12 Minute Meditation

This week, Angela Stubbs gently guides us inward, helping us explore these patterns with compassion and kindness. Through six stages, she invites us to bring awareness to these feelings, accepting ourselves without judgment and affirming our worth. With each stage, we cultivate a sense of warmth and resilience, creating space to move beyond self-doubt and reconnect with our inner strength. This practice offers us a chance to release the hold of self-criticism, embracing a more gentle, patient approach toward ourselves.

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This week, Frank Ostaseski guides us through a meditation that invites us to let curiosity lead. Life doesn’t always bring what we desire—instead, it can deliver pain, uncertainty, and even sorrow. While we can’t always change these circumstances or the emotions that arise with them, we can choose to meet them with an open curiosity. When we do, we create space to welcome, or at least acknowledge, whatever comes our way. This openness helps us release the added suffering that often follows tough moments, reminding us that while life’s challenges are inevitable, the suffering we add to them is optional.

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This week, Anu Gupta guides us in simple phrases of compassion and loving-kindness that allow us to remember: Just like me, this person is also human. Just like me, they have their own joys, desires, and struggles. Offering kind wishes to someone difficult is a powerful way to expand our circle of compassion. We don’t have to like them, but we can cultivate compassion for them, softening our resistance and acknowledging their humanity.

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This week, Anu Gupta leads us through a detailed body scan, guiding us to shift our energy back to the present moment, coming back from any distracting thoughts and worries that come up. Here and now, we can return to our breath. Take this time to feel wonder and gratitude for every part of your physical body, from head to toe, just the way you are today. With this practice, you’ll cultivate a sense of grounding and openness as you let this energy of relaxation soothe your whole body.

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This week, Diana Hill leads a meditation focused on gently letting go of attachment to your thoughts. In this practice, you’ll explore how to allow your thoughts to come and go without feeling the need to hold onto them or push them away. This technique, part of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, uses the visualization of clouds to guide you through this process in a soothing and mindful way.

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This week, Will Schneider instructs us in paying attention to the gentle, natural flow of our breath. By becoming more aware of our inhales and exhales, we gradually bring calm to our mind and our nervous system. We’re giving ourselves permission to slow down for a few minutes. As we breathe, we can also witness the active chatter of our mind without being swept away—in thoughts about the past, or worries about the future. Mindfulness practice reveals how our thoughts and emotions are constantly changing, and this simple, relaxing meditation gives us a chance to release expectations and judgments. A state of mindful awareness is strengthened each time we notice the mind wandering, and choose to come back to the sensations of the breath moving in and out of our body. 

Is your mind more like a circus than a sanctuary? If you’re hoping to let go of stress and anxiety, and feel more present and focused throughout your day, check out the upcoming online Meditation Course with Men Talking Mindfulness. This 9-week, fully online course offers weekly sessions in a group atmosphere where two experienced mindfulness experts will lead practices together, answer your questions, and help you build a consistent mindfulness practice. Beginning October 6th, this course welcomes adults of all genders. Visit mentalkingmindfulness.com to learn more and sign up. 

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This week, Sue Hutton guides us in a breathing practice to foster awareness of our senses, honoring our neurodiversity while we strengthen our mindfulness practice. We live in a neurodiverse world. We are all wired with unique minds and bodies, and each of us has a unique sensory constitution. For instance, someone who experiences sensory overwhelm when they pay attention to direct sensations inside the body may find a body scan practice overwhelming instead of centering. Similarly, someone who is blind isn't going to use vision as a meditation tool.

It can be useful to explore the breath by engaging with different senses involved in breathing. Breath practice can be an interesting undertaking for many neurodivergent meditators. Some of us find the feelings of the breath rising and falling inside the body a bit nerve-wracking. Some of us feel anxiety increasing as we concentrate on the movement of the lungs, and thoughts of breath keeping us alive become more concerning. Not the calming experience we are looking for in mindfulness practice! 

In this practice, we’ll talk about a variety of ways those of us who are neurodivergent can practice mindful breathing, and foster calm for ourselves. 

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This week, Carley Hauck guides us to embrace all parts of ourselves—those qualities we see as our “shadow,” or what isn’t serving us, as well as the light, or what we see as our positive attributes.  Especially as leaders (including any person who shows leadership in their life), working with both our “dark” and “light” parts allows us to shine our full potential out into the world. 

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This week, Vidyamala Burch guides us through a calming body scan meditation that focuses on bringing light and ease into the body. This practice invites you to imagine each part of your body filling with a soft, soothing light, helping to ease any tension and cultivate a sense of relaxation. As you move through this meditation, you’ll have the opportunity to release stress and connect deeply with a feeling of inner peace, bringing lightness into both your body and mind

To explore more of Vidyamala’s teachings, check out her 7-day audio course, Finding Inner Peace a ​​https://shop.mindful.org/collections/online-courses/products/finding-inner-peace-course. This self-paced course offers a blend of meditations and body practices designed to help you reduce stress, release negativity, and cultivate a sense of flow and ease. With practical tools to create a more peaceful and balanced inner life, this online course provides a nurturing way to access tranquility whenever you need it.

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This week, Carley Hauck invites us to look within ourselves and affirm what it is that we love most. By connecting with our heart and remembering who and what we love, we also get to connect with our inner caring, protective instinct. This compassionate part of ourselves provides the motivation to choose beneficial actions, not just one time but over the days, weeks, and months of our lives. Join leadership expert Carley Hauck for the Mindful Workshop: Awaken Your Inner Leader on September 10th at 10 AM PDT. In this 75-minute workshop, you’ll learn how to develop leadership skills that bridge differences and foster belonging at work and in the world. Don’t miss this opportunity to create a positive impact through conscious leadership. Sign up now at shop.mindful.org/.

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This week, Susan Kaiser-Greenland guides us through a meditation practice focused on one of the oldest and simplest techniques: “Sit and Know You’re Sitting.”

In our busy lives, we often rush through moments without truly being present. This practice invites you to slow down and become aware of the simple act of sitting. By tuning into the sensations in your body and the rhythm of your breath, you can cultivate a deep sense of awareness. It’s not about doing anything special—just noticing what’s already here.

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This week, Shamash Alidina guides us through a practice focused on the calming power of belly breathing. In our fast-paced world, stress can easily take hold, and this meditation offers a simple yet powerful way to find relaxation and ease.

Belly breathing, or deep diaphragmatic breathing, encourages a full breath that engages the diaphragm and helps activate the body’s relaxation response. By consciously slowing your breath and focusing on the expansion and contraction of your belly, you can send signals to your nervous system that it’s safe to relax, lowering stress levels and promoting a sense of calm.

Don’t miss out on our upcoming Community Connection Meditation Series from August 26th to 30th, 2024! This live virtual event brings us together in the spirit of mindfulness, connection, and growth. Over five days, enjoy 30 minutes of daily group meditations followed by a Q&A session, all guided by renowned meditation teachers Christopher Willard, Caverly Morgan, Shamash Alidina, Sue Hutton, and Tovi C. Scruggs-Hussein. Learn more and register at https://shop.mindful.org/products/community-connection-meditation-series.

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This week, Christopher Willard and Olivia Weisser bring us a mediation inspired by the Japanese concept of ma, which refers to “the spaces between everything.” This practice invites us to take the opportunity to explore the empty spaces that exist all around us and inside us. 

For instance, we might think of the space between the plants in the garden, or between the notes in a song. It can also be emotional space, like the silences in a conversation. Or the little gaps between our thoughts and emotions. 

Often, we don’t even notice these empty spaces—but bringing our awareness to them can reveal new meaning and beauty. By exploring the space in-between through this mindfulness practice, we also enhance our creativity, noticing skills, and awareness. 

We’re also thrilled to announce our upcoming Community Connection Meditation Series, taking place from August 26th-30th, 2024! This live virtual event is designed to bring us together in the spirit of mindfulness, connection, and growth. 

• 5 days of live group meditations with the Mindful community

• 30 minutes of daily practice + Q&A

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• Guidance from leading meditation teachers: Christopher Willard Psy. D., Caverly Morgan, Shamash Alidina, Sue Hutton, and Tovi C. Scruggs-Hussein!

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This week, Jonathan Fisher leads us through a body scan meditation designed to nurture your heart and bring awareness to the present moment.This practice invites you to notice the sensations in your body, from the soles of your feet to the space around your heart. As you shift your attention through different parts of your body, you allow a sense of softness and kindness to flow in. 

Jonathan is also offering 10 signed copies of ​his new book, Just One Heart: A Cardiologist’s Guide to Healing, Health, and Happiness. Using the “seven timeless traits of the heart,” Dr. Fisher empowers readers with simple tools and daily practices to manage stress, cultivate lasting joy, and connect with what truly matters. If you’d like your own copy, head over to https://signups.mindful.org/book-giveaway-just-one-heart-by-dr-jonathan-fisher/ before August 22nd to enter for a chance to win. 

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This week, Men Talking Mindfulness co-host Will Schneider begins by guiding listeners to connect with our breath. Gradually, we release distractions and rest attention on breathing in and out, so we can bring our minds fully into the present moment. With this preparation, we shift our attention and notice what we can hear, see, and other sensory information coming to us, awakening our natural curiosity. By tuning in to our body and mind, where we observe the nature of the ever-changing world, we can develop greater awareness of the shifts occurring around us and within us. Change can be difficult or painful, and often we yearn for things to be otherwise. Yet this meditation helps us open to the idea that life can be easier when we flow with the currents of change. By choosing to simply be a witness to whatever is happening in this moment, we’re able to be there for ourselves without judgment. We’re learning to meet life exactly the way it is. 

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This week, Georgina Miranda guides us through a meditation called "Coming Home to Yourself." This practice is about finding inner strength and resilience by reconnecting with our true self.

Georgina emphasizes that while many of us turn to mindfulness during times of crisis, the true power of these practices lies in their consistent application. This meditation invites you to pause and reflect, grounding yourself in the present moment. It offers a way to create a stable inner environment, regardless of external circumstances..

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This week, Georgina Miranda guides us through a meditation to awaken the flow of gratitude in nature. Regardless of where you are—whether in a local city park, perched on a mountain top, or swimming in the sea—there is always a moment to pause and feel grateful for our inherent connection to nature.

This meditation encourages you to breathe deeply, paying attention to the air, the smells, and the sensations around you. Feel the sun, wind, snow, or rain on your skin, and listen to the sounds of nature. Each breath becomes a bridge, connecting you more deeply with the world around you and fostering a sense of unity.

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This week, Ruth King offers a guided meditation practice from her heart to yours. Ruth King, a teacher, author, and founder of the Mindful of Race Institute, invites us to savor stillness and feel deeply into the ways our lives are interconnected.

Imagine the gentle rustling of leaves as a reminder that we are part of a greater whole, each leaf connected to the same tree. This meditation encourages us to recognize our deep connections to one another, much like those leaves, each contributing to the vitality of the tree. As we explore this practice, we are reminded of our shared humanity and of the profound truth that we belong to each other.

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This week, Tovi Scruggs Hussein shares that the foundation of racial healing is emotional work. Most long-term healing involves deep exploration of emotions. Fortunately, many of us have come to recognize that the competencies we call “emotional intelligence” are the rock-solid basis of meaningful and productive change. The ability to regulate emotions is a superpower.

This meditation is a key part of our Racial Healing Series, guided by Tovi. This series offers a space for reflection, vulnerability, and learning, aimed at dismantling racism through emotional intelligence and cultural humility. Each session, including today's, builds on mindfulness techniques to explore race and racism, fostering deep, systemic change through personal and collective healing. Join us as we navigate these critical topics with compassion and awareness, striving for a more inclusive and healed society.

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This week, Kelly Boys leads us in a meditation to let go of stress. So, find a comfortable position and prepare to release tension in the body in order to achieve a deep state of relaxation. 

