Beginners Guided Meditations Archive

Taylor Swift Mindfulness Meditation

Phillip Moffitt leads a meditation to appreciate the body and connecting with the earth element: it’s textures, weight, & firmness.

• Sean Fargo

Embodied Awareness of Breathing

Sean Fargo leads a guided mindfulness of breathing practice for noticing the breath as it is felt in the body.

• Gil Fronsdal

Be Still and Gaze Upon Everything Kindly

Gil Fronsdal, a teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California, gives this short talk on the Buddha statue as a teaching in its own right: it represents being still, tranquil in body and mind, eyes gazing kindly.

Buddhism in Brief

Shaila Catherine speaks on Buddhism in brief. There are three great vehicles of Buddhism: the Vajrayana, the form we find in Mongolia and Tibet; the Mahayana, the form we find in China, Korea or Japan; and the Theravada.

• Kristin Neff

Self-Compassion Break by Kristin Neff

In this self-compassion break exercise, Kristin Neff teaches us how to take a moment to offer ourselves compassion in the middle of a hectic day. Our tendency (when it comes to our mindfulness practice) is to develop compassion for others. But, are we developing enough compassion for ourselves?

• Kristin Neff

Affectionate Breathing

In this guided meditation, Kristin Neff walks us through the practice of affectionate breathing, a way of practicing kindness toward ourselves.

• Tara Brach

Basic Body Scan

Tara Brach walks us through a basic body scan meditation. Feeling tense, anxious, or upset? A basic body scan is a great way to get in touch with the source of these sensations.