dp/B0GP9T6L5T Shownotes: • Why “tiny shifts” beat big plans when we are stressed and overloaded • Emotional loops mapped as thoughts, emotions, sensations, and actions • Recognising signals like snapping, scrolling, shutdown, and body tension • Naming as a path to perspective and stronger emotional vocabulary • Emotional health defined as confidence we can handle what comes • Self-worth built by meeting emotions with more grace and kindness • The Four Rs: recognise, release, refocus, reinforce • Release as easing physiology rather than suppressing feelings • Longevity link between chronic stress and wear on the body • Refocus questions that move us toward peace and wiser choices • Reinforce methods that help the brain remember calm • Please check out Tiny Shifts, the book. • “Listen to the Emotional Longevity Podcast and check out his website.” BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • June 30 · 27 min

    Eyes-Open Mindfulness

    Eyes-open meditation can sound like the worst idea if you’re used to practice as a private escape. Then Susan Piver walks us through why keeping the eyes open may be the most direct path to mindfulness in real life, because you don’t have to “come back” when the sit is over. We talk about the simple mechanics of resting the gaze, why distraction and tired eyes are normal at first, and how the nervous system settles when we stop trying to force focus. From there, the conversation turns to what meditation is really for. We’re not training to be impressive meditators. We’re training to be more awake, more patient, and less ruled by triggers when life gets loud. Susan shares a teacher’s perspective on why the benefits often don’t appear during practice, how expanded heart shows up on its own, and why “attention is the most basic form of love” is more than a nice quote, it’s a map for how mindfulness practice changes relationships. We also zoom out to the stress of the present moment on planet Earth, using Tibetan Buddhist “six realms” imagery to describe conflict, power grabs, and the exhausted feeling of fighting battles with the wrong tools. The takeaway is grounding and practical: strengthen the human realm by teaching people to work with projection, story, and reactivity, and keep your classes clean, inclusive, simple, and honest. If this helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs steadiness, and leave a review with the biggest takeaway you’re practising this week. BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • June 26 · 45 min

    Living Namaste, with Jeremy David Engles

    “Namaste” might be the most repeated word in modern yoga, and also one of the least lived. Sean Fargo sits down with professor and longtime yoga and meditation teacher Jeremy David Engles to unpack what namaste actually means, how it traveled into Western yoga culture, and why the real practice starts after we roll up the mat. Visit Jeremy's website: https://jeremydavidengels.com/ Buy Jeremy's book: Living Namaste Jeremy breaks the word down simply and precisely: “I bow to you,” an everyday greeting that becomes transformative when we treat it as an ethic of respect, humility, and seeing the divine in one another. From there, we get practical about mindfulness. Jeremy shares how he thinks about “divinity” without getting lost in labels: as the human capacity for loving awareness, for pausing before reacting, and for choosing wisdom over conditioning. We walk through shamatha and vipassana using a memorable snow-globe metaphor, then move into Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching on interbeing. When you see that a table contains sunlight, rain, trees, labor, and time, it becomes easier to see that a person does too, and that independence is always interdependence. The conversation widens into community and “mindful democracy,” including why practice can stall when we do it alone, how social media can thin our real connections, and why gratitude is more than a feel-good habit. Jeremy defines gratitude as thanksgiving rather than indebtedness, and how a simple gratitude walk can train us to find shared values even across political divides. We close with “no mud, no lotus,” and a grounded form of hope that comes from growing together. If this resonates, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review so more people can bring mindfulness, yoga, and community care into daily life. BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • June 21 · 54 min

    Nothing's Missing: Dr. John Demartini on Mindfulness as Wholeness

    We talk with Dr John Demartini about using better questions to balance perception, dissolve emotional polarisation, and practise mindfulness as full awareness rather than escape. We connect values, fair exchange, and purposeful action to practical outcomes like less burnout, fewer intrusive thoughts, and more intrinsic motivation. Visit his website: https://drdemartini.com/ • the DeMartini Method as a structured set of cognitive questions to reveal hidden information • highest values as the source of intrinsic drive and consistent follow through • the cost of living by “shoulds” and internalised authority • service plus reward as sustainable fair exchange in work and relationships • seven daily questions to build momentum and reduce fantasy expectations • mindfulness defined as seeing both sides at once and ending seeking and avoiding loops • a meditation process for turning judgments into self awareness and gratitude • objective indicators that reveal values through space, time, energy, money, and order • burnout and shame as signals of misalignment and one sided expectations Please check out drdemartini.com. The links in the show notes will post a link to the values exercise and check out his books too. BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • June 16 · 25 min

