Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo
Mindfulness and meditation 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
Updated 2-3x weekly. Follow the show, try this week’s practice, and share one insight in a review to help others discover the podcast.
Explore more resources and training at MindfulnessExercises.com and the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification.
Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo
Self-Compassion Meditation, with Sean Fargo
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
Self-compassion is a virtue that can be cultivated through meditation. Expand self-compassion by acknowledging your pain, remembering your common humanity, and sending yourself and all others love and well-wishes.
In this episode, Mindfulness Exercises founder, Sean Fargo, leads us in a 20-minute meditation for self-compassion. The practice begins with an invitation to recall a challenging moment in our lives. Choose a workable memory that allows you to remain within your window of tolerance. Sean then guides us through a gentle exploration of this experience.
Find hundreds more guided audio meditations at https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-guided-meditations-mindfulness-talks/ or download 200 meditation scripts to expand your personal practice, or to share with others at https://mindfulnessexercises.com/guided-meditation-scripts/
Teach mindfulness without self-doubt, fear of judgment, or imposter syndrome.
Learn about our Internationally Accredited Certification Program: https://certify.mindfulnessexercises.com/
Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life.
Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work.
Each episode offers a mix of:
- Practical mindfulness and meditation teachings
- Conversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchers
- Real-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregivers
- Gentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or change
If you’re interested in:
- Mindfulness meditation for everyday life
- Trauma-sensitive and compassion-based practices
- Teaching mindfulness in an authentic, non-performative way
- Deepening your own practice while supporting others
…you’re in the right place.
Learn more at ...
Welcome to the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast. In this episode, we bring you a guided meditation to add to your personal practice. So please find a quiet place where you can be free from distraction. Let's begin.
SPEAKER_01Let's find a posture that feels relaxed and alert. Finding a sense of balance in the body. Noticing whether we're leaning to the left or right, forward or backward. We can close our eyes gently to limit visual distractions or look downward. Whatever feels safe and comfortable for you is fine. Noticing the body touch the ground or the seat. As we ground our feet, our sit bones, touching the floor or the chair. Just connecting with the body. Maybe the rhythm is slowing down. Something in our life that we're feeling some stress around. Nothing too intense, nothing too major or overwhelming. Maybe on a scale of one to ten. Yeah. Three or a four. In terms of intensity. Nothing that intense. Something we're feeling challenged by. Maybe there's some frustration. Maybe some judgment. So now shifting our awareness from the story to the body. What does this stress feel like? So we're not judging it to be good or bad, right or wrong. Exploring these sensations. No stress with curiosity. Noticing which areas of the body feel tight and contracted when we feel this stress. Bringing a sense of kindness to ourselves. We would offer a good friend who may also be going through stressful time. Slowly opening your eyes whenever you're ready.
SPEAKER_00Notice what's changed in your body and mind. Notice especially any benefits you've received. What makes it feel like to carry these benefits into the rest of your day? Consistent daily practice. Listen to the next episode.
