Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

Mindfulness Exercises Podcast: Enhance your mindfulness and meditation with the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast. Hosted by Sean Fargo, a former Buddhist monk and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com, this podcast offers guided meditations, mindfulness teacher trainings, and expert interviews with renowned teachers like Sharon Salzberg, Gabor Maté, Byron Katie, Rick Hanson, Ellen Langer, Oren Jay Sofer, Jud Brewer, Susan Kaiser Greenland, David Treleaven, Vidyamala Burch, and Cory Muscara. Sean Fargo, a sought-after mindfulness teacher and coach, specializes in helping mindfulness seekers and teachers build confidence, credibility, and resilience. Designed for those looking to deepen their presence, navigate mindfulness meditation teaching challenges, or integrate mindfulness into their professional lives, the podcast provides actionable insights and proven strategies. With practical wisdom and inspiring stories, you'll gain tools to embody mindfulness, support others, and reconnect with what truly matters. We feature guided meditations like mindfulness of breathing, body scans, non-violent communication, meditation music, sleep meditations, guided mindfulness meditations, visualizations, trauma-sensitive mindfulness, and self-compassion. Want to certify to teach mindfulness meditation? Learn about our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification at MindfulnessExercises.com/Certify Subscribe now and enhance your level of care, embodied presence, and resilience.

Episodes

Gentle Self-Compassion for Helping Professionals, a Guided Meditation

May 13, 2025 • 20 mins
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-com...
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Healing Ourselves and Our Communities Through Mindfulness with Rhonda Magee

May 9, 2025 • 45 mins
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)...
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Building Self-Trust as a Mindfulness Teacher, a Guided Affirmation

May 6, 2025 • 10 mins
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...
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A New Approach to Mindfulness, Meditation, and Embodied Manifesting with Emily Fletcher

May 2, 2025 • 41 mins
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: ✔ Ho...
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Breathing Care Into the Whole Body, a Guided Meditation

April 29, 2025 • 10 mins
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. Th...
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Mindfulness for Pain & Illness | Part 2 with Vidyamala Burch

April 25, 2025 • 29 mins
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—whic...
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A Safe Space for Grieving and Emotional Healing, a Guided Meditation

April 22, 2025 • 10 mins
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 aware...
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Mindfulness for Pain & Illness | Part 1 with Vidyamala Burch

April 18, 2025 • 27 mins
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 an...
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Awareness Without Judgment, a Guided Meditation with Sean Fargo

April 15, 2025 • 18 mins
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 cult...
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Overcoming Cravings through Mindfulness, a Guided Meditation

April 9, 2025 • 9 mins
Cravings can feel intense... like waves that rise and crash, demanding our attention. Whether it’s food, substances, technology, or habits, these urges can easily pull us out of alignment with our values. But mindfulness offers a powerful path toward greater awareness, resilience, and choice. In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, we offer a guided meditation to help you observe cravings without judgment and respond...
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The Difference Between Mindfulness & Meditation

April 2, 2025 • 42 mins
Are mindfulness and meditation the same thing? It’s a common question... even among seasoned practitioners. While the two are deeply connected, understanding their unique qualities and purposes can transform how you approach your personal practice or how you guide others. In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, we explore the key distinctions between mindfulness and meditation, drawing from their ancient roots, scien...
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Selling Your Mindfulness Meditation Programs to Organizations | Part 2 with Danny Grieco

March 28, 2025 • 30 mins
In Part 2 of this two-part series, Mindfulness Exercises founder Sean Fargo and sales expert & mindfulness teacher Danny Grieco go deeper into the practical sales strategies that help mindfulness teachers successfully offer their programs to organizations. Many teachers struggle with pricing, structuring their sales conversations, and overcoming objections when selling mindfulness services. Danny breaks down the most effective app...
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Healing Grief with Mindful Self-Compassion (with Guided Meditation)

March 26, 2025 • 36 mins
Grief is a deeply human experience—universal, yet profoundly personal. Whether it’s the loss of a loved one, a major life transition, or the quiet ache for how things used to be, grief touches us all. In this special episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, we explore the healing potential of mindful self-compassion for those navigating loss. Rather than pushing grief aside or rushing through it, this episode offers a gentle,...
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How to Teach Mindfulness and Meditation | Part 4 - Safety, Inclusivity, & Community

March 24, 2025 • 23 mins
One of the most critical responsibilities of a mindfulness teacher is ensuring students feel safe and supported in their practice. But how can teachers guide mindfulness in a way that is trauma-sensitive and accessible to all? In Part 4 of this four-part series, Mindfulness Exercises founder Sean Fargo explores the foundations of trauma-sensitive mindfulness, sharing key insights on how to create a safe, inclusive environment for ...
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Selling Your Mindfulness Meditation Programs to Organizations | Part 1 with Danny Grieco

March 21, 2025 • 29 mins
Bringing mindfulness into the workplace can be a deeply fulfilling path—but many mindfulness teachers struggle with how to approach organizations, structure their offerings, and charge for their work with integrity. In Part 1 of this two-part series, Mindfulness Exercises founder Sean Fargo speaks with Danny Grieco, an experienced sales trainer and mindfulness practitioner, about the real demand for mindfulness in organizations to...
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How to Teach Mindfulness and Meditation | Part 3 - Techniques, Templates, & Credentials

March 18, 2025 • 25 mins
Many mindfulness teachers struggle with making mindfulness feel practical and relevant to their students. Without a clear approach, sessions can feel too abstract or disconnected from daily life. In Part 3 of this four-part series, Mindfulness Exercises founder Sean Fargo shares three key techniques to help mindfulness teachers bring mindfulness into real-world contexts, ensuring it resonates with students. This episode also cover...
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Gentle Awareness and Mindful Presence, a Guided Meditation

March 18, 2025 • 15 mins
In the rush of daily life, we often move from moment to moment without truly noticing what is happening within and around us. This guided meditation from Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo invites you to pause and bring gentle awareness to your present experience—without judgment, without striving, simply observing. Through breath awareness, body scanning, and mindful presence, this meditation helps cultivate a deeper connect...
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How to Cultivate Inner Peace: Lessons from a Former Buddhist Monk with Stephen Schettini

March 14, 2025 • 45 mins
What does it mean to cultivate inner peace, resilience, and wisdom in the modern world? How can we apply the teachings of monastic life to our daily struggles? In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo sits down with Stephen Schettini, known as The Inner Monk—a former Buddhist monk who spent eight years studying Buddhist philosophy, psychology, and debate across Asia and Europe. Now a mindfulness coach, autho...
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Nurturing Yourself While Serving Others, a Guided Meditation

March 12, 2025 • 9 mins
The desire to serve others is deeply ingrained in healers, therapists, coaches, and mindfulness professionals. But when giving becomes constant, it's easy to overlook the one person who also needs care—YOU. Overextension can lead to burnout, fatigue, and imbalance, making it harder to show up fully for those who rely on you. This guided meditation from Mindfulness Exercises invites you to cultivate balance between service and self-...
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How to Teach Mindfulness and Meditation | Part 2 - Presence, Humility, and a Genuine Desire

March 10, 2025 • 23 mins
Many aspiring mindfulness teachers struggle with self-doubt, fear of judgment, and imposter syndrome—wondering if they are truly qualified to guide others. What if confidence as a mindfulness teacher isn’t about having all the answers, but about embracing your own authenticity and lived experience? In Part 2 of this four-part series, Mindfulness Exercises founder Sean Fargo shares personal stories and insights into overcoming fear ...
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