Kelly Boys is an author and mindfulness trainer who specializes in a non-sleep deep rest practice called Yoga Nidra–and we’re excited to share that we’ve partnered with Kelly and our friends and Mindfulness.com to bring you a course all about deep rest and relaxation. Learn all about it and enroll by checking out the link in the show notes or by visiting the shop on mindful.org.

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This week, Melli O'Brien leads us through a body scan meditation designed to help you experience greater self-compassion, self-acceptance, and presence. This meditation is a chance to reconnect with yourself, to nurture a sense of presence and compassion. It’s like giving yourself a gift of time and care, creating a sanctuary of peace within. As you immerse yourself in this practice, allow it to foster a deeper connection with your body and mind.

Alongside today's meditation, we're excited to announce the upcoming launch of Melli’s Mindful Eating Course on Mindful.org. This 7-session audio course will teach you how to use mindfulness-based skills to give you a more healthy, enjoyable, and empowered  relationship with both food and with your body in just 15 minutes a day.

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This week, Stephanie Domet invites us to explore a mindful journaling practice. With the launch of our new Mindful Living Journal, this meditation serves as a perfect companion to deepen your reflective journey.

In this guided meditation, you’ll connect with your senses in a real or imagined setting. What do you hear? What do you smell? Feel the emotional content of the space. Mindful journaling empowers you to connect deeply with yourself and the present moment. In just a few minutes each day, it offers a sanctuary where you can slow down, center your thoughts, and nurture your inner calm. This practice is a compassionate space for self-exploration, helping you to process emotions, gain clarity, and cultivate gratitude.

To celebrate the launch, we're offering a special discount for our podcast listeners. Use the code 12MINUTEMEDITATION at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase. Visit mindful.org/journal  to get your Mindful Living Journal today.

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This week, Mark Coleman guides us in a 12-minute meditation on abundance in nature, an invitation to immerse ourselves in the beauty and generosity of the natural world. As spring graces the northern hemisphere, the call to connect with nature becomes ever more inviting. Mark poses a question that resonates deeply: How can we translate our knowledge of nature's benefits into a practice that nurtures and sustains us? Discover the essence of mindfulness with Mindful.org's "How to Meditate" page. Whether you're new to meditation or seeking a return to its roots, our resources cater to all levels of experience. Dive into techniques and insights to nurture your practice and cultivate presence, clarity, and inner peace. Best of all, these resources are completely free. Plus, by adding your email to the sign-up form on the page, you'll receive a complimentary email series covering the basics of meditation. Start your journey to mindfulness at mindful.org/howtomeditate/.

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This week, Elaine Smookler invites us to explore A Meditation for Navigating Grief Anniversaries, a practice that gently supports us in honoring and processing our feelings during these tender times. Grief anniversaries often bring a resurgence of emotions and memories, some of which can be painful and difficult to manage. This meditation creates a compassionate space where you can acknowledge these feelings without judgment, fostering a sense of acceptance and self-compassion.

Alongside today's Navigating Grief  Meditation, we're thrilled to highlight the relaunch of Elaine Smookler's engaging video course, Get Started with Mindfulness. Perfect for beginners and those looking to deepen their practice, this lively course offers step-by-step guidance to help you love your life more, have more fun, and be more present in body and mind.

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This week, Melli O’Brien invites us to immerse ourselves in a Self-Compassion and Loving-Kindness meditation, a practice designed to soothe the nervous system and cultivate self-compassion through deep relaxation and warm, gentle affirmations. Under Melli's guidance, we will begin by settling into a comfortable posture, releasing tension, and focusing on mindful breathing to ground ourselves in the present moment.

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This week, Tovi Scruggs-Hussein invites us on a transformative journey through mindfulness aimed at racial healing and understanding our deep-seated biases. Through her guided meditation, we delve into the roots of implicit biases—those "carefully taught" lessons of childhood that subtly shape our attitudes and behaviors towards others. Tovi's approach fosters an environment of introspection and forgiveness, encouraging us to reflect on these ingrained prejudices and the impact they have on our interactions and societal structures. This meditation is a key part of our Racial Healing Series, guided by Tovi. This series offers a space for reflection, vulnerability, and learning, aimed at dismantling racism through emotional intelligence and cultural humility. Each session, including today's, builds on mindfulness techniques to explore race and racism, fostering deep, systemic change through personal and collective healing. Join us as we navigate these critical topics with compassion and awareness, striving for a more inclusive and healed society.

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This week, Elaine Smookler invites us to explore the Mountain Meditation, a practice aimed at grounding us in the present moment through an upright and dignified posture, reminiscent of a mountain's enduring presence. With Elaine's guidance, we will embody the mountain's steadfast calm amidst the swirling winds and shifting clouds of life.

Alongside today's Mountain Meditation, we're thrilled to highlight the relaunch of Elaine Smookler's engaging video course, Get Started with Mindfulness. Perfect for beginners and those looking to deepen their practice, this lively course offers step-by-step guidance to help you love your life more, have more fun, and be more present in body and mind.

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This week, Nadene Cherry will guide us through practices uniquely tailored for moments when the world demands more than we might be ready to give. Imagine standing at the edge of a calm lake early in the morning, the world around you just waking up, and you're about to step into an important day filled with challenges and opportunities.

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This week, Diana Hill invites us into a soothing space where we learn to embrace our uncomfortable feelings, much like finding shelter in a serene greenhouse while a storm rages outside. In this practice, guided by principles from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dr. Hill helps us turn toward our emotions—be it anxiety, stress, sadness, or anger—with the kind of tender attention you might give a fragile seedling needing nurture to grow.

Diana is also offering 10 free copies of her new book The Self-Compassion Daily Journal: Let Go of Your Inner Critic and Embrace Who You Are with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to our listeners. If you’d like your own copy, head over to https://signups.mindful.org/book-giveaway-the-self-compassion-daily-journal-dr-diana-hill/ before May 15th to enter for a chance to win. Stay curious, stay inspired. Join our community by signing up for our free newsletter, where we share compelling insights and actionable ideas to enrich your everyday life. Connect with us at mindful.org/signup.

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This week, Elaine Smookler invites us to explore how grief, a complex and often overwhelming emotion,  shows up in our thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations. Through grounding exercises, Elaine helps us find a sense of stability and gently guides us to acknowledge our losses and meet the present with openness and resilience.

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This week, Carley Hauck introduces us to a simple yet profound meditation practice aimed at helping us navigate through the ups and downs of everyday life. In a world that feels increasingly complex and uncertain, Carley's guidance is like a gentle hand on the back, encouraging us to slow down and find calm amidst the chaos. She shows us how to face life's challenges with a kind and open heart, reminding us that it's okay to feel overwhelmed sometimes.

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This week, Carley Hauck introduces us to a simple yet profound meditation practice aimed at helping us navigate through the ups and downs of everyday life. In a world that feels increasingly complex and uncertain, Carley's guidance is like a gentle hand on the back, encouraging us to slow down and find calm amidst the chaos. She shows us how to face life's challenges with a kind and open heart, reminding us that it's okay to feel overwhelmed sometimes.

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This week, Cara Bradley invites you on a meditation journey that starts in the familiar setting of your daily life:smack in the middle of the commotion, distractions, and obligations that often fill your hours.  . Imagine stepping off the noisy city street into a quiet courtyard, a space where the chaos begins to fade, and your breath becomes your guide to calmness and clarity.

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This week, join Kim Armstrong as she leads a gratitude visualization practice. This gentle meditation invites you to shift your gaze inward and discover the often-overlooked moments of joy and contentment that punctuate your day. Kim guides us to visualize the warm embrace of our morning coffee, the soft light of dawn, or the comfort of a familiar smile. By focusing on these simple yet profound experiences, we grow our capacity for gratitude, because we begin to realize we can appreciate everything from the mundane to the magnificent.

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This week, join Nadene Cherry for a 12-minute meditation journey aimed at Cultivating Connection to Yourself and Beyond. Amid the rapid pace of everyday life, it's common to feel isolated, with our attention tightly focused on our personal experiences—our physical sensations, our thoughts, our emotions. Nadene's meditation offers a pathway to break down these walls, fostering a deep sense of connection and belonging that resonates with the values of inclusivity and unity.

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This week, we join Nate Klemp, who will introduce us to a unique three-stage meditation practice aimed at broadening and deepening our understanding of our own minds. Picture your mind as a flashlight, narrowly focused on a single point. This practice, "From Flashlight to Floodlight," is about learning to widen that beam, shedding light on a much larger area.

Nate is also offering 20 free copies of his new book "Open: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World" to our listeners. This is a fantastic opportunity to delve deeper into mindfulness and expansion. To win a copy of Nate's new book, head over to https://signups.mindful.org/book-giveaway-open-by-nate-klemp/  before March 15th to enter for a chance to win.

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This week, join Kim Armstrong as she leads a practice called "Meditation for Challenging Emotions," similar to a lighthouse guiding ships through the stormy seas of the mind. This guided meditation offers a sanctuary for those seeking to confront and process difficult emotions with grace.  

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This week, Tovi Scruggs-Hussein invites us to explore our inner selves as the foundation for connecting authentically with others. Through mindful awareness, deep breathing, and envisioning a world bound by love and respect for our unique differences, we embark on the first steps toward embracing our interconnection.

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This week, join Nate Klemp as he leads us in a meditation practice to widen our perspective.  In our world, brimming with constant information and rapid change, it's common to feel overwhelmed and resort to narrowing our focus, often manifesting as stress and anxiety. This practice proposes a different approach by widening our perspective. It shifts our view from a limited 'soda straw' outlook to an expansive 'panoramic' one. 

Excitingly, Nate is also offering 20 free copies of his new book "Open: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World" to our listeners. This is a fantastic opportunity to delve deeper into mindfulness and expansion. To win a copy of Nate's new book, head over to https://signups.mindful.org/book-giveaway-open-by-nate-klemp/  before March 15th to enter for a chance to win.

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This week, Michelle Maldonado leads a meditation designed to cultivate awareness and inspire action. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and confused about how to engage with the world from a place of strength, groundedness, and calm. As we navigate through the layers of self, family, community, and organizational dynamics, this meditation serves as a bridge, connecting inner reflection with outer action.

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This week’s meditation is led by Rashid Hughes and is based on the acronym REST. This practice specifically takes into account that every one of us show up to mindfulness practice with our life experience. 

In the REST meditation, R stands for Relax your attention. Release. E is for Exhale all striving. Empty. S is for Sense the silence. Surrender. T is for Tune in to awareness. Trust.

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This week, Shalini Bahl offers a 12-minute meditation to make some space and time to reconnect with ourselves and ask the question, “What’s most important to me?” Research shows that we are most energized when we find purpose and meaning in what we’re doing. We feel depleted when we don’t take time to do activities that we find inspiring or important to us.

This practice is part of a four-part series rooted in the lessons and wisdom from Shalini’s new book Return to Mindfulness: Disrupting Default Habits for Personal Fulfillment, Effective Leadership, and Global Impact, which launched on January 18th.

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This week, Shalini Bahl offers a 12-minute meditation to help us take in and process information efficiently. When we use our senses—touch, sight, hearing, taste, and smell—our thinking mind rests. So here, we focus on our senses and relax the mind. 

This practice is part of a four-part series rooted in the lessons and wisdom from Shalini’s new book Return to Mindfulness: Disrupting Default Habits for Personal Fulfillment, Effective Leadership, and Global Impact, which launched on January 18th.

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This week, Shalini Bahl offers a 12-minute meditation to explore the relationship between our emotions and our energy. High-intensity emotions drain our energy—not just the unpleasant ones like anxiety and fear, but also pleasant ones like excitement and elation. This meditation helps us channel these emotions to help us meet our goals without burning out. 

This practice is part of a four part series rooted in the lessons and wisdom from Shalini’s new book Return to Mindfulness: Disrupting Default Habits for Personal Fulfillment, Effective Leadership, and Global Impact, launching January 18th.

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This week, Shalini Bahl offers a 12-minute meditation to intentionally give your body the rest it needs and replenish your physical energy by checking in, softening, and letting go of tension. 

