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
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Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo
Guided Meditation For A Positive Future
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We guide a calm, focused meditation to envision a positive future and connect it to simple, repeatable actions. Breath, imagery, and gentle prompts help shift from analysis to embodied clarity you can carry into the rest of your day.
• settling the body and softening tension
• anchoring attention with natural breath
• asking what future feels deeply moving
• noticing feelings that arise with the vision
• identifying how to show up each day
• rehearsing small actions in the mind’s eye
• meeting challenges with steady qualities
• ending with a felt sense to guide the day
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ABOUT THE SHOW
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 — the show explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work.
Each episode offers a mix o...
Settle The Body
SPEAKER_00Mindfulness exercises dot com. Your positive future. Let's begin by taking a moment to allow your body to settle. Find a comfortable position that allows your spine to be long, but with a natural curve in your lower back. And you can close your eyes gently or look downward just to limit visual distractions.
Soften And Release Tension
SPEAKER_00Allowing your belly and your shoulders to relax. And the muscles of your face and your jaw to soften. Just releasing any tension or tightness as you simply allow yourself to rest in this moment.
Intention: A Positive Future
SPEAKER_00And today I'll guide you through a practice to envision a positive future. It's a chance to connect with that place inside us that wants to work toward a life of meaning and fulfillment. This is a useful way to consider how we care for ourselves and others, and how to show up at our best to meet life's challenges. Before we start, take a full breath in through the nose, and a long breath out through the mouth. Now allow the breath to find its natural rhythm in and out. Allowing yourself to be fully present, resting with a breath.
Gentle Prompts And Openness
SPEAKER_00I'll provide you with questions to prompt ideas and responses that can help to find a positive future. And throughout this practice, just let your body and your mind feel loose and open. And repeat the questions that I offer silently into yourself. Resist the urge to problem solve or analyze. And see if anything comes up on its own organically. If nothing comes to mind, you can always continue to rest your attention on the breath until something comes up. Let's begin.
Core Question: Future You Crave
SPEAKER_00Ask yourself, what kind of a future do I feel deeply moved towards? What kind of a future do I feel deeply moved towards? And just notice any thoughts or feelings or images that come to mind. As you breathe in and breathe out?
Feelings Linked To Vision
SPEAKER_00And as you hold this positive future in your mind, this future that you feel deeply moved towards, what kind of feelings are present?
How To Show Up
SPEAKER_00Here are some more questions to help explore the future that you feel deeply moved towards. How can I show up in a way that will allow this positive future to unfold? And how will I move beyond it?
See Yourself Doing The Work
SPEAKER_00See yourself right now, somewhere in this positive future, and reflect on the things that you did that enabled you to get there. See yourself doing some of those things. Maybe it's spending time with family. Maybe it's engaging in a daily practice that supports clarity and focus. Maybe it's putting your energy into learning new skills. Or maybe it's how you allow yourself to connect with others. See those things in your mind's eye. Imagine them. And notice what it feels like as you imagine doing them.
Carry The Feeling Forward
SPEAKER_00We all have the ability to improve our lives and the lives of those around us. Can you take this feeling with you as you head back to your day? Can you allow it to guide how you interact with your world now?
Closing Breath And Return
SPEAKER_00Let's finish this positive future practice by taking a full breath in through the nose and a long breath out through the mouth.
