Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Abiding as Awareness, Lovingness, Vastness

Rick Hanson

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If you often feel tense, contracted, or caught in your thoughts, this meditation helps you relax the body, steady the mind, and reconnect with a deeper sense of openness and ease. Over time, it supports a shift into a more spacious, less reactive way of being.

You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up at https://rickhanson.com/wednesday-meditations-with-dr-rick-hanson/. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here: https://rickhanson.com/talk-meditation-how-to-claim-the-power-you-do-have-and-disengage-where-you-dont/