This practice is part of a four part series rooted in the lessons and wisdom from Shalini’s new book Return to Mindfulness: Disrupting Default Habits for Personal Fulfillment, Effective Leadership, and Global Impact, launching January 18th.

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This week, Mark Bertin guides us in a practice to find harmony amidst the holiday hustle. Release the grip of the "comparing mind," and embrace imperfect moments. Through intentional reflection, gratitude, connection, and self-compassion,this meditation offers a serene path to a joyous holiday experience.

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Jenée Johnson extends a warm invitation to reconnect with our inner selves, embracing love and care. This practice guides us in being present with ourselves in an aware, kind, and loving way, which can help us foster an interior refuge from life’s storms while also building strength and resilience. We synchronize our heart, mind, emotions, and body to nurture awareness and love in the present moment.

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Today, Barry Boyce guides you through the latest episode of our Focused Attention Series,.building on last week's session, where we explored meta-awareness and focused the mind using the breath as an anchor.. Mindfulness, as Barry emphasizes, is about noticing thoughts without judgment and fostering a natural awareness beyond mental chatter. In this episode, Barry introduces the practice of tuning into the present moment—a powerful experience of simply being.

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Today, Barry Boyce guides you to focus the mind using the breath as an anchor. Mindfulness involves noticing thoughts without judgment, fostering a natural awareness beyond the constant stream of mental chatter. In this particular practice, Barry introduces you to the power of “meta-awareness”—the moment you notice a thought—and how you can gently return your focus to the breath. Remember, in meditation, failure is part of the journey; each session is a learning experience. Take a moment to ground yourself, tune into your natural awareness, and explore the depths of mindfulness with Barry's guidance.

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Today, Diana Winston guides us through a loving-kindness meditation by encouraging us to focus on someone who brings joy—be it a relative, friend, or beloved pet. As you extend well-wishes for their safety, happiness, health, and ease, notice the calm and contentment you feel. And as you practice this meditation over time, you might be pleasantly surprised by how your thoughts, feelings, and responses begin to shift. 

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This week, meditation teacher Ed Halliwell guides you through "A Guided Meditation for Resting in the Flow," inviting you to envision the human experience as a flowing river—comprised of countless moving droplets forming a dynamic stream. Just as a river undergoes continuous change while maintaining a sense of continuity through well-worn grooves, our lives follow established patterns set by past events. By becoming attuned to the flow and the grooves, we can relax into the journey, gaining clarity that empowers us to skillfully navigate the current. Ed introduces the practice of resting in the flow, offering a meditation that aligns with the metaphor of the river, encouraging a deeper connection with the ever-changing currents of our existence.

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This week, meditation teacher Jay Vidyarthi leads us through a practice that helps release racing thoughts and immerse us in the present moment. In a world where self-care can feel like an added task, Jay offers a new approach. Rather than pushing for change, this practice encourages you to simply be. The aim is not to do, but to exist, letting things be as they are.

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This week, meditation teacher Vinny Ferraro leads us in a practice that helps us direct compassion to ourselves. We often strive for perfection and can become our harshest critics as we try to hide our flaws and mistakes. This meditation guides us to embrace self-compassion, a shift that allows us to grow more comfortable with our imperfections and human difficulties. We set the intention to meet ourselves with warmth and affection, fostering a friendship with ourselves. 

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This week, meditation teacher Holly Rogers leads us in a guided meditation for moving on. Life often presents us with challenges and discomfort. This practice is a gentle guide to navigating those moments with grace and clarity. 

Acceptance, as Holly reminds us, is not about liking or agreeing with what's happening; it's about acknowledging the truth of the present moment. By learning to embrace each moment as it is, without layering on resistance or judgments, we can ease the suffering that often accompanies adversity.

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This week, meditation teacher Adam Ortman leads us through a guided meditation that explores our inner dialogue. Our inner voice often constructs a limited narrative that obscures the full picture of our experiences. By paying close attention to this inner voice, especially when it tends to focus on negative thoughts, we can begin to nurture a habit of self-compassion.

This episode of 12-Minute Meditation is one of a series we created earlier this year in partnership with WholeSchool Mindfulness to support young people. That being said, anyone of any age can benefit from this beginner friendly self-compassion meditation. 

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This week, meditation teacher Charisse Minerva guides us in a unique sound meditation for greater awareness and self-discovery. Explore the symphony of sounds that surround us and learn to navigate stress through mindful breathing. Join us to embark on a sensory adventure with sound. 

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This week, meditation teacher Carrington Kernodle Epperson leads us in a guided visualization meditation for self-care and self-compassion. This meditation helps us invite in abundance and inner peace, and reminds us that we have everything we need within us. 

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This week, meditation teacher Enrique Collazo leads a guided loving-kindness meditation to practice compassion toward ourselves and all others. In our society, we’re often hard on ourselves and strive to reach the high expectations we set. Inevitably, we fall short and this can  lead to a habit of self-criticism. With loving-kindness we can learn to befriend ourselves and others, even when it’s difficult. 

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This week, Kazumi Igus leads a guided walking meditation that invites you to slow down and rediscover the beauty of the natural world, even within the bustling urban environment. If you pay attention, you can hear the call of a bird, notice your favorite color in shop windows, and look up at the vast sky above. In this guided meditation, we slow our roll and take in the beauty of our surroundings, no matter where we find ourselves.

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This week, Wholeschool Mindfulness Director, Ashley Williams shares a practice to help us check in with our minds, our bodies, our hearts, our energy, and our emotions. Earlier this year, Mindful partnered with WholeSchool Mindfulness to create a series of guided meditations to support young people. With the new school year beginning for many people, we'll be sharing these practices over the next few weeks. However, these practices don't have an age limit. Anyone can benefit from these guided meditations!

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In this week's episode, we explore a unique approach to dealing with difficult emotions. Instead of pushing them away, we delve into the power of recognizing and embracing these emotions with kindness and curiosity. Join us this week as Jud Brewer introduces a straightforward exercise that can help shift your perspective towards what you're feeling. Discover how curiosity can be a valuable tool in connecting with your own lived experience, whether it involves emotions like sadness, anxiety, or any other challenging feeling.

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Embark on a journey of self-discovery and mental growth with the insightful guidance of clinical psychologist Diana Hill in this week's edition of 12 Minute Meditation. Dr. Diana Hill leads you through a meditation designed to sharpen your perspective-taking skills—an essential component rooted in psychological flexibility and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). This practice empowers you to momentarily step back from your personal narrative and connect with a broader viewpoint, offering fresh insights into your experiences.

Discover a balanced state between heightened awareness and relaxation, crafting a tranquil and harmonious mental space. Your breath becomes a reliable anchor, facilitating an easy return to focus amidst distractions or life's demands. Through this transformative practice, you'll uncover a haven of mental calm—a reservoir of composure and resilience, equipping you to gracefully navigate life's trials.

Don't miss the chance to infuse mindfulness into your daily routine, expertly guided by Dr. Diana Hill. Join her on this enlightening journey and unlock the empowering potential of mindful awareness in your everyday life. Your path to discovery and growth is ready to unfold.

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This week, join mindfulness expert Shamash Alidina in this transformative 12-minute guided meditation, "Finding Meaning with ACT in Action," exclusively on mindful.org. Drawing from his acclaimed course "ACT for Beginners," Shamash will lead you through the 6 flexibility skills of the ACT process, using the acronym ACTION:

A - Acceptance: Embrace the present moment with kindness, making space for feelings.

C - Cognitive Defusion: Unhook from unhelpful thoughts, creating mental flexibility.

T - Transcendent Self: Observe experiences without judgment, fostering a flexible sense of self.

I - In the Moment: Embrace presence by focusing on sensory experiences, cultivating mindfulness.

O - Open to Values: Recognize what truly matters, aligning actions with core values.

N - Navigating with Meaningful Action: Infuse daily activities with intention, living according to values.

Experience psychological flexibility and discover fulfillment by integrating mindfulness and values-directed living. Explore the journey of mindful living with Shamash, and join his 30-day Mindfulness Challenge for deeper insights into ACT and mindfulness.

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Join clinical psychologist Diana Hill this week as she takes you on a transformative journey of mindfulness and self-discovery. Embrace the soothing power of Thich Nhat Hanh's mantras from the revered Plum Village tradition as you begin with a gentle focus on your breath. From there, expand your awareness, letting your breath flow through your head, your heart and into a space of profound loving consciousness.

In this meditation, Dr. Diana Hill skillfully guides you to find the delicate balance between wakefulness and ease, creating a serene and harmonious mental state. The breath becomes your grounding anchor, a sanctuary to which you can effortlessly return whenever your mind wanders, or life becomes overwhelming. Through this practice, you'll discover a place of refuge, a source of calm and strength to navigate life's challenges with grace and composure.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the transformative benefits of mindfulness. Join Dr. Diana Hill and unlock the power of loving awareness in your daily life. The journey awaits you.

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Find more from Diana Hill, Ph.D. here:

Drdianahill.com

http://yourlifeinprocess.com/

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Join Dr. Reena Kotecha, creator of Mindful in Healthcare, in this week's practice, called the 'SOS Response' meditation. This practice uses guided visualization and mindfulness to enable response flexibility when you're experiencing a challenging situation or when you're in the midst of difficulty. You will come away equipped to emotionally regulate and create a well thought out response when you're stressed or triggered.

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Find more from Dr. Reena Kotecha here:

https://drreenakotecha.com/

https://www.mindful.org/author/reenakotecha/

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Join Shalini Bahl-Milne in this week's practice as she guides us through a practice to replenish our mental energy. By focusing on our senses, we can rest our thinking mind and fully experience the present moment. Feel the sensations in your feet, listen to the sounds around you, and embrace the scents in your environment. Open your eyes and see an object with fresh eyes, free from judgments. This 12-Minute Meditation allows you to reconnect with yourself and cultivate a sense of presence. Take a moment to replenish your energy and feel fully present.

Find more from Shalini Bahl-Milne here:

https://www.mindful.org/author/shalinibahlmilne/

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Join us for a transformative meditation led by Jessica Morey, as we explore the power of connecting with our own goodness. By anchoring ourselves in feelings of love and gratitude, we can cultivate a sense of loving-kindness and compassion that extends beyond ourselves and into the world. In this practice, Jessica guides us through various steps to deepen our connection with ourselves and others. Starting with listening to our bodies and surrendering to gravity, we embrace the support and kindness within and around us. Placing a hand on our body, we offer soothing and supportive gestures throughout the practice. Through breath and intention, we wish ourselves well and explore phrases of loving-kindness and self-compassion. We allow these well wishes to permeate our being, bathing every cell of our body in happiness and ease. With our hearts overflowing with love and gratitude, we shift our focus to someone in our lives who effortlessly inspires love. We extend our well wishes to them, hoping for their well-being, happiness, and ease. As we conclude this meditative journey, we carry the warmth of loving-kindness and compassion with us, ready to face the world with open hearts and open minds. Tune in to this episode and embrace the transformative power of connecting with your own goodness.

Find more from Jessica Morey here: jessicamorey.org

www.mindful.org/author/jessica-morey/

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Join clinical psychologist Diana Hill as she takes us on a journey to uncover the profound meaning that can arise from our greatest pains.

Drawing from her extensive experience straddling the realms of pain and meaning, Diana guides us through a thought-provoking experiment. Through a series of activities, we explore the discomfort we feel and the significance these activities hold in our lives. From saying no when overwhelmed to engaging with opposing political views, Diana skillfully highlights the inherent connection between pain and meaning.

Discover how a meaningful life is not devoid of pain but rather intertwined with it. Engaging in purposeful activities often brings discomfort, yet this discomfort can serve as a source of pleasure and growth. Diana shares insights from experts, revealing how contrast, self-reflection breaks, and the signaling of strength contribute to finding pleasure in pain.