    How To Build A Healthier Relationship With Your Phone

    Your phone is not just a gadget. It is a gateway into an economy built to capture attention, shape behavior, and keep you coming back. We bring on Jay Vidyarthi, mindfulness teacher, UX designer, technologist, and founder of Still Ape, to talk about the real world collision between contemplative practice and the modern attention economy. We start with a short, grounding practice of “doing nothing,” then zoom out to the strange fact that even this conversation is carried by microphones, data packets, and screens. Jay shares what it feels like to grow up loving video games and early internet creativity while also longing for silence, retreats, and depth. That tension shows up everywhere: tech culture can dismiss meditation, and mindfulness culture can quietly shame technology. We name the cost of that split, especially the guilt, shame, and fear that can creep into how we talk about screen time, social media, and even our kids’ digital lives. Jay offers a more honest frame: you do not have to abandon technology to be mindful, but you do need a healthier relationship with your attention. From there, we dig into the incentives behind the systems, including how AI may be pushing us from an attention economy into an “attachment economy,” where people form bonds with bots and start confiding in them. Jay argues that mindfulness is becoming subversive, not because it is trendy, but because choosing where to place attention runs against powerful forces. He calls the response “attention activism,” a middle way that avoids both naive techno-optimism and tech doom, and invites teachers, designers, and everyday users to show up online with wisdom. If you care about mindfulness, digital wellness, humane technology, or building tech that supports human flourishing, this conversation will give you language and direction. Subscribe for more, share this with a friend who feels stuck in scroll mode, and leave a review. What would it look like to treat your attention like something worth protecting today? BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • June 12 · 57 min

    How Complete Darkness Can Reveal What We Keep Avoiding

    We talk with Scott Berman, founder of Sky Cave Retreats, about what extended time in complete darkness actually does to the body and mind when distractions, orientation, and performance all fall away. Sky Cave Retreats: https://www.skycaveretreats.com/ We focus on nervous system safety, permission to feel what is here, and why the “right” darkness retreat is less about endurance and more about how you relate to yourself. • What a darkness retreat is and how Sky Cave cabins are designed for total blackout and near silence • Why the retreat container and expectations can shape what people allow themselves to feel • Disorientation, survival responses, and how fight flight freeze can show up in the dark • Using the body as an anchor when visual cues disappear • The difference between techniques used for connection versus strategies used to manage experience • Softening as allowing and being with, not forcing a “soft” persona or positivity filter • How the program is structured with preparation, touch-ins, and integration support • The ancient roots of darkness practice across cultures and lineages • Scott’s personal journey and how Sky Cave evolved with a nervous system lens • Who tends to benefit most, including curiosity, availability, and willingness not to know I encourage people to check out skykaveretreats.com. BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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  • June 7 · 10 min

    Guided Meditation For A Positive Future

    We guide a calm, focused meditation to envision a positive future and connect it to simple, repeatable actions. Breath, imagery, and gentle prompts help shift from analysis to embodied clarity you can carry into the rest of your day. • settling the body and softening tension • anchoring attention with natural breath • asking what future feels deeply moving • noticing feelings that arise with the vision • identifying how to show up each day • rehearsing small actions in the mind’s eye • meeting challenges with steady qualities • ending with a felt sense to guide the day BECOME A CERTIFIED MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER Teach mindfulness with confidence and skill — without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome. Our internationally accredited certification is for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and helping professionals. Accredited by the IMMA and CPD; endorsed by Gabor Maté and Rick Hanson. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certification/ NEW HERE? START FREE Explore 3,000+ free guided meditations, scripts, and worksheets — for your own practice or to share with the people you teach. → https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-mindfulness-exercises/ ENJOYING THE PODCAST? Follow the show in your favorite app and leave a quick rating or review. It takes a moment, and it genuinely helps more teachers and practitioners find these conversations. ——————————————————————————— ABOUT THE SHOW Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix o...

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