Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

Sean Fargo
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Practical, trauma‑sensitive mindfulness for everyday life — and for the people who teach it. Expect grounded guided meditations, evidence‑informed tools, and candid conversations with leading voices in the field. Hosted by Sean Fargo — former Buddhist monk, founder of MindfulnessExercises.com, and a certified Search Inside Yourself instructor—each episode blends compassion, clarity, and real‑world application for practitioners, therapists, coaches, educators, and wellness professionals. What you’ll find:• Guided practices: breath awareness, body scans, self‑compassion, sleep, and nervous‑system regulation  • Teacher tools: trauma‑sensitive language, sequencing, and ethical foundations for safe, inclusive mindfulness  • Expert interviews with renowned teachers and researchers (e.g., Sharon Salzberg, Gabor Maté, Byron Katie, Rick Hanson, Ellen Langer, Judson Brewer)  • Clear takeaways you can use today—in sessions, classrooms, workplaces, and at home Updated 2-3x weekly. Follow the show, try this week’s practice, and share one insight in a review to help others discover the podcast. Explore more resources and training at MindfulnessExercises.com and the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification.

  1. 3H AGO

    Experience of Gratitude

    We guide a gentle gratitude meditation that moves from body awareness to health, relationships, money, and a sense of safety. We close by normalising mixed feelings and inviting nonjudgmental noticing that helps gratitude grow where it was missed. • settling the body with breath and softening • noticing health through simple, reliable functions • recognising care and effort in relationships • opening to appreciation around finances without shame • naming where safety and protection are present • integrating insights without self‑criticism Become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Take 20% Off With Coupon Code: Podcast Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix of: Practical mindfulness and meditation teachingsConversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchersReal-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregiversGentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or changeIf you’re interested in: Mindfulness meditation for everyday lifeTrauma-sensitive and compassion-based practicesTeaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative wayDeepening your own practice while supporting others…you’re in the right place. Learn more at ...

    14 min

  2. 2D AGO

    Why Calm Doesn’t Mean Boring (And How Your Passion Can Stay)

    We rethink equanimity as a spacious, caring capacity that holds intensity without dulling life. We link Vedana—pleasant, unpleasant, neutral—as a direct gateway to balance, recovery, and frictionless experience across emotions and daily moments. • equanimity not apathy or indifference • the myth that calm cancels passion • Vedana as the second foundation of mindfulness • noticing feeling tone to create space • shifting from neutralizing emotions to widening capacity • frictionless experience and reduced defensive energy • a working definition that includes recovery • recovery speed as a marker of dynamic balance Find “Quiet Strength: Find Peace, Feel Alive, And Love Boundlessly With The Power Of Equanimity” and more at Margaret’s website. Margaret's New Book --> Quiet Strength: https://a.co/d/029xEshE Margaret Cullen's website: https://margaretcullen.com Become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Take 20% Off With Coupon Code: Podcast Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix of: Practical mindfulness and meditation teachingsConversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchersReal-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregiversGentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or changeIf you’re interested in: Mindfulness meditation for everyday lifeTrauma-sensitive and compassion-based practicesTeaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative wayDeepening your own practice while supporting others…you’re in the right place. Learn more at ...

    11 min

  3. 3D AGO

    The Freedom Of Letting Go Of Rescue

    We explore equanimity as open-handed love for parents and caregivers, moving from control to clear, steady presence. We share boundary-setting phrases, examine vulnerability, and offer tools to stay compassionate without burning out. • reframing parenting through the open hand of love • equanimity for providers facing crisis and burnout • “not my emergency” as a compassionate boundary • self and other equanimity phrases for daily practice • vulnerability in letting go of control and identity • Vedana and feeling tones as anchors for balance • children as owners of their actions and path • equanimity as innate, accessible, and trainable Find “Quiet Strength: Find Peace, Feel Alive, And Love Boundlessly With The Power Of Equanimity” and more at Margaret’s website. Margaret's New Book --> Quiet Strength: https://a.co/d/029xEshE Margaret Cullen's website: https://margaretcullen.com Become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Take 20% Off With Coupon Code: Podcast Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix of: Practical mindfulness and meditation teachingsConversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchersReal-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregiversGentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or changeIf you’re interested in: Mindfulness meditation for everyday lifeTrauma-sensitive and compassion-based practicesTeaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative wayDeepening your own practice while supporting others…you’re in the right place. Learn more at ...