Learn how pain plays a vital role in our brain's dopamine balance and why skillfully choosing pain in service of what matters to us can lead to a more fulfilling life. Diana introduces six strategies to expand our flexibility in the face of discomfort, such as embracing the power of choice, turning up the meaning dial, and staying present in the moment. She guides us to physicalize our discomfort, expand our perspective, and transcend our self-centered mindset to cultivate compassion and interconnection.

Don't miss this captivating episode that will challenge your understanding of pain, meaning, and the transformative possibilities that arise when we wholeheartedly embrace our full range of experiences. 

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Find more from Diana Hill, PhD here:

Drdianahill.com

http://yourlifeinprocess.com/

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Join us this week as Rose Felix Cratsley shares powerful affirmations that nurture self-compassion, encourage personal growth, and bring about healing through hope. With a firm belief in the importance of mindfulness as a fundamental human right, Rose reminds us that we enter this world with openness and curiosity, yet often find ourselves burdened by self-judgment, criticism, fear, and anxiety.

Rose is the visionary founder and president of Ivy Child International, a remarkable non-profit organization dedicated to creating global mental health initiatives for children, families, and communities. Through their impactful work, Ivy Child International strives to improve the well-being of individuals worldwide.

Tune in to discover affirmations that will empower you to embrace self-compassion, foster growth, and find solace in the transformative power of hope. Rose's wisdom and experience will guide you on a journey of healing, as you navigate the challenges of life with renewed strength and resilience.

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Find more from Rose Felix Cratsley here:

Ivy Child International

https://www.mindful.org/author/rosefelixcratsley/

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Join expert Cara Bradley for a transformative mindful movement practice, synchronizing mind and body through breath and spinal movement. This practice integrates mindfulness into movement, unlocking the power of the mind-body connection. Experience increased calmness, clarity, relaxation, and alertness.

Cara Bradley, renowned in mindful movement, guides you through spinal alignment with breath, followed by seated observation. Explore subtle sensations and body boundaries in the first half. In the second half, sit and notice thoughts, emotions, and sensations without judgment.

Cara Bradley's practice offers a holistic approach, enhancing physical alignment, flexibility, body awareness, and mental resilience. Embark on this journey, guided by Cara Bradley, and embrace the profound benefits of mindful movement in just one session. Harmonize mind and body, transforming your well-being.

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https://www.carabradley.net/

https://www.mindful.org/author/cara-bradley/

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As this week’s meditation teacher Mark Coleman says, "We know being in nature is good for us, but how do we put this into practice in a way that will really serve and nurture us?" This is a question we address in our course, Nature Meditations. And with Spring blossoming around us, it seems like the right time to get outside and appreciate what the natural world offers.

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Find more from Mark Coleman here:

markcoleman.org 

Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self-Discovery

Make Peace With Your Mind

From Suffering to Peace

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Delicious means enjoyable, delightful, and pleasant—and we can bring that perspective into the kitchen as we cook. This week, mindful eating expert Lynn Rossy offers four ways to savor the dance of cooking. Lynn says Delicious is the term used to describe the type of food she hopes to eat, but also the way in which she moves. 

For this practice, find a quiet spot to listen and visualize with Lynn’s guidance, or, bring this podcast with you into the kitchen when you go to cook your next meal. When Lynn’s instructions end, you can continue to meditate, journal, or cook, reflecting on Lynn’s offering, until you hear the sound of the final bell.

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Find more from Lynn Rossy here: 

lynnrossy.com

mindful.org/author/lynn-rossy

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The April 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Joyful Movement Issue

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This week we're offering something a little different. Elaine Smookler guides a laughter yoga practice. The amazing thing about laughter is you don’t even have to really have something funny to laugh at. We can actually induce laughter as an experience and the body will still release the same endorphins. This gentle movement exercise is Elaine’s foolproof way to induce laughter. It is based on the Hawaiian word “Aloha,” a nice vowel-y word that opens the mouth and throat just by saying it. You can practice alongside Elaine, then, when the laughter yoga ends, find a comfortable position where you can continue to meditate or journal, reflecting on Elaine’s offering, until you hear the sound of the final bell.

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Find more from Elaine Smookler here:

Elainesmookler.com

mindful.org/author/elaine-smookler

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The April 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Joyful Movement Issue

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This week, Patricia Rockman offers a practice to explore your habitual reactions. This meditation is about working with habits. In particular, our habitual reactions to difficult situations that commonly arise. These could be anger at being stuck in traffic, sadness at not getting what we want, or frustration when dealing with companies that keep us on hold for what feels like eternity. Whatever it may be, mindfulness practices can help us deal with our habitual reactivity in more skillful ways.

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patriciarockman.com

mindful.org/author/patricia-rockman

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The April 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Joyful Movement Issue

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Wisdom arises out of our mind’s capacity to be aware—which is not the same as thinking. Meditation teacher Kimberly Brown says, wisdom is a moment-to-moment awareness of what’s arising internally and externally. So, this week, Brown offers a practice to train our awareness. It begins with developing concentration, which allows us to let go of our thoughts and our plans and be in this moment.

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Find more from Kimberly Brown here: 

meditationwithheart.com

mindful.org/author/kimberlybrown

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The April 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Joyful Movement Issue

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Walking meditation can be a formal practice, like watching the breath, or it can be informal, simply bringing awareness to this everyday activity whenever we need to travel from point A to point B. It’s an opportunity to gather our awareness which so often becomes distracted or even stuck when the mind is left to its own devices. Whether moving between floors of a building, on a city street, or in the woods, Mark Bertin offers this opportunity to guide ourselves out of the distracted autopilot we live in throughout so much of our day. So take a break and boost your mood with this simple walking meditation. 

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Find more from Mark Bertin here: 

developmentaldoctor.com

Mark on mindful.org

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Mindful.org

The April 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Joyful Movement Issue

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The opposite of feeling checked out or distracted—the unfortunate reality for many—is the experience of flow state, bringing your skills and focus together to meet whatever challenge you face. This week, Nate Klemp offers a practice to rest in the flow of effortlessness. Here’s how you can train your mind to cultivate the ease and joy of being “in the zone.”

You’ll find this practice as a web extra in the April issue of Mindful. You can find the April issue of the magazine now on newsstands or you can check it out on mindful.org 

Show Notes

Find more from Nate Klemp here: 

Nateklemp.com

Nate on mindful.org

And more from Mindful here:

Flow State: How to Get in the Zone

The April 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Joyful Movement Issue

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Movement is a valuable ally in bringing more calm, focus, and clarity to our state of mind. So, this week, Dianne Bondy offers a soothing yoga flow to help you choose yourself. Gentle movement helps us tune in to the daily routines that we might otherwise go through on autopilot.

Savor this gentle practice as part of your time to simply be present with yourself or  invite a loved one to join you and unwind together.

You’ll find this practice as a web extra to our guide to mindful movement, in the April issue of Mindful. You can find the April issue of the magazine now on newsstands or you can check it out on mindful.org 

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Find more from Diane Bondy here: 

diannebondyyoga.com

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7 Mindful Movement Practices for Daily Life

The April 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Joyful Movement Issue

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When we lengthen the exhale, we’re better able to find our power and invite a sense of relaxation to high intensity movement. Longer exhales cause the vagus nerve to send a signal to your brain, activating the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) and easing the sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight, or freeze).

You’ll find this practice as a web extra to our Guide to Mindful Movement, in the April issue of Mindful magazine—now on newsstands and mindful.org.

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More from Georgina Miranda: 

Georginamiranda.com

Georgina Miranda, Author at Mindful

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7 Mindful Movement Practices for Daily Life

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Even when we’re sitting still, we can sense the movement of nature around us, full of moment-to-moment reminders of the continuous state of growth and life surrounding us. This week, Jeanne Corrigal offers a practice to rest in the movement of nature. You can do this meditation outdoors, or anywhere.

You’ll find this practice as a web extra to our Guide to Mindful Movement, in the April issue of Mindful magazine—now on newsstands and mindful.org.

Show Notes

Find more from Jeanne Corrigal here: 

jeannecorrigal.com

Jeanne Corrigal, Author at Mindful

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7 Mindful Movement Practices for Daily Life

The April 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Joyful Movement Issue

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There are countless ways we can shift our world for the better—whether it’s volunteering weekly in our communities, engaging someone in a compassionate conversation, joining an activist group, or creating art that envisions what positive change might look like and energizes us to get there. But that’s not the whole story. We need to care for ourselves, too: Healing and replenishing ourselves is part of the healing we wish for others. 

In this seated yoga practice, we cultivate the tools to nurture, strengthen, and give courage to our fearless hearts.

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Find more from Boo Boafo here: @holisticlifestyler

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7 Mindful Movement Practices for Daily Life

The April 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Joyful Movement Issue

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It is easy to feel overwhelmed and confused about how to engage with the world from a place of strength, groundedness, and calm. So, this week, we’re sharing an awareness practice to foster three key insights: clarity of intention; understanding of our power, presence, and impact; and opportunities for wise action-taking. We don’t have to know all the answers. We are simply inviting in reflection and introspection to allow insights and awareness of body and mind to arise. Whatever arises, see if you can meet it with self-compassion and curiosity.

This practice was featured in the February 2023 issue of Mindful as part of an at-home meditation retreat designed for you to take your individual practice into your relationships and your community. You can find the new issue of Mindful on newsstands or on mindful.org.

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Find more from Michelle Maldonado here:

lucenscia.com

A Bridge to Better

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Try This Self-Guided Meditation Retreat for Rest and Restoration

The February 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Healing Burnout Issue

Mindful at Work

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We tend to focus all our love on the people we care about—yet, to connect more deeply with others, we must turn toward the one person we keep on the shortest leash: ourselves. We often reject other people’s care or attention when we believe we don’t deserve it. This practice reminds us that there’s nothing special we must do to deserve love. You are worthy of love simply because you exist.

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More from Sharon Salzberg here:

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Try This Self-Guided Meditation Retreat for Rest and Restoration

The February 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Healing Burnout Issue

Mindful at Work

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The simple act of questioning the thoughts that shape our reality (especially when they create stress, anger, or frustration) opens the door to living a life with more compassion, ease, and openness to new possibilities. This week, Nate Klemp and Eric Langshur offer a practice (recorded by Mindful editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock) to inquire into our thoughts and unwind from stress.

This practice is featured in the February 2023 issue of Mindful as part of an at-home meditation retreat. The mini-retreat is curated for relief and restoration when you're teetering on the edge of burnout and designed for you to take your individual practice into your relationships and your community.

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Find more from Nate Klemp and Eric Langshur here:

Nateklemp.com

Start Here: Mast the Lifelong Habit of Well-beingMore from Nate on mindful.org

More from Eric on mindful.org

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Try This Self-Guided Meditation Retreat for Rest and Restoration

The February 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Healing Burnout Issue

Mindful at Work

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While many of us take stock at the end of a year, and use the fresh page of January to set goals, or make plans, that sense of letting go of what we're caught up in and the habits we've been living through can be an integral part of our everyday mindfulness practice. Each time we sit for a few minutes, there's an opportunity to let go of wherever our minds, attention, and awareness have gotten caught up in, come back, and realign ourselves with our best intentions and efforts. 

As you approach this practise, ask yourself what you'd like to bring to it today. And remember that at any moment, you can realign yourself with your best intentions, recognizing that you may lose touch again and then come back when you do.

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Find more from Mark Bertin here:

Mark Bertin, Author at Mindful

developmentaldoctor.com

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The February 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Healing Burnout Issue

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For the month of December we're rounding up our most popular meditations from this year. This week, Rose Felix Cratsley offers affirmations for self-compassion, embracing growth, and healing through hope. She says, “I think mindfulness is an essential and fundamental human right. We come into the world open and curious, but oftentimes self-judgment, criticism, fear, and anxiety come about.” 

