Breathe and Be
Breathe and Be is a short and simple meditation podcast to help you slow down, breathe, and be, no pressure, no overthinking. Hosted by Maryann, each episode is a gentle pause in your day, giving you space to relax, reset, and find a little calm whenever you need it. New episodes are released every Tuesday and Saturday.
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Episodes
92 episodes
The Lost Art of Waiting
Waiting can feel like the part of life you’re supposed to power through. You check the clock, refresh the inbox, replay the conversation, and secretly believe real living starts after the answer arrives. Today we slow that whole reflex down and...
The Lost Art Of Wonder
When was the last time you stared at something small and felt your mind go quiet, not because you escaped your life, but because you finally arrived in it? We’re inviting you into the lost art of wonder, a guided mindfulness meditation designed...
The Lost Art Of Doing Nothing
Stillness shouldn’t feel like a guilty pleasure, but for a lot of us it does. When every empty moment gets filled with a screen, a task, or a plan, “doing nothing” starts to feel uncomfortable, even wasteful. I want to change that, gently, with...
Summer Solstice Meditation
The longest day of the year can feel like a challenge: soak it up, do more, make it count. We take the opposite path. Together, we settle into a supportive posture, soften the gaze, and let the breath bring us back to something simpler than the...
A Guided Walk Through A Summer Lavender Farm
Your mind does not need another productivity hack. It needs a soft place to land. We’re walking you through a calming guided meditation set on a peaceful lavender farm on a warm summer afternoon, where gentle breezes move across endless purple ...
Moonlit Lake Calm
Your mind does not need another task. It needs a place to land. We guide you through a calming, sensory-rich breathing meditation that begins with one simple instruction: get comfortable and let your breath be exactly what it is. No fixing, no ...
The Beginning Days of Summer
The first days of summer have a tenderness that’s easy to miss when life is loud. We slow everything down and step into an early warm evening where the air smells like cut grass and blooming flowers, porch lights click on one by one, and the wo...
Spring Evening Calm
We guide a slow return to the present through gentle breath awareness and a warm spring evening visualization. We end with a quiet reminder that rest is allowed and not everything needs to be finished today.
Rest Under The Tree
We guide a short breathing meditation that helps us settle into the body and trust the natural rhythm of the breath. We rest beneath an imagined spring tree and explore what it feels like to be supported without having to earn it.
A Guided Spring Meditation For Stress Relief
We guide a quiet breath-led meditation that helps us settle our bodies and trust the natural rhythm of breathing. We step into an early spring scene and use sound, scent, and imagery to practice letting go and allowing small growth to be real. ...
Back To Sleep
A low-effort meditation for those middle of the night wake ups.
Learn to Notice, Choose, and Let Go, Like a Crow
Your mind doesn’t need more pressure to “focus.” It needs permission to be selective. We’re guiding a calming, story-driven meditation that invites you to borrow the perspective of a crow, a creature known for intelligence, pattern recognition,...
A Gentle Check-In With Your Emotions
I apologize for not releasing an episode last week; recovering from an illness kept me away from my microphone for a few days. This short guided meditation offers a calm place to land and a simple way to reconnect with yourself. We ...
A Healing Pause
Waiting can feel like a trap: time slipping away, your mind itching to move. We slow that reflex down. I guide you into a quiet pause that most of us rush through, and we practice letting it support us instead of treating it like a failure of p...
The Greenhouse at the Edge of the Day
A tight chest, a crowded mind, and a day that won’t slow down can make even rest feel like work. We guide you into something simpler: a calm, sensory journey that helps your body exhale first, so your thoughts can follow. With slow breathing, r...
You Can Calm Your Mind Without Forcing Silence
Your mind can be loud and still be healthy. When thoughts race, most of us try to clamp down and force quiet, but that struggle often makes the noise feel even bigger. We take a different route: we let the mind settle by giving it something sim...
Rainy Evening Calm
Rainy evenings do something powerful if we let them: they make slowing down feel natural. I’m Mary Ann, and this Breathe and Be meditation is built for the moment when your day is winding down but your mind is still trying to keep going. With t...
Painting Over the Noise: A meditation for intrusive thoughts
A jolt of fear can land without warning: a violent image, a risky impulse, a thought that feels nothing like you. We take that moment and turn it into a practice, showing how intrusive thoughts are false alarms from a protective brain that love...
Finding Stillness In The Space Between Winter And Spring
When the world can’t decide between frost and thaw, our bodies often feel the same push and pull. We step into that tender in-between and offer a space to breathe without forcing, to notice without fixing, and to trust the quiet work happening ...
A Gentle Reset For Your Nervous System
We guide a gentle breath and grounding practice to help the nervous system settle and bring awareness back into the body. We end by returning to the room with simple cues and a reflective question on offering yourself kindness.
An Invitation To Hibernation: Finding Seasonal Ease And Quiet Strength
What if winter wasn’t a test to power through but a teacher nudging you to move at a kinder pace? We invite you into a guided “hibernation” practice—something between sleep and escape—designed to help you conserve energy, regulate your nervous ...
Winter Quiet In A Forgotten Village
In this episode, we take a slow walk through an abandoned winter village to let the breath and body soften, explore the peace of stillness, and practice honoring what we don’t need to carry. The journey through a silent clockmaker’s shop invite...
Find Calm In The Crunch Of Snow As We Breathe, Scan The Body, And Return To A Softer Pace
Cold air clears the mind, but only if we let it meet us where we are. We return from a nourishing pause to guide you through a quiet winter practice that trades urgency for presence. Together we build a slower rhythm—steady breath, soft shoulde...