Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson
Led by psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Rick Hanson, these meditations provide a down-to-earth way to develop greater resilience, compassion, and happiness. More at rickhanson.com
Episodes
43 episodes
5 Ways to Steady the Mind
A gentle, brain-based meditation for cultivating steady presence—helping you stay grounded in awareness, anchored in the breath and heart, and less carried away by passing thoughts and feelings.You’re welcome to join me live each week fo...
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32:53
In the Enoughness of the Present
When the mind is restless, leaning into the future or caught in subtle striving, it can feel like something is always missing. In this meditation, we gently come home to the breath and the body, letting go of effort, settling into a growing sen...
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33:56
Absorption into Tranquility
In this meditation, you’re invited to gently settle your attention into feelings of peace and open-heartedness. As the mind grows more concentrated, these qualities can gradually expand, pervading the body and filling awareness with a quiet sen...
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33:52
Resting in the Heart while Letting Go
A gentle meditation inviting you to rest in the heart, soften into trust, and practice letting go into the natural flow of experience.You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up at h...
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35:15
You Are Whole and Complete, and There Is Nothing to Add
When life pulls you in many directions, it’s easy to stay tense or distracted, never quite at ease in your own being. This meditation invites you to settle where you are, release what’s not needed, and rest your attention on something steady—li...
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34:14
What Matters, and What Doesn’t
This meditation is a journey from the "trance of knowing"—that tight, anxious habit of trying to figure everything out—into the liberating space of presence.You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyo...
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34:32
Steadying Your Mind and Quieting It
When you’ve been bracing against stress, holding tension in your body, or feeling like you always have to stay on guard, it can be hard to truly relax or feel safe inside yourself. This meditation helps you gently lower your defenses by recogni...
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34:30
Sensing into Stillness
Many of us move through our days with a background sense of tension—bracing against uncertainty, aging, illness, or what might be coming next. This guided meditation offers a chance to pause that effort. You’re invited to settle into stillness,...
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33:42
Feeling Grounded, Peaceful, and Openhearted
When you’re feeling triggered, reactive, or on edge, this guided meditation helps you settle the nervous system and come back to a sense of basic okay-ness. We ground in the body, soothe the “soft animal” within, and gently quiet mental chatter...
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33:12
In the Quiet That Opens into Everything
A gentle meditation to soften the edges of the self and rest in a sense of shared being. You’re invited to let go of differences, feel yourself being breathed by life, and settle into a quiet, spacious belonging.You’re welcome to join me...
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34:00
Mindfulness of Breathing – the Buddha’s Foundation Instructions
This gentle, step-by-step meditation invites you to “come home” to yourself through mindful breathing and whole-body awareness. Guided by the Buddha’s original teachings—adapted with care and flexibility—it helps you settle the body, quiet the ...
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34:00
Simply Being
A gentle, spacious meditation for those moments when striving gets exhausting. Together we explore who you are when you’re not going anywhere or trying to fix anything—resting in open-hearted presence, a sense of vastness, and the simple relief...
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33:04
Resting in Stable Presence
It's normal to feel overwhelmed by the chaos of modern life, and it's hard to have a steady mind when we're distracted, stressed, rattled, or ruminating about the things we feel threatened about or resentful of.This meditation invites yo...
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29:33
Resting in Deep Peace
This meditation invites you to settle into a comfortable, kind presence with your body and breath, easing around tension and quieting inner speech so you can rest in simple, open awareness. You’re welcome to join me live each week f...
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33:43
Resting in Open Awareness
This meditation is an invitation to come home — to step out of busyness, worry, and striving, and rest in the present moment. Through open awareness, you’ll soften around thoughts and sensations, widen attention, and settle into a deep sense of...
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33:32
Resting in the Sense of Your Innate Goodness
When your mind feels busy, self-critical, or weighed down by worry, pain, or unrealistic expectations, it can help to settle the nervous system and come home to your body – which this meditation is designed to do. Through gentle awareness and s...
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33:03
Feeling Already Supported
When life feels unsteady — when anxiety pulls you into the future, when you feel unsupported, or when you’re carrying everything on your own shoulders — it becomes hard to recognize the real stability that’s already here for you. This meditatio...
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33:29
4 Steps to Inner Peace
If you’ve been feeling tense, fearful, or disconnected from yourself, this practice guides you back into a grounded, calm, openhearted state, so you can rest in your own being with less anxiety and more peace.You’re welcome to join me li...
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34:25
Feeling Grounded, Loving, and at Peace
If you often feel tense, unsettled, or caught in old patterns of fear, this practice helps you come home to your body, soften anxiety at its roots, and reconnect with your natural steadiness and kindness. We’ll move gently through grounding, re...
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34:24
Marinating in a Warm Heart
In this heart-centered meditation, I gently guide you to settle into your body, find your place, and rest in the simple rhythm of your breath. As attention gathers in the chest, you explore a steady concentration on breathing in the heart area—...
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34:17
Becoming Absorbed in Peaceful Open Presence
When the mind won’t settle — when thoughts spin, tension lingers, or self-criticism keeps you restless — it’s hard to find any real peace. This meditation invites you to gently let go of everything that isn’t calm, open, and present, and...
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33:09
Calm and Openhearted
When life feels busy or your mind won’t settle, it’s easy to lose touch with the simple goodness already inside you. This guided meditation helps you release tension, rest in calm awareness, and open your heart with kindness and compassion. Ove...
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32:19
Patiently Being
A lot of life - and meditation - involves being patient. In this guided meditation, we focus on allowing thoughts and events to come and go without grasping or clinging... but just being, patiently.You’re welcome to join me live each wee...
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33:55