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Find more from Rose Felix Cratsley here:

Ivy Child International

Rose Felix Cratsley. Author at Mindful

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The Top 10 Guided Meditations of 2022

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For the month of December we're rounding up our most popular meditations from this year. This week, Elaine Smookler offers a practice to help savor the moment by tapping into your senses. 

One morning in early October, Elaine Smookler glanced at her cell phone and noticed the weather app ominously predicting many days of snow and icy temperatures ahead. Life’s challenges were seemingly everywhere. And Elaine was smiling. Cheerful. Grateful. Difficulties were still present, but awareness of her gratitude shifted her view, letting her see that everything was not dark and cold—in fact, many sights and sounds were quite lovely. Cultivate gratitude for life's small delights as you're guided through the senses by Elaine. 

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Find more from Elaine Smookler here:

elainesmookler.com 

Read Elaine’s latest Inner Wisdom column in Mindful magazine

More from Elaine on mindful.org

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The Top 10 Guided Meditations of 2022

The February 2023 issue of Mindful magazine: The Healing Burnout Issue

The Gratitude Journal by Mindful

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Sometimes we need to drop into our body to discern what we need in this moment. In this episode of 12 Minute Meditation, author and mindfulness teacher Dr. Christopher Willard offers four prompts to help us self-regulate by attending to what our difficult emotions or physical sensations may be telling us, using the acronym H.A.L.T. H is for asking ourselves: Am I hungry right now? A means checking in to see: Am I angry or anxious, or otherwise dysregulated and activated? L stands for lonely: Am I feeling lonely in this moment? And T stands for: Am I tired?

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drchristopherwillard.com

Chris on mindful.org

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The Top 10 Guided Meditations of 2022

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When love feels scarce, we are conditioned to slip into survival mode. We cling to our beliefs about who we are in order to feel safe, to compensate for the belief that we are lacking. But seeing these conditioned habits for what they are can help create pathways for returning, for remembrance, for releasing into our inherent belonging. This mindful journaling practice guides you in bringing any judgments or unmet needs into your conscious awareness, where they can be healed.

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Find more from Caverly Morgan here:

caverlymorgan.org

Caverly Morgan, Author at Mindful

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If you’re celebrating Thanksgiving this week, we’re sending you warm wishes for a safe and happy holiday. And, in the spirit of season, this week, Steve Hickman offers a gratitude practice for small things.

You’ll find this practice featured in our Gratitude Journal, which is a beautiful, lovingly designed collection of essays, articles, and practices, rooted in neuroscience, and featuring writing prompts by Jane Anne Staw, and lots of space for you to draw, write, and reflect on your own relationship with and practice of gratitude.

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Find more from Steve Hickman here:

drstevenhickman.com

More from Steven on mindful.org

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The December 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Self-Love Issue

The Gratitude Journal by Mindful

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Sometimes gratitude can be tough to tap into, so this week, Jessica Morey shares a meditation to help us connect with our own goodness. When we're anchored in feelings of love and gratitude, we can bring loving-kindness and compassion with us out into the world. This practice as a web extra to our guide to gratitude, in the December issue of Mindful. Our guide to gratitude features a variety of practices designed to help you tune into your five senses, shift toward qualities like joy and awe, and more.

Show Notes

Find more from Jessica Morey here:

jessicamorey.org

Jessica on mindful.org

And more from Mindful here:

The December 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Self-Love Issue

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One of the biggest obstacles to gratitude is resentment, says Barry Boyce, Mindful’s founding editor. From time to time, we need to undercut our own perspective and see things from the other side—maybe even from all sides. Here, Barry shares a gratitude practice to help us stop clinging to our ideas of what we want, and to work with the feelings that come up when we feel resistant to the way things are. 

Show Notes

Find more from Barry Boyce here:

“Gratitude for the Lousy Ingrate”

“The Truth About Parasocial Relationships”

More from Barry on mindful.org

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The December 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Self-Love Issue

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While moving through nature, we have the opportunity to enter a state of being, be present with all of our sensations, and awaken gratitude for the Earth that is also part of us. So, take this moment to connect with the breath as Georgina Miranda, social entrepreneur, outdoor adventurer, speaker, writer, and mindful leadership expert guides you in a meditation for gratitude in nature. This meditation is a web extra for the December 2022 issue of Mindful magazine, on newsstands now or on mindful.org.

Show Notes

Find more from Georgina Miranda here:

georginamiranda.com

“Gratitude for the Lousy Ingrate”

More from Georgina on mindful.org

And more from Mindful here:

The December 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Self-Love Issue

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When we take a moment to appreciate what's happening in our bodies, with a spirit of curiosity, we honor all that our bodies do for us every day. This week, Elaine Smookler guides us in a moment to bring appreciation to our embodied experience right now. 

Show Notes

Find more from Elaine Smookler here:

Elainesmookler.com

Elaine Smookler, Author at Mindful

Mindful course: Get Started with Mindfulness Course

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The December 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Self-Love Issue

The Gratitude Journal by Mindful

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This week, experienced mindfulness practitioner and instructor Gina Rollo White offers a gentle way to connect with each area of your body, while nurturing a felt sense of loving-kindness and gratitude. This somatic (embodied awareness) practice is a bonus that adds on to the “Guide to Gratitude” that you’ll find in the December issue of Mindful magazine. There, mindfulness experts share their best tips and guided practices to shift focus toward qualities like joy and awe, and discover new ways to let gratitude come alive. 

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Find more from Gina Rollo White here:

Mindfuljunkie.com

Mindful course: Learn to De-Stress With Gina Rollo White

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When we’re caught in the throes of an emotion like sadness, loneliness, or anger, shifting our awareness into the body allows us to experience the ever-changing nature of these strong and often unpleasant emotions. This practice will help you get used to the feeling of paying attention to difficult emotions in the body with curiosity and without judgment.

Show Notes

Find more from Sharon Salzberg here:

sharonsalzberg.com

Sharon Salzberg on mindful.org

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The October 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Peaceful Mind Issue

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This practice is a web extra in the October issue of Mindful magazine where we look into the science and practice of meditating—not to push away your painful emotions, but to see and recognize those emotions with kindness and curiosity. This week, Jud Brewer offers this simple exercise to help you shift your attitude toward what you’re feeling. Curiosity is a helpful tool for engaging with our embodied experience, including emotions like sadness, anxiety, or any other unpleasant emotion. 

Show Notes

Find more from Judson Brewer here:

Drjud.com

Unwinding Anxiety

Jud on mindful.org

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The October 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Peaceful Mind Issue

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This practice is a web extra in the October issue of Mindful magazine where we look into the science and practice of meditating—not to push away your painful emotions, but to see and recognize those emotions with kindness and curiosity. By allowing ourselves to experience where tough emotions are present in the body, and opening up to them with love, we can cultivate a sense of peace and acceptance toward the imperfect nature of life. This meditation is guided by author and mindful self-compassion expert Kristin Neff. It’s designed for dealing with really difficult emotions, so if you're feeling something very difficult right now, this may be a good meditation for you. 

Show Notes

Find more from Kristin Neff here:

Self-compassion.org

Fierce Self-Compassion

Kristin on mindful.org

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The October 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Peaceful Mind Issue

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Sometimes we need to drop into our body to discern what we need in this moment. In this episode of 12 Minute Meditation, author and mindfulness teacher Dr. Christopher Willard offers four prompts to help us self-regulate by attending to what our difficult emotions or physical sensations may be telling us, using the acronym H.A.L.T. In a nutshell, H is for asking ourselves: Am I hungry right now? A means checking in to see: Am I angry or anxious, or otherwise dysregulated and activated? L stands for lonely: Am I feeling lonely in this moment? And T stands for: Am I tired? 

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drchristopherwillard.com 

Chris on mindful.org

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The October 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Peaceful Mind Issue

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This week, meditation teacher and author Kimberly Brown offers a loving-kindness practice variation to help us cultivate more ease and openness within the moment-to-moment unfolding of our lives. “Everything is impermanent. It's always changing, coming together and falling apart,” she says. When we can accept that not everything is up to us, and let go of trying to control what we can’t change, we can find more ease. This practice is a web extra in the October issue of Mindful magazine. In the feature, veteran journalist Caren Osten Gerszberg looks into the science and practice of meditating—not to push away your painful emotions, but to see and recognize those emotions with kindness and curiosity.

Show Notes

Find more from Kimberly Brown here:

Kimberly on Mindful.org

Meditationwithheart.com

Navigating Grief and Loss

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The Peaceful Mind issue: Calm Your Anxious Brain

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Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang leads us in a 4-7-8 breath practice to release stagnant air and find calm. Ni-Cheng is a pulmonary physician, podcast host, and mindfulness teacher. In the early days of the pandemic, she recruited eight medical colleagues from across the United States to create the Mindful Healthcare Collective, which offers free online mindfulness sessions to healthcare workers, with topics including basic breath awareness, mindful eating, and even anti-racism work.

Show Notes:

Find more of Ni-Cheng Liang here:

Ni-Cheng Liang, Author at Mindful

ncliangmd.com

Meditate with Ni-Cheng in the Mindful30: a 30-Day Meditation Challenge

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This week, Georgina Miranda shares a guided practice to help us feel more grounded and at ease, especially during stressful or fearful moments. Georgina is a global leader in change, transformation, mindfulness, conscious leadership development and the advancement of women. She is also a highly sought after international transformation coach, public speaker, and management consultant.

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Find more of Georgina Miranda here: 

Author Page, Georgina Miranda

This Woman Used Mindfulness to Climb Mt. Everest 

GEORGINA MIRANDA   

Meditate with Georgina in the Mindful30: a 30-Day Meditation Challenge

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In order to be giving, we need to be nourished. This week, Andres Gonzalez shares a practice about learning to check in with yourself and to do so with love. Andres is cofounder of the Holistic Life Foundation. For twenty years, Andres has taught yoga to diverse populations, including Baltimore City Public School, drug treatment centers, mental crisis facilities, homeless shelters, wellness centers, colleges, private schools, and other venues throughout the nation. He is also one of this year's teachers in our Mindful30 meditation challenge. Andres will be guiding practices based on easing stress with intentional breathing. If you want to know more about Mindful30, we’ll link to it in the show notes for this episode.

Show Notes:

Find more from Andres Gonzalez here:

Holistic Life Foundation

Meditate with Andres in the Mindful30: a 30-Day Meditation Challenge

Andres on mindful.org

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The August 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Happiness Issue

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Founding editor of Mindful and mindful.org Barry Boyce offers a simple practice for cultivating your attention. He says, "The simple act of paying attention is really the kindest thing you can do for yourself. When our mind is scattered it creates pain and disconnection, and that pain and disconnection gets picked up by others." But paying attention isn’t as easy as deciding to do it—it does take practice! So that’s what this week’s meditation is all about. 

Show Notes: 

Find more from Barry Boyce here:

Barry on mindful.org

Read his latest column in Mindful magazine, “What Happens If We Drop Our Illusions?”

Mindful30: 30-Day Meditation Challenge

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The August 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Happiness Issue

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This week, we're offering something a little different. Dr. Michelle Chatman shares a practice that she's been singing since 2020, when we saw the killing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor; when the COVID-19 pandemic began and we saw its devastating effects upon Black and brown communities; and we also saw protests and uprisings in response to racial injustice around the globe.

As an assistant professor in the Crime, Justice, and Security Studies program at The University of the District of Columbia and contemplative educator, Michelle weaves meditation, music, and introspective practices into her teaching to help facilitate student learning and growth and build community. This song helps Michelle restore.

You can close your eyes or lower your gaze while you listen to Michelle sing and then can continue to meditate, reflecting on Michelle's offering, until you hear the sound of the final bell.

Show Notes:

Find more from Dr. Michelle Chatman here: 

Healing the Harm in Schools - TEDxUStreetWomen

Black Mindfulness Summit

10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2022

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The August 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Happiness Issue

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During times of stress and uncertainty, touching into your groundedness while remaining open can help you find calm—and inspire others to do the same. Meena Srinivasan offers a practice for staying both rooted, and open. “You can always draw upon the strength of those who’ve come before us,” she says. “Know that you can act from a place and space of groundedness and compassion. And this is what the world needs now.”