    15 min

  4. 5D AGO

    A Guided Practice To Feel Grateful In Ordinary Moments

    Pause with us for a few quiet minutes that can change the tone of your whole day. We guide a gentle gratitude practice that starts with settling your body and softening your gaze, then moves into noticing one simple detail of your surroundings—light on your skin, the support of the chair, the hush between sounds. From there, we widen the circle to everyday helpers you rarely see: the bus driver who kept you on time, the person who stacked the fruit, the author whose words steadied you. Finally, we land on the breath as a living reminder that there is more right with you than wrong. This practice blends mindfulness and appreciation to create a grounded, accessible reset. By choosing a single anchor and allowing appreciation to arise naturally, you train attention, soothe your nervous system, and make room for calm. Recognizing quiet acts of support builds connection and empathy, while savoring each breath shifts your mindset from scarcity to sufficiency. The flow is simple and human: soften the body, notice one thing, thank someone, honor the breath. If you’ve been feeling hurried, distracted, or low on energy, consider this a compact toolkit. You can use it at your desk before opening your inbox, on the bus while watching the city move, or at bedtime to ease the mind into rest. The goal isn’t to force gratitude; it’s to make space for it—right where you are. Listen now, try the prompts in real time, and then tell us the smallest thing that felt meaningful today. If this practice helps, follow the show, share it with a friend who could use a reset, and leave a quick review so others can find these moments of ease. Become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Take 20% Off With Coupon Code: Podcast Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix of: Practical mindfulness and meditation teachingsConversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchersReal-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregiversGentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or changeIf you’re interested in: Mindfulness meditation for everyday lifeTrauma-sensitive and compassion-based practicesTeaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative wayDeepening your own practice while supporting others…you’re in the right place. Learn more at ...

    7 min

  5. MAR 29

    Following The Lights That Make You Shine

    We guide a short meditation into Howard Thurman’s reminder to ask what makes you come alive and act on it. Through questions and a poem about quiet usefulness, we show how to find patterns that reliably light you up and turn them into simple, repeatable choices. • soft breath and body scan to settle • Howard Thurman quote reframing purpose • reflective questions to spot aliveness • noticing patterns in vivid, energized moments • moving beyond vague bliss toward specific contexts • poem on usefulness over spectacle • applying patterns to daily choices and actions Become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Take 20% Off With Coupon Code: Podcast Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix of: Practical mindfulness and meditation teachingsConversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchersReal-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregiversGentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or changeIf you’re interested in: Mindfulness meditation for everyday lifeTrauma-sensitive and compassion-based practicesTeaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative wayDeepening your own practice while supporting others…you’re in the right place. Learn more at ...

    9 min

  6. MAR 27

    Mindfulness Of Death Helps You Live More Fully

    What happens when you stop treating death like a problem to avoid and start meeting it with mindful attention?  We explore mindfulness of death as a grounded, breath-based practice that can jolt you out of autopilot and back into what matters: love, honesty, and the astonishing fact that you’re here at all.  Instead of turning mortality into a gloomy story, we stay close to direct experience, sensing each inhale as potentially the last and noticing how that changes everything.  We also get practical about how to share this work responsibly.  Mindfulness of death can be intense, so we talk through clear safety boundaries, who should not do this practice, and how trauma sensitive mindfulness principles apply in real group settings.  We cover why it often helps to teach this after other meditation practices, how gratitude and mindful breathing can settle the mind first, and what to do when fear, grief, regret, or grasping for the future shows up mid-practice.  You’ll learn a simple but powerful ten-to-one breath countdown, plus reflection prompts that turn insight into action: if life is uncertain, what do you want to focus on today, who do you want to call, what needs forgiveness, and what have you been putting off?  If you’re looking for a mindfulness meditation that clarifies values and supports living fully, this conversation is a strong place to start.  Subscribe, share with a friend who needs perspective, and leave a review, what shifts for you when you remember you’re mortal? Become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Take 20% Off With Coupon Code: Podcast Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix of: Practical mindfulness and meditation teachingsConversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchersReal-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregiversGentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or changeIf you’re interested in: Mindfulness meditation for everyday lifeTrauma-sensitive and compassion-based practicesTeaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative wayDeepening your own practice while supporting others…you’re in the right place. Learn more at ...

