Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

A deep dive into one of the most essential Buddhist texts on mindfulness—The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, often referred to as The Direct Path to Realization. This episode's guest hosts explore its foundational teachings as presented in Venerable Anālayo’s book, offering a clear, contemporary lens through which mindfulness teachers and practitioners can engage with this timeless wisdom.You will be guided through the Four Foundations of Mindfulness—contemplation of the body, feelings, mind, and dharmas—with a strong emphasis on direct experience over intellectual understanding. What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✔ A clear breakdown of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness✔ How to contemplate the body through breath, posture, and impermanence✔ What it means to observe feeling tone, mental states, and dharmas with non-reactivity✔ The role of diligence, clear knowing (sampajañña), and mindfulness (sati)✔ How these teachings support inner stability and confidence in guiding others✔ Why direct experience, not theory, is the foundation of authentic mindfulness teachingSupport the showAdd your 5‑star review — this really helps others find us. Free Mindfulness Exercises: MindfulnessExercises.com 200 Guided Meditation Scripts: Scripts.MindfulnessExercises.com Certify To Teach Mindfulness: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Work with Sean Fargo: Sean.MindfulnessExercises.com/ Reduce Chronic Pain: Pain.MindfulnessExercises.com Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com

In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo sits down with global adventurer, bestselling author, and filmmaker Leon Logothetis—widely known as The Kindness Guy. You may know Leon from his hit shows The Kindness Diaries (on Discovery+ and Roku) or his new documentary The Kindness Within: A Journey to Freedom (now on Amazon Prime).But before inspiring millions, Leon was a finance professional living with deep depression and disconnection. He shares the raw and powerful story of how a movie, a motorcycle, and a radical choice to live from the heart led him on an around-the-world journey—relying solely on the kindness of strangers.This is more than an interview. It’s a personal update and spiritual reflection on what it means to be seen, to keep walking through pain, and to live in service to love.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✔ Why Leon walked away from a high-paying career to pursue kindness✔ How deep pain led to a life-changing global journey✔ What it means to “burn your ships” and surrender to the unknown✔ The spiritual awakening that came from a sunset in Nepal✔ How vulnerability, therapy, and tiny moments can shift your life✔ The emotional power behind The Kindness Within documentary✔ Simple daily practices Leon uses to reconnect with self and spirit✔ Why your scars are not your shame—they are your storyLeon’s story is an inspiring reminder that we all have a choice: to live from fear, or to live from love. His path through darkness, and the strangers who helped him along the way, show us that there is always another way to live—one that begins within.🌿 Stream The Kindness Within on Amazon Prime.🌐 Learn more at: leonlogothetis.comSupport the showAdd your 5‑star review — this really helps others find us. Free Mindfulness Exercises: MindfulnessExercises.com 200 Guided Meditation Scripts: Scripts.MindfulnessExercises.com Certify To Teach Mindfulness: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Work with Sean Fargo: Sean.MindfulnessExercises.com/ Reduce Chronic Pain: Pain.MindfulnessExercises.com Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com

In this deeply personal solo episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo, founder of Mindfulness Exercises and former Buddhist monk, shares a vulnerable update on his own mindfulness journey.Set against the quiet backdrop of a rainy day in Berkeley, Sean opens up about his recent conversations with Sophie McLean and Anthony Abbagnano—two teachers whose work has helped him reconnect to the power of self-love, purpose, and conscious connected breathing. What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✔ How self-love and purpose are intertwined in the mindfulness path✔ The role of conscious, connected breathing in healing and transformation✔ Why even experienced teachers still wrestle with imposter syndrome✔ A gentle practice to work with your past and envision your futureThis episode is an invitation to pause, breathe, and reconnect with the deeper “why” behind your practice. Whether you’re a seasoned mindfulness teacher or simply finding your footing, Sean’s reflections offer a spacious reminder that self-love is not a luxury—it’s the foundation.Support the showAdd your 5‑star review — this really helps others find us. Free Mindfulness Exercises: MindfulnessExercises.com 200 Guided Meditation Scripts: Scripts.MindfulnessExercises.com Certify To Teach Mindfulness: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Work with Sean Fargo: Sean.MindfulnessExercises.com/ Reduce Chronic Pain: Pain.MindfulnessExercises.com Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com