Show notes:

Find more from Meena Srinivasan here: 

meenasrinivasan.com

Transformative Educational Leadership

10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2022

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“Resilience can be thought of as our capacity to know when we are not in a state of equilibrium and to be in the practice of gently inviting ourselves to open up and reveal whatever it is we need to be nourished and to be held.” Dr. Sará King says. And this can help us to reestablish a feeling of safety, connectedness, and grounding. This week, Dr. King invites us to connect with the love and healing we’d like to send to future generations to cultivate intergenerational resilience. 

Show Notes:

Find more from Sará King here:

Where Science, Mindfulness, and Social Justice Intersect

10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2022

Sará King on mindful.org

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The August 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Happiness Issue

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This week, Rose Felix Cratsley offers affirmations for self-compassion, embracing growth, and healing through hope. She says, “I think mindfulness is an essential and fundamental human right. We come into the world open and curious, but oftentimes self-judgment, criticism, fear, and anxiety come about.” Rose is founder and president of Ivy Child International, a non-profit that develops global mental health initiatives for children, families, and communities. 

Show Notes:

Find more from Rose Felix Cratsley here:

Ivy Child International

10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2022

Rose on mindful.org

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The August 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Happiness Issue

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This engaging meditation uses the energy and imagery of stones to foster inner connection and emotional regulation. Follow the guided practice and join your child on a mindful adventure.

Renda Dionne Madrigal is a licensed clinical psychologist and registered drama therapist. She is Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and specializes in embodied mindfulness-based practices. This week she's sharing one of the practices from her book, The Mindful Family Guidebook, called North Star Breathing.

Show Notes:

Find more about Renda Dionne Madrigal here:

“10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2022”

The Mindful Family Guidebook

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Mindful - August 2022: The Self-Care Issue

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We live in a world of constant change and this week, Aden Van Noppen invites us to find what roots us. Aden is the founder and executive director of Mobius, a collaboration between leading neuroscientists, meditation teachers, and technologists to work toward the creation of digital technology that enhances our individual and collective well-being. Aden is also one of the 10 powerful women of the mindfulness movement 2022, and here she guides a meditation on impermanence.

Show Notes:

Find more about Aden Van Noppen here:

“10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2022”

Mobius

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Mindful - August 2022: The Self-Care Issue

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Learning to tune in to our own vulnerability is an act of courage that allows us to form deeper, more genuine relationships. In the August 2021 issue of Mindful magazine, Dr. Stacee Reicherzer wrote, “If you’re someone who grew up being told that tears are a sign of weakness, or that you should never show fear lest you be exploited, you understand how very difficult it is to communicate complex emotions like jealousy, resentment, or sorrow.” In this week’s episode, Dr. Reicherzer leads us in a guided meditation to explore vulnerability and what it might be like to open up to someone we trust.

Show Notes:

drstacee.com

The Healing Otherness Handbook

Healing Otherness with Compassion (and Sass)

A Guided Meditation to Reflect on the Colours of the Pride Flag

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This week, Rose Felix Cratsley offers a meditation to honor equity by uplifting and celebrating the power of pausing together. In this mindfulness framework, each letter of the word BREATH serves to remind us of our responsibility to ourselves and to others to honor and promote equity. So she invites us to breathe, renew, exercise equity, activate and advocate, trust the power, and heal.

Rose Felix Cratsley is the founder and president of Ivy Child International, a nonprofit that develops global mental health initiatives for children, families, and communities. She is also featured in our annual list of powerful women in the mindfulness movement. You can find that feature in the August issue of Mindful Magazine later this month.

Show Notes:

Find more from Rose Felix Cratsley here: Ivy Child International 

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Life doesn't always serve us exactly what we want. Sometimes it offers pain, confusion, and sorrow. There's no way to stop those circumstances, nor to stop the difficult emotions that might arise alongside them. This week, Frank Ostaseski offers a meditation to investigate all of the circumstances of our lives with curiosity, and that can help us welcome everything that comes, or at least allow it. When we allow what is to simply be, we relieve ourselves of the suffering that can get heaped on top of our moments of difficulty. That extra suffering is optional, even if the difficult causes and conditions are not.

Show Notes:

Find more from Frank Ostaseski here: Frank Ostaseski, Author at Mindful 

Zen Hospice Project 

Metta Institute

Read Kate Bowler’s essay:

Coming Undone But Not Unmade

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Discover the June 2022 Issue

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Nurses help those who are sick or injured, they hold the hands of others as their life ends or offer solace to those pained by loss. To mark National Nurses Week, Cynda Hylton Rushton calls on nurses to pause for a moment to honor their hands—and to acknowledge the joys, sorrows, disappointments, fears, and triumphs in their professional lives.

Show Notes: 

More from Cynda Rushton on Mindful.org

How Integrity Can Heal Burnout

As Mark Coleman says, listening is a beautiful doorway to the present moment, a tuning in to what’s here. With listening practice, we develop the qualities of receptivity, relaxation, and a sense of naturalness. We don’t need to make much effort to hear anything. A sound arises and is known quite easily and naturally in awareness. So, with this particular meditation, we can cultivate a sense of ease, receptivity, and openness. We allow the sounds to be the locus for our attention, simply present to the ebb and flow in the soundscape.

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Find more from Mark Coleman here:

markcoleman.org 

Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self-Discovery

Make Peace With Your Mind

From Suffering to Peace

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Nature Meditations course

The June 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Resilience Issue

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In this practice, Sharon Salzberg invites us to allow ourselves to feel our emotions, notice the sensations that arise in our body, and forgive ourselves for what we feel. And while your mind might wander during the meditation, Salzburg reminds us that it is always possible to let go and begin again. This practice is featured in the June issue of Mindful magazine, which you can find on Mindful.org or at a newsstand near you. 

Show Notes

Find more from Sharon Salzberg here:

Sharon Salzberg, Author at Mindful 

Read the June issue of Mindful magazine here: 

Discover the June 2022 Issue - Mindful Magazine

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As this week’s meditation teacher Mark Coleman says, "We know being in nature is good for us, but how do we put this into practice in a way that will really serve and nurture us?" This is a question we address in the June issue of Mindful, and in our new course, Nature Meditations. And with Earth Day happening this week, it seems like the right time to get outside and appreciate what the natural world offers.

Show Notes:

Find more from Mark Coleman here:

markcoleman.org 

Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self-Discovery

Make Peace With Your Mind

From Suffering to Peace

And more from Mindful here:

Nature Meditations course

The June 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Self-Compassion Issue

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This week on 12 Minute Meditation, Jenée Johnson leads a practice to remind us that we are enough.​​ In this practice, Jenée offers five affirmations that are designed to help us be more compassionate toward ourselves, and in turn build a solid base to be more compassionate toward others.

Show Notes:

Find more from Jenée Johnson here:

Jenée Johnson, Author at Mindful 

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Mindful managing editor and your regular 12 Minute Meditation host Stephanie Domet leads a mindful writing practice for settling into your body, noticing your surroundings in a real or imagined setting, and using your experience as a writing prompt. This practice is drawn from Stephanie's new course, Mindful Writing. She shares tips, practices, and prompts to strengthen your existing writing practice, or discover a new creative outlet.

Show Notes: 

Find more from Stephanie Domet here:

Mindful Writing course

Stephanie on mindful.org

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The April 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Resilience Issue

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This week, Shalini Bahl-Milne shares a practice to replenish our energy. If we draw from a pool of resources without replenishing them, we can begin to feel depleted—our brain gets sluggish, and we don’t make good decisions. By resting our attention on our senses, we are taking a moment to reconnect with ourselves and feel fully present.

This practice was featured in the April issue of Mindful magazine as part of a three-day at-home retreat designed by Shalini and other veteran mindfulness teachers Mark Bertin and Tovi Scruggs-Hussein. 

Show Notes: 

Find more from Shalini Bahl-Milne here:

Shalini Bahl-Milne, Author at Mindful

And more from Mindful here:

An At-Home Meditation Retreat You Can Share with Those You Love

The April 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Resilience Issue

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This engaging meditation uses the energy and imagery of the four elements to foster inner connection and emotional regulation. Follow the guided practice and join your child on a mindful adventure.

This week, Dr. Sará King offers a practice to explore, "don't know mind"— an idea that is sometimes used in meditation to evoke a sense of curiosity. So in this practice, we'll explore what it's like to approach the world with a don't know mind. How does that land in the body? What is it like to explore not knowing, not being quite certain?

Show Notes:

Find more from Dr. Sará King here:

Where Science, Mindfulness, and Social Justice Intersect 

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The Only Constant is Change

The April 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Resilience Issue

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When we're aware that events of war and injustice are unfolding wherever we are in the world, we often feel a powerful sense of connection with those who are at the center of the conflict.

This week, the invitation with this practice is to put aside ideas and concepts about differences, shame, fear, survival, and to simply see if you can begin to develop a felt sense of common humanity—that all of us wish for happiness and freedom from suffering.

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Find more from Steve Hickman here:

Steven Hickman, Author at Mindful

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This week, John Taylor shares a five-step practice for finding some peace and freedom after trauma. John’s work as a mindfulness teacher is focused on racial equity and reconciliation initiatives. He is a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher and serves as adjunct faculty for UCSD’s Center for Mindfulness. Here, he reminds us that we all have potential for healing and for positive change. All of this and more lies within each of us.

This practice is featured in the April issue of Mindful magazine alongside a piece written by longtime journalist Robert Huber exploring how mindfulness can help survivors of gun violence navigate their pain and support post-traumatic growth, one breath at a time. You can find it now on newsstands or at mindful.org. 

Show Notes:

Find more from John Taylor here:

UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness

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Why Survivors of Gun Violence Are Turning to Mindfulness

The April 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Resilience Issue

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This week, Kimberly Brown leads a practice to cultivate curiosity. We might not always think about curiosity as a part of mindfulness, but this powerful quality is what allows our everyday experiences, even the ones we really don't want to be having to get some breathing room and maybe even to shift in unexpected ways. Our curiosity practice can start with the simplest tools we have at hand: Our breath, our body, and our awareness. 

Show Notes

Find more from Kimberly Brown here:

Kimberly Brown, Author at Mindful 

Find Stephnie Domet’s article on mindfulness and curiosity here:

How Compassion and Curiosity Help Me to Be Present 

And more from Mindful here:

Discover the April 2022 Issue - Mindful Magazine 

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In this practice from Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce, we investigate the relationship between our heart and mind. What our heart feels is influenced by what our mind perceives, which is sometimes one of the reasons developing kindness, a loving heart, and compassion can be so challenging. The quality of the warmth and openness in our heart emerges not just from generating warmer feelings, but from developing a clearer view of what we’re seeing and how we’re processing the world. Once we’re aware of our preconceptions, we can loosen our grip on what we think we know and explore what’s true.  Show Notes:

Find more from Barry Boyce here:

Come As You Are: A 7-Day DIY Mindfulness Retreat 

“The Only Constant Is Change” 

“How COVID Reminded Me We’re All Connected”

Barry on mindful.org

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The April 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Resilience Issue

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Cardiologist Jonathan Fisher leads a body scan to notice sensations in the body and bring awareness to the present moment.

This week, Mindful’s founding editor Barry Boyce leads a "touch and go" practice. In this practice, we're not trying to deal with the issues in our thoughts or with the difficult emotions that might be arising. There's nothing to solve. There's nothing to change. Instead, we're spending time with our mind in this way, and over time, our thoughts can become more transparent and have less power over us because we're fighting with them less. 

Show notes:

Find more from Barry Boyce here:

Barry Boyce, Author at Mindful 

Find Barry’s course, Come As You Are, here:

Come As You Are - Mindfulness Course 

And more from Mindful here:

Welcome Everything: The February 2022 issue of Mindful magazine.

