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A Heartful Body Scan Meditation, with Sean Fargo
A body scan meditation can be deeply relaxing, but relaxation is not the goal of mindfulness. Instead, mindfulness expan...
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10mAugust 17, 2026
What If Reclaiming Your Mind Means Reclaiming Your Tech
Your feed can feel like reality, until you notice how quickly it makes you tense, reactive, and certain. We sit down wit...
9mAugust 14, 2026
Susan Piver On The Heart Sutra And The Real Point Of Sitting
Meditation gets marketed as a calm-down button, a focus trick, or the ultimate self-improvement tool. Then you try it an...
31mAugust 11, 2026
How Small Emotional Pivots Break Stress Cycles
Your calendar is packed, your phone never stops, and somehow your body still thinks every moment is an emergency. We sit...
43mAugust 7, 2026
Five Keys To A Deeper Mindfulness Practice, with Melvin McLeod
Mindfulness is everywhere now, but the way we talk about it can feel strangely small: a tool for stress, a way to focus,...
11mJuly 31, 2026
A Grounded Eyes-Open Meditation With Susan Piver
Your meditation doesn’t need better willpower, a quieter mind, or a more “spiritual” seat on the floor. With renowned me...
9mJuly 25, 2026
How Taoist Meditation And Qigong Turn Stress Into Flow
Trying harder can feel like the only option until it stops working. We sit down with Solala Towler, a longtime teacher o...
10mJuly 21, 2026
Leaving New York To Rebuild A Daily Meditation Practice
Busy can start to feel like a personality, especially when you’re doing meaningful work and getting rewarded for it. Sea...
7mJuly 16, 2026
Are Your Goals Truly Yours Or Borrowed Values?
Your mind does not just record reality, it edits it, polarizes it, and then makes decisions based on the edit. That is w...
30mJuly 13, 2026
Human Sustainability At Work, with Rosina Geiger
Burnout doesn’t usually arrive as a dramatic collapse. It shows up as subtle numbness, constant urgency, and a workplace...
19mJuly 8, 2026
Imposter Syndrome In Mindfulness Teaching And How To Work With It
The most common reason people hold back from teaching mindfulness isn’t lack of talent, it’s that quiet thought: “I’m no...
48mJuly 4, 2026
Dr. Elisha Goldstein on Tiny Shifts: How Emotional Health Transforms Stress, Relationships, and Longevity
We explore how tiny shifts can interrupt emotional loops in seconds and help us access calm, clarity, and self-compassio...
27mJune 30, 2026
Eyes-Open Mindfulness
Eyes-open meditation can sound like the worst idea if you’re used to practice as a private escape. Then Susan Piver walk...
45mJune 26, 2026
Living Namaste, with Jeremy David Engles
“Namaste” might be the most repeated word in modern yoga, and also one of the least lived. Sean Fargo sits down with pro...
54mJune 21, 2026
Nothing's Missing: Dr. John Demartini on Mindfulness as Wholeness
We talk with Dr John Demartini about using better questions to balance perception, dissolve emotional polarisation, and...
25mJune 16, 2026
How To Build A Healthier Relationship With Your Phone
Your phone is not just a gadget. It is a gateway into an economy built to capture attention, shape behavior, and keep yo...
57mJune 12, 2026
How Complete Darkness Can Reveal What We Keep Avoiding
We talk with Scott Berman, founder of Sky Cave Retreats, about what extended time in complete darkness actually does to...
10mJune 7, 2026
Guided Meditation For A Positive Future
We guide a calm, focused meditation to envision a positive future and connect it to simple, repeatable actions. Breath,...
56mJune 2, 2026
Taoist Meditation Practices For Stillness And Vitality, with Solala Towler
We talk with Taoist meditation and qigong teacher Solala Tauler about returning to the source through simple practices t...
20mMay 28, 2026
What If Hunger Isn’t A Problem To Solve?
We explore mindful hunger, silent monastic meal rituals, and how attention shifts taste, mood, and choice. Practical too...
8mMay 23, 2026
Gratitude As Your First Wealth
What if the fastest path to feeling rich is learning to see what’s already here? We take a clear, grounded look at abund...
7mMay 21, 2026
Guided Loving-Kindness: Wish Others And Yourself Well
We guide a short loving‑kindness meditation that begins with softening the body and ends with offering yourself the same...
14mMay 19, 2026
When Love Meets Vulnerability, It Becomes Steady
We explore equanimity as a heart practice that meets vulnerability without armor and shifts our relationship to identity...
32mMay 17, 2026
Reclaim Your Mind: 7 Mindful Strategies For A Healthier Phone Habit, with Jay Vidyarthi
We talk with mindfulness teacher and technologist Jay Vidyarthi about rebuilding a healthier relationship with attention...
16mMay 15, 2026
Equanimity & The Art Of Falling
We explore equanimity as the art of falling, learning how to stay steady and open when life feels uncertain. We share ho...