Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo
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
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Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo
Breathing Made Tangible: How Moonbird Brings Calm, Sleep & Embodied Awareness with Stefanie Broes
In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo talks with Dr. Stefanie Broes, founder and CEO of Moonbird, about how tactile, screen-free technology can help us reconnect with the body through mindful breathing.
Moonbird is a handheld device that literally breathes with you—expanding and contracting in your hand to guide calm, slow breathing for stress relief, better sleep, and heart-rate-variability (HRV) coherence. https://www.moonbird.life/
Sean and Stefanie explore the science and simplicity behind breathwork, how therapists and counselors are using Moonbird in clinical settings, and why a tactile approach can make mindfulness more accessible for children and adults alike.
Listen in to learn how mindful breathing transforms anxiety, improves emotional regulation, and strengthens our connection between mind and body—one conscious breath at a time.
🔗 Learn more: mindfulnessexercises.com/podcast🔗 Explore Moonbird: moonbird.life
Keywords: mindful breathing, breathwork, HRV, sleep, stress relief, mindfulness tools, trauma-sensitive mindfulness, Moonbird, Stefanie Broes, Sean Fargo, breathing device, counselors, therapists, anxiety support, mindfulness exercises podcast
🕒 Timestamps00:00 – Intro: Welcome to the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast01:00 – Stefanie Broes’ story: From insomnia and stress to discovering breathwork04:30 – The science behind slow breathing and the body’s relaxation response06:00 – How Moonbird was born: from avocado prototypes to embodied calm09:30 – Why touch and tactility matter for mindfulness and sleep12:00 – From tracking to acting: turning data into embodied calm15:00 – Heart Rate Variability (HRV): why coherence matters for stress and recovery18:00 – Breathwork vs. mindfulness of breathing—complementary or separate?22:00 – Custom breathing rhythms and guided exercises inside the Moonbird app25:00 – Therapeutic uses: how counselors and psychologists integrate Moonbird30:00 – Moonbird for kids & classrooms—introducing the “Moonbuddy”35:00 – Why embodiment makes mindfulness more emotionally safe37:00 – Sean on mindfulness & clear comprehension (Sa
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