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This week, Barry Boyce leads a practice for mindfulness of the body and our embodied experience because whatever is happening isn't happening in an abstract way—it's happening here in our bodies, so we have to return home to ourselves, to our body. This practice is drawn from a live, guided meditation session from Barry's new course called Come As You Are. Whether you're an experienced meditator or just beginning, it can be fun and refreshing to explore mindfulness with an experienced guide who knows that meditation doesn't have to fit any particular mold. Instead, it's a way of being that can bring a sense of presence and joy to your everyday moments.

Show Notes:

Find more from Barry Boyce here:

Barry Boyce, Author at Mindful 

Find Barry’s course, Come As You Are, here:

Come As You Are - Mindfulness Course 

And more from Mindful here:

Welcome Everything: The February 2022 issue of Mindful magazine.

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This week, Judy Lief leads a meditation for grief and loss. Most of us have come up against the experience of grief and loss over the last several years. These feelings can be hard to hold, even as we see how widespread they are. Judy, who wrote the book Making Friends With Death, says that "There’s nothing really to be said about grieving that doesn’t sound trite. There’s no simple way through it. It is extremely difficult to put the gravity or the force of grief into words. And there’s no one way to grieve. Neither is there a cure for our fragility and vulnerability. We have only one option, which is somehow to figure out a way to love and embrace it."

Show notes:

Find more from Judy Lief here:

judylief.com

Making Friends with Death

And more from Mindful here:

Welcome Everything: The February 2022 issue of Mindful magazine.

The Real Mindful Podcast

When we're under pressure, our ability to care and to lead can feel compromised. Mindfulness can provide a path to cultivate the focus and determination of grit and the care and calm of grace, to learn from growth and change. In this practice to arrive, breathe, and connect, Dr. Lili Powell, a professor at UVA Darden School of Business, offers space to fully arrive in the present moment and make a commitment to focusing on being right here, right now. 

This week, Frank Ostaseski leads a practice to welcome everything. And we hear you—there’s a lot going on that you may not feel like welcoming right now. To welcome something doesn't mean we have to like it, and it doesn't mean we have to agree with it; it just means we have to be willing to meet it. In this practice which you can also find in the February 2022 issue of Mindful magazine, Frank Ostaseski offers six steps to open up to the present moment—whatever it may bring.

Show Notes:

Lean Into Love: An Interview with Frank Ostaseski

How to Bookend Your Day with Compassion

The Metta Institute

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Dr. Cynda Hylton Rushton, the Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics and Professor of Nursing and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University Berman Institute of Bioethics and Schools of Nursing & Medicine, invites us to welcome whatever feelings are present right now and to trust what we discover in body and mind without judgment.

Show notes: 

More from Cynda Rushton on Mindful.org

How Integrity Can Heal Burnout 

Sign up for free: Healing Healthcare: A Global Mindfulness Summit

This week, Cheryl Jones leads us in a practice to foster self-acceptance—another of our top guided meditations of 2021. Mindfulness meditation involves a willingness to be with ourselves as we are. It offers a way of learning to work with ourselves, and not on ourselves, especially if you are healing from perfectionism. We can start to notice whatever is happening within us and around us with curiosity and kindness. Cheryl Jones is a certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction instructor and author who provides mindfulness training to businesses, organizations, retreat centers, and more. You can find the full list of top 10 guided meditations from 2021 at mindful.org.

Show notes:

The Top 10 Guided Meditations of 2021

More from Cheryl Jones on mindful.org

thrivingwithcheryljones.com

This week, Jenée Johnson leads us in a guided meditation to encourage deep relaxation at any point during the day. With a reminder to listen to our bodies and acknowledge when it’s time for us to rest, she shares an effective technique known as quiet sitting to inspire us to simply be. Jenée Johnson is the program innovation leader at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Mindfulness, Trauma and Racial Healing. Her goal is to improve her organization's ability to manage change, stay resilient, inspire growth and become a mindful culture that leads and serves with compassion.

Show notes:

Top 10 meditations of 2021: The Top 10 Guided Meditations of 2021

Find more from Jenée Johnson here: Jenée Johnson, Author at Mindful 

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This week, we bring you one of our top 10 guided meditations of 2021, a practice for allowing the storm of our emotions to pass. Scott Rogers guides us to take the role of observer to difficult emotions, so that we can more easily create the space we need to let them go. Rogers is founder and director of the University of Miami School of Law’s Mindfulness in Law Program where he integrates mindfulness into the law school curriculum, and he is cofounder of the UMindfulness, the University’s Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative.

Show notes:

scottrogers.com

UMindfulness

University of Miami School of Law’s Mindfulness in Law Program

The Top 10 Guided Meditations of 2021

More from Scott Rogers on mindful.org

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Taking a moment to pause can enable us to move in the direction of suffering, to work, and to alleviate it, with wisdom and compassion. This gentle practice from law professor and author Rhonda Magee can provide support to you in remaining grounded as you open up to information that might cause you pain. 

Show notes

Find our top 10 guided meditations of 2021 here: The Top 10 Guided Meditations of 2021

Find more from Rhonda Magee here: 

Rhonda Magee, Author at Mindful

Home - Rhonda V. Magee

Grab a copy of Rhonda Magee’s book, The Inner Work of Racial Justice, Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities through mindfulness here: Book - Rhonda V. Magee 

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When things don't go according to plan it becomes easier to focus on what’s wrong and minimize what’s right. This mindful gratitude practice is designed to change that; its aim is to amplify the experience of optimism and studies show that this simple shift leads to enhanced mood and better relationships. This exercise is adapted from Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing by Eric Langshur and Nate Klemp, and is led by mindfulness coach Priti Patel.

Show Notes:

Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing by Eric Langshur and Nate Klemp

Top 10 Meditations of 2021 (to come on Friday, December 3)

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This engaging meditation uses the energy and imagery of seeds to foster inner connection and emotional regulation. Follow the guided practice and join your child on a mindful adventure.  Show Notes:

Meditation by Heather Hawk Feinberg. Heather Hawk Feinberg is a mother, counselor, writer, music-maker, educator, and spiritual guide. In 2016 she founded Mindful Kids, a nonprofit organization that creates pioneering resources for social emotional awakening.

The holiday season can be a time full of commitments, planning, and (pleasant or unpleasant) anticipation. In this special episode of 12 Minute Mediation, Christiane Wolf offers a guided meditation to help navigate stress that may arise in the coming weeks. Christiane reminds us to check in with ourselves and acknowledge what we need to tap into ease.  Show notes: christianewolf.com More from Christiane Wolf on mindful.org And find more from Mindful at mindful.org and on our conversation podcast, Real Mindful. Let us know what you thought of this episode of 12 Minute Meditation by leaving a review or by emailing [email protected].

One of the most important (free!) tools for strengthening our communities is gratitude. On this week’s episode of 12 Minute Meditation, Shalini Bahl-Milne shares a guided practice to help you notice, appreciate, and shift your mindset toward ways of being in community with others that benefit us all, while respecting our differences. Shalini Bahl-Milne, PhD., is an award-winning researcher, Certified MBSR and Search Inside Yourself teacher, TEDx speaker, and town councilor. With 15 years of research, Dr. Bahl develops mindfulness skills to help people disrupt harmful default habits to cope with stress and be more resilient. This practice is part of our month devoted to gratitude. Our first-ever Gratitude Journal will be on newsstands now, or available in our shop at mindful.org.

Show notes:

Find more of Shalini Bahl-Milne here: 

Shalini Bahl-Milne, Author at Mindful 

Shalini Bahl-Milne in the Mindful Directory 

Shalini Bahl-Milne, TEDx Talk

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This week, Rashid Hughes leads us in a practice to feel gratitude for our body, in all of its beauty and mystery. Taking a moment for intentional pause and appreciation can help us feel a sense of restoration that our hardworking bodies deserve. Rashid is a writer, meditation teacher, and cofounder of the Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community, a mindfulness community in Washington, DC that is dedicated to inspiring Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to live with love and courage. This practice is part of our month devoted to gratitude. Our first-ever Gratitude Journal will be on newsstands on November 23, or available in our shop at mindful.org.

On this week’s episode of 12 Minute Meditation, Shelly Tygielski shares a guided practice to infuse your body with a sense of gratitude. This is a practice that can help us gain a new found appreciation for the people we know and even those we don’t know. Shelly Tygielski is a trauma-informed mindfulness teacher and author of the book, Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World. She teaches formalized self-care and resilience practices at organizations around the world, and is widely regarded as a self-care activist. In 2019, she was named one of the “12 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement” by Mindful magazine. 

Show Notes: 

Find more from Shelly Tygielski here: 

Shelly Tygielski, Author at Mindful

Shelly Tygielski – Mindfulness and Meditation For All

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What would it be like to let go of needing anything to be different in this moment, and to open up to what's actually here that may bring joy? In this week’s episode, psychologist and executive director of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, Steve Hickman, guides us to uncover the wisdom of gratitude by noticing small things to be grateful for, then opening our awareness to the truth that everything and everyone—no matter how small—is interconnected. Might it be possible, Hickman says, to follow the words of the poet Mark Nepo when he said, "One key to knowing joy is to be easily pleased."

Show Notes:

More from Steve Hickman on mindful.org.

UC San Diego Centre for Mindfulness

Self-Compassion for Dummies

The Mindful Self-Compassion Program

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Lynn Rossy shares a mindful eating meditation that you can bring to any meal, whether it’s lunch, dinner or snack time. This is a practice that can help you enjoy and savour each meal. Lynn is a longtime practitioner of mindfulness, meditation and yoga and is president of the Center for Mindful Eating. She is also a health psychologist who specializes in mindful eating and developed a 10 week, empirically-validated ‘Eat for Life’ class that teaches people to eat mindfully and intuitively, love their bodies, and find deeper meaning in their lives.

Show notes:

Find more of Lynn Rossy here:

Savor Every Bite: Mindful Ways to Eat, Love Your Body, and Live With Joy

www.lynnrossy.com

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The elements have the ability to connect us, both internally and externally, with the world around us. Jeanne Corrigal brings her Métis heritage, and her training as an insight meditation teacher, to this guided practice to connect with the four elements within our own body. You can read more about Jeanne and her work at the intersections of mindfulness and Indigenous and tribal people in the December issue of Mindful magazine or at mindful.org.

Show notes:

Find more of Jeanne Corrigal here:

“All Our Relations: Four Indigenous Lessons on Mindfulness”

Jeannecorrigal.com

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On this week’s episode of 12 Minute Meditation, Georgina Miranda shares a guided practice to help you feel more grounded and at ease. This is a practice that can help you reconnect with yourself, especially during stressful or fearful moments. Georgina is a global leader in change, transformation, mindfulness, conscious leadership development and the advancement of women. She is also a highly sought after international transformation coach, public speaker, and management consultant.

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Author Page, Georgina Miranda

This Woman Used Mindfulness to Climb Mt. Everest 

GEORGINA MIRANDA   

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On this week’s episode of 12 Minute Meditation, Tara Brach leads us in a practice to consider a relationship where there’s tension or conflict. Then, with compassion for ourselves and for the other person, we can go beyond the difficulty and find healing. Tara Brach is one of the 10 powerful women of the mindfulness movement highlighted in the August 2021 issue of Mindful magazine. She’s an internationally renowned teacher of mindfulness, meditation, and emotional healing, as well as the author of several books, most recently Trusting The Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness.

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“10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2021”

Trusting The Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness

tarabrach.com 

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This week, Shelly Tygielski offers a guided meditation to help you acknowledge what is causing you pain or stress, and hold it with more self-compassion and connection. Shelly is a self-care activist, trauma-informed mindfulness teacher, and the author of the new book Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World. She invites you to open your heart to community, forgiveness, and gratitude.