    11 min

  7. MAR 24

    Softening & Steering (A Guided Meditation)

    We guide a short meditation that begins with birdsong and ends with a steadier, kinder presence in the body. We soften tension and resistance, then steer our attention toward care, values, and the life we want to live breath by breath.  • settling into the body and the space around us  • softening breath and releasing unnecessary tension  • noticing resistance as clenching, tightness, quick breathing  • spotting resistance as judging or distancing  • meeting fear with gentle space and care  • grounding through contact with the seat or ground  • steering intention toward values, love, and wisdom  • returning through small movements and sensory awareness Become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Take 20% Off With Coupon Code: Podcast Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix of: Practical mindfulness and meditation teachingsConversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchersReal-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregiversGentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or changeIf you’re interested in: Mindfulness meditation for everyday lifeTrauma-sensitive and compassion-based practicesTeaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative wayDeepening your own practice while supporting others…you’re in the right place. Learn more at ...

    9 min

  8. MAR 24

    Mindful Grief

    Grief doesn’t only hurt because we miss someone or something. It also hurts because we keep arguing with it. If you have ever thought, “I should be over this,” or “If I stop being sad, I’m forgetting them,” this conversation offers a different path: mindfulness of grief that treats sadness as a natural human energy, not a verdict on your strength or your love.  We talk about the “sacred architecture of grief”, the real ways grief moves through the body and nervous system when we stop labelling it as good or bad. We share simple practices for softening judgment, making room for emotion, and letting grief flow without clinging or resisting. Along the way, I share a personal story of a scary moment that triggered a wave of fear and tears, and how a few minutes of stillness without a phone helped my system reset.  You will also hear practical guidance for supporting someone who is grieving: why facing a person can make crying harder, how side-by-side or behind-the-griever positioning can help, and how a safe container matters more than perfect words. We explore “doorways” into grief such as breath, journalling, forgiveness phrases, naming fear, naming love, and even allowing anger and rage to come first. The takeaway is clear: grieving isn’t about getting over it, it’s about telling the truth of what you wanted and feeling what is here with care.  If this resonates, subscribe, share the episode with someone who needs it, and leave a review. What’s one judgment you want to release about your own grief? Become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Take 20% Off With Coupon Code: Podcast Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life. Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work. Each episode offers a mix of: Practical mindfulness and meditation teachingsConversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchersReal-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregiversGentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or changeIf you’re interested in: Mindfulness meditation for everyday lifeTrauma-sensitive and compassion-based practicesTeaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative wayDeepening your own practice while supporting others…you’re in the right place. Learn more at ...

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Practical, trauma‑sensitive mindfulness for everyday life — and for the people who teach it. Expect grounded guided meditations, evidence‑informed tools, and candid conversations with leading voices in the field. Hosted by Sean Fargo — former Buddhist monk, founder of MindfulnessExercises.com, and a certified Search Inside Yourself instructor—each episode blends compassion, clarity, and real‑world application for practitioners, therapists, coaches, educators, and wellness professionals. What you’ll find:• Guided practices: breath awareness, body scans, self‑compassion, sleep, and nervous‑system regulation  • Teacher tools: trauma‑sensitive language, sequencing, and ethical foundations for safe, inclusive mindfulness  • Expert interviews with renowned teachers and researchers (e.g., Sharon Salzberg, Gabor Maté, Byron Katie, Rick Hanson, Ellen Langer, Judson Brewer)  • Clear takeaways you can use today—in sessions, classrooms, workplaces, and at home Updated 2-3x weekly. Follow the show, try this week’s practice, and share one insight in a review to help others discover the podcast. Explore more resources and training at MindfulnessExercises.com and the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification.

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