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
36 episodes
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
A Meditation to Release Needless Anxiety
To help ease and release anxiety, we can focus on feeling undisturbed, undefended, and uncontracted in the moment — which is what this guided meditation will help you to do.You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations —...
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34:01
Embodied Uplifting into Vastness
In this meditation, we rest in the simple miracle of breathing — feeling supported by the body, the air, and the many forces that sustain life. As awareness moves through the belly, diaphragm, and heart, we open to steadiness, peace, and compas...
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32:59
Resting in the Stillness Underneath Stress
In today’s world, our minds race ahead while our bodies strain under stress, anxiety, and worry. This meditation is about coming home—finding relief from rumination, softening defendedness in the body, and resting in the deep reassurance that, ...
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35:01
What to Do When You Get Triggered
In this meditation, I guide you to settle into awareness of the body and breath, nurturing spaciousness and warm-hearted presence as a foundation for later exploring what to do when feeling triggered. I also encourage you to let go of tension a...
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33:57
Resting in Opening
This meditation will help you steady the mind like a candle in a windless place—calm, present, and undisturbed.You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up
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34:16
Relaxing the Body, Releasing the Mind
Find a calm center within. In this guided meditation, explore peace, vastness, and stillness—not as ideas, but as living qualities you can rest in.You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by si...
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35:00
Resting in Innate Wellbeing
So often we meditate to “get” somewhere — to reach a better state of mind. But in this guided meditation, you’ll simply rest in what’s already here: your natural, undisturbed well-being.You’re welcome to join me live each week for these ...
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