Find more of Shelly Tygielski here:

Radical Self-Care course and free book offer

Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World

Excerpts in the October issue of Mindful Magazine: “The Power of Sustainable Self-Care” and “Why You Need a Self-Care Plan”

Pandemic of Love

shellytygielski.com 

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It’s important to remember that mindfulness is a practice; despite our best intentions, we might not always get it right the first time around, and that’s okay. This week, award-winning researcher and certified mindfulness-based stress reduction teacher, Shalini Bahl-Milne offers a practice to help you hit reset and refresh. This practice can help you align with your intention and let go of what is no longer serving you. It can also help you create space around your emotions, so you can act in a way that corresponds with what you wish to bring into the world. 

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Shalini Bahl-Milne, Author at Mindful 

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Learning to tune in to our own vulnerability is an act of courage that allows us to form deeper, more genuine relationships. In the August 2021 issue of Mindful magazine, Dr. Stacee Reicherzer wrote, “If you’re someone who grew up being told that tears are a sign of weakness, or that you should never show fear lest you be exploited, you understand how very difficult it is to communicate complex emotions like jealousy, resentment, or sorrow.” In this week’s episode, Dr. Reicherzer, author of The Healing Otherness Handbook, leads us in a guided meditation to explore vulnerability and what it might be like to open up to someone we trust.

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Drstacee.com

The Healing Otherness Handbook

Healing Otherness with Compassion (and Sass)

Guided Practices for Remembering How to Trust

A 15-Minute Guided Meditation on the Pride Flag

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Andres Gonzales is the co-founder of the Holistic Life Foundation and for the past 16 years, he has taught yoga to diverse populations around the world ranging from Baltimore City public schools to mental health facilities. He has also partnered with John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health and the Penn State’s Prevention Research Center on a Stress and Relaxation Study. This week, Andres Gonzales shares a breathing meditation to help you activate your vagus nerve and enter a state of relaxation.

This week, Ni-Cheng Liang leads us in a 4-7-8 breath practice to release stagnant air and find calm. Ni-Cheng is a pulmonary physician, podcast host, and mindfulness teacher. In the early days of the pandemic, she recruited eight medical colleagues from across the United States to create the Mindful Healthcare Collective, which offers free online mindfulness sessions to healthcare workers, with topics including basic breath awareness, mindful eating, and even anti-racism work. 

Susan Bauer-Wu shares a guided mindfulness practice to help you cultivate the patience to ride the waves of change. Susan Bauer-Wu, a researcher, scholar, teacher, and trained nurse, turned to meditation to help her develop both a peaceful mind and heart. Now, as president of the Mind & Life Institute, she integrates her scientific and clinical background with the wisdom of mindfulness to better understand the mind and help heal the world in its current divisive state.

This week, Tovi Scruggs-Hussein leads us in a practice to explore integrity, inspiration, and purpose with compassion. Tovi is an author, educator, and leadership coach, as well as one of the powerful women of the mindfulness movement featured in the August issue of Mindful magazine. Her 17 years as a high school principal showed her that overworked and under-supported teachers were burning out, while students suffered as a result. Now she teaches leaders to reach their full professional potential—which in turn helps those they lead reach their full potential. 

Ruth King offers a guided meditation practice from her heart to yours. Ruth is a teacher, author, founder of the Mindful of Race Institute, and featured in the August issue of Mindful magazine as one of the powerful women of the mindfulness movement. In this first episode of 12 Minute Meditation, she invites us to savor stillness and feel deeply into the ways our lives are interconnected. “May we remember that we belong to each other.”

If you find it difficult to pause and grieve, begin this meditation practice to connect with the natural rhythm of rest. This practice is a refuge from the ever-present social and political chaos in society. Experience the sacred healing that comes with resting in awareness

Show notes: Meditation by Rashid Hughes.

Rashid Hughes is the co-founder of the Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community, a mindfulness community in Washington, DC that is dedicated to inspiring Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to live with love and courage.

Mindfulness allows us to create space between ourselves and our emotions. In this space, we can find stability and cultivate resilience. As you go through this guided practice, you can begin to see how emotions are like hurricanes and recognize the qualities and impermanence of your stormiest emotions.

Show notes: Meditation by Scott Rogers.

Scott Rogers integrates neuroscience research into the efficacy of mindfulness training programs in high-stress professions and has written numerous articles and authored various books on mindfulness.

This engaging meditation uses the energy and imagery of the wind to foster inner connection and emotional regulation. Follow the guided practice and join your child on a mindful adventure.

Show notes: Meditation by Heather Hawk Feinberg. 

Heather Hawk Feinberg is a mother, counselor, writer, music-maker, educator, and spiritual guide. In 2016 she founded Mindful Kids, a non profit organization that creates pioneering resources for social emotional awakening.

Our hearts break, but our hearts also heal. The thread that pulls us from heartbreak to healing is love, says Judy Lief in this practice for working with grief.

This gratitude practice is designed to change that; its aim is to amplify the experience of optimism.

Meditation by Nate Klemp. Meditation read by Priti Patel.

If discussing money brings a feeling of unease and discomfort, try this guided practice led by Spencer Sherman to turn the feeling of stress into one of self-awareness. 

This engaging meditation uses the energy and imagery of the wind to foster inner connection and emotional regulation. Follow the guided practice and join your child on a mindful adventure.

Show notes: Meditation by Heather Hawk Feinberg. 

Heather Hawk Feinberg is a mother, counselor, writer, music-maker, educator, and spiritual guide. In 2016 she founded Mindful Kids, a non profit organization that creates pioneering resources for social emotional awakening.

This engaging meditation uses the energy and imagery of trees to foster inner connection and emotional regulation. Follow the guided practice and join your child on a mindful adventure.

Show Notes:

Meditation by Heather Hawk Feinberg.  Heather Hawk Feinberg is a mother, counselor, writer, music-maker, educator, and spiritual guide. In 2016 she founded Mindful Kids, a non profit organization that creates pioneering resources for social emotional awakening.

This engaging meditation uses the energy and imagery of clouds to foster inner connection and emotional regulation. Follow the guided practice and join your child on a mindful adventure.

Show Notes:

Meditation by Heather Hawk Feinberg.  Heather Hawk Feinberg is a mother, counselor, writer, music-maker, educator, and spiritual guide. In 2016 she founded Mindful Kids, a non profit organization that creates pioneering resources for social emotional awakening.

With time we might find ourselves drifting apart from our partners. In this guided meditation, you will take a moment to visualize your love story and as your heart grows with gratitude, you will find the space to reconnect with your partner.

Show notes: Meditation by Nate Klemp and Kaley Klemp.

Nate and Kaley Klemp are a husband and wife team that are co-authors of  The 80/80 Marriage: A New Model for Happier, Stronger Relationship.

The idea of a home is not limited to a physical location, it can refer to the love and care you feel within yourself. This practice can help you work on being present with yourself in an aware, kind, and loving way.

Show notes: Meditation by Jenée Johnson. 

Jenée Johnson is the Program Innovation Leader in Mindfulness, Trauma, and Racial Equity at the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

In times of conflict and anger, it becomes difficult to respond with compassion. Mark Bertin takes us through this meditative practice to take care of the world, take care of ourselves, and stay in touch with the fact that all beings everywhere are driven by the same core wishes in life.

Show notes: Meditation by Mark Bertin.

Mark Bertin MD., is a pediatrician, author, professor, and mindfulness teacher specializing in neurodevelopmental behavioral pediatrics.

It’s easy to get trapped in your own emotions and narratives, let alone the ways you can encounter obstacles in society. Here, Jenée Johnson leads a loving-kindness practice, adapted from the work of Dr. Shelly Harrell, that focuses on liberation.

Show notes: Meditation by Jenée Johnson.

Jenée Johnson is the Program Innovation Leader in Mindfulness, Trauma, and Racial Equity at the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

Life is constantly changing in various ways that can make it feel like the rug is constantly being pulled out from under you. Join this walking meditation with Mark Bertin as he explores how mindfulness can help you find a balance between accepting what you cannot change and seeking out where to actively put your effort.

Show notes: Meditation by Mark Bertin.

Mark Bertin, MD., is a pediatrician, author, professor, and mindfulness teacher specializing in neurodevelopmental behavioral pediatrics.

If you find it difficult to develop a sense of patience in the face of uncertainty and discomfort, begin this guided meditation to face whatever is causing you discomfort in this moment. You will learn to let go of whatever feels triggering and be able to engage with compassion. 

Show notes: Meditation by Mark Bertin.

Mark Bertin MD., is a pediatrician, author, professor, and mindfulness teacher specializing in neurodevelopmental behavioral pediatrics.

By teaching children meditation and mindfulness skills we help them increase their well-being and enable them to meet the stresses of the world with presence, self-compassion, and openness. Try this fun mindful meditation to help kids focus on their breath while their thoughts zoom by. 

Show notes: Mindful meditation by Susan B. Katz.

Susan B. Katz is an award-winning author, National Board Certified Teacher, educational consultant and social media advisor to authors. 

It’s not always the case that our formal mindfulness practice carries seamlessly into daily life—especially in conversations that spark tension. Shalini Bahl-Milne offers a practice to help you remain present for these difficult moments.

Show notes: Meditation by Shalini Bahl-Milne.

Shalini Bahl-Milne, PhD, is an award-winning researcher and Certified MBSR and Search Inside Yourself teacher. Dr. Bahl develops mindfulness skills to help disrupt harmful default habits, cope with stress, and more.

This guided meditation is focused on deepening your awareness, freeing yourself, and settling in the present moment. This practice will lead you to experience a greater capacity to clear your mind, and increase your ability to focus.

Show notes: Meditation by Rhonda Magee.

Rhonda V. Magee is a professor of law at the University of San Francisco. She is a highly practiced facilitator of restorative MBSR interventions for lawyers and law students.

Experiencing an intentional, mindful walk can provide an opportunity to connect with your senses and nourish your relationship to the present moment. Turn your attention to what your body is feeling, bring awareness to your body, and appreciate the here and now.

Show notes: Meditation by Elaine Smookler.

Elaine Smookler has been a mindful practitioner for over 20 years and is on the faculty at The Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto. She is a Registered Psychotherapist, a columnist for Mindful magazine, and teaches mindfulness to corporate clients through eMindful.

Using the repetition of certain phrases, Sharon Salzberg takes us through a loving-kindness 

meditation to shift our attention away from our mistakes and toward self-compassion and understanding.

Show notes: Meditation by Sharon Salzberg.

Sharon Salzberg is a meditation teacher and New York Times best-selling author. She is also the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society.

In this guided meditation, we become aware of the mind as a process. When we think of our mind in this way, we can let our thoughts float by like bubbles without getting caught up in the contents of each thought.

Show Notes: Meditation by Enrique Collazo.

Enrique Collazo is a meditation teacher at Inward Bound Mindfulness Education. He works internationally, mostly with teens. 

Embodied awareness means grounding ourselves in our sensory experiences in order to connect with what we’re experiencing in the present moment. Sebene Selassie leads us in this guided meditation to connect with our body and our breath. 

Show notes: Meditation by Sebene Selassie.

Sebene Selassie is a mindfulness teacher on the Ten Percent Happier app and author of the book You Belong. 

In this guided meditation, Vinny Ferraro invites us to see our thoughts as they arise, notice them, and gently return our attention to the breath and body. This practice can help us find compassion and focus as we let go of judgement, anxiety, and irritation.

Show notes: Meditation by Vinny Ferraro.

Vinny Ferraro is a board member of the Mind Body Awareness Project. He is widely recognized for his contributions in mindfulness-based programming and interventions for at-risk and incarcerated youth. 

We often use the breath and sensations of the body as anchors in meditation, but listening to the sounds around us can also help ground us. In this guided meditation for focus we listen, notice, and let go of tension.

Show notes: Meditation by Susan Kaiser Greenland.

Susan Kaiser Greenland is a mindfulness teacher and author who specializes in teaching mindfulness to children and families. She's an author and founding faculty member of UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center's facilitator training.

Founding Editor Barry Boyce speaks with mindfulness trainer and former police officer Richard Goerling on the role of mindfulness in policing.