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    Diving Into Your Core

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    Sean FargoPublished January 10, 2015 · Updated October 22, 2026 · 1 min read

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    Diving Into Your Core

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    A mindful approach to diving into your core

    “Diving Into Your Core” is an invitation to slow down and meet your experience with curiosity, honesty, and kindness.

    How mindfulness can help

    Mindfulness offers a steady place to stand while you work with any topic. Instead of being carried along by reaction, we notice what is here, sensations, thoughts, and feelings, and respond from presence rather than pressure.

    Gentle steps to try

    1. Begin with the breath. You might take three slow breaths before opening the worksheet, and let the body arrive.
    2. Read with curiosity. Move through each prompt slowly. Notice which questions soften you and which ones tighten you.
    3. Write what is true now. There are no right answers, only honest ones. What is true at this moment is what the worksheet is asking for.
    4. Close with one breath. When you finish, pause. You might place a hand on your heart and thank yourself for showing up.

    Insight does not arrive on a schedule. Trust the practice of returning, and the honesty you bring each time you do.

    A note from Sean

    I think of three centers: head, heart, and body. I like to ask which one could use a little more attention. And sometimes I just use my gut or intuition to choose what to practice in that moment.

    Try this today. Pause once today and take the worksheet’s first prompt, your relationship with your gut feelings. Rest a hand on your belly and take three breaths. Notice what is there: warmth, tightness, flutter, or nothing. Then notice whether you tend to trust it, doubt it, or talk yourself out of it. Don’t decide anything yet.

    Keep going: Three Centers: Belly, Heart, and Head and Three Centers, A Body Scan Meditation with Sean Fargo.

    This suits anyone who second-guesses themselves or wants to hear their body more clearly. If your belly holds fear, nausea, or an old hurt, go gently. Stop when you need to.

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