The body is our home. It carries us through our days and nights, collecting information along the way. Our bodies tell the story of past pleasure and pain, and hold the energy of our thoughts and emotions. Offering our bodies our tender, caring presence can help make this home a more comfortable place. In this guided meditation with Sean Fargo, we’re invited to stand, sit or lie down with the body, to explore the sensation that is present and offer it our supportive, loving attention. We do so not to reach a specific end goal, but simply to practice accepting and being with what is here.Please listen in a safe, quiet place where you can be relatively free from distraction. Find a posture that balances comfort with alertness. May this meditation be of benefit to you in your mindfulness journey.Support the showAdd your 5‑star review — this really helps others find us. Free Mindfulness Exercises: MindfulnessExercises.com 200 Guided Meditation Scripts: Scripts.MindfulnessExercises.com Certify To Teach Mindfulness: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Work with Sean Fargo: Sean.MindfulnessExercises.com/ Reduce Chronic Pain: Pain.MindfulnessExercises.com Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com

As wellness professionals, we give so much of ourselves to others—holding space, offering care, and tending to others’ needs. But in the process, we can forget to care for the one who gives. This guided meditation offers a much-needed pause to reconnect with your own inner well-being through the lens of mindful self-compassion.In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, you’ll be gently guided through a calming self-compassion meditation designed especially for therapists, coaches, healthcare providers, mindfulness teachers, and helping professionals. Through body awareness, emotional presence, loving-kindness, and mindful breathing, this practice invites you to release tension, set compassionate boundaries, and reconnect with your inner strength and humanity.What You’ll Experience in This Meditation:✔ A gentle body scan to ground your awareness and soften tension✔ Mindful acknowledgment of difficult emotions with kindness and care✔ Loving-kindness phrases to foster inner support and compassion✔ Breathwork to release judgment, guilt, and the pressure to be perfect✔ Reflections on professional boundaries to support sustainable service✔ A gratitude practice to honor your efforts and impactWhether you’re navigating emotional labor, compassion fatigue, or simply feeling stretched thin, this meditation reminds you that your well-being matters just as much as those you serve.🌿 Let this be your space to pause, receive, and replenish. You deserve it.Support the showAdd your 5‑star review — this really helps others find us. Free Mindfulness Exercises: MindfulnessExercises.com 200 Guided Meditation Scripts: Scripts.MindfulnessExercises.com Certify To Teach Mindfulness: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Work with Sean Fargo: Sean.MindfulnessExercises.com/ Reduce Chronic Pain: Pain.MindfulnessExercises.com Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com

In this episode, Rhonda V. Magee, law professor emerita, mindfulness teacher, and author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice, shares her journey of integrating mindfulness into higher education, law, and social justice initiatives.Rhonda reflects on her early influences, including the centering practices of her grandmother and her own discovery of meditation through Eastern philosophy and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). She explores how mindfulness supports not just personal stress reduction, but also community healing, resilience, and systemic change.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✔ How mindfulness practices can heal personal and collective suffering✔ The integration of mindfulness into legal education and social justice work✔ The importance of contemplative spaces for emotional healing and community resilience✔ Rhonda’s vision for soulful mindfulness and her community project, Mount Iris✔ Practical insights on introducing mindfulness into professional and academic spacesThis episode offers heartfelt guidance for anyone passionate about mindfulness, emotional resilience, community-building, and social transformation. It’s especially valuable for mindfulness teachers seeking to expand the depth and inclusivity of their practice.Connect with Rhonda:⁠Website - rhondavmagee.comLinkedIn⁠InstagramFacebook⁠Support the showAdd your 5‑star review — this really helps others find us. Free Mindfulness Exercises: MindfulnessExercises.com 200 Guided Meditation Scripts: Scripts.MindfulnessExercises.com Certify To Teach Mindfulness: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Work with Sean Fargo: Sean.MindfulnessExercises.com/ Reduce Chronic Pain: Pain.MindfulnessExercises.com Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com

Every mindfulness teacher, no matter how experienced, faces moments of doubt. But self-trust is not about being perfect; it's about believing in your capacity to show up with authenticity, care, and presence.In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, you'll be guided through a soothing affirmation-based meditation designed specifically to help mindfulness teachers, coaches, and professionals strengthen their confidence and connection to their inner wisdom.With each phrase, you’ll be invited to gently reconnect with your purpose, deepen your trust in your voice, and reaffirm the impact of your work.What You’ll Experience in This Meditation:✔ Affirmations to build confidence in your skills and wisdom as a mindfulness teacher✔ Encouragement to trust your intuition and presence when guiding others✔ Reminders that growth includes imperfection, doubt, and learning✔ Phrases to ground you in self-compassion, patience, and positive impact✔ A calming, empowering space to realign with your purpose as a teacherThis meditation is perfect for mindfulness professionals, educators, and guides who want to anchor their teaching in confidence, care, and clarity.🌿 Let this be a moment to return to your center—where trust and purpose already live.Support the showAdd your 5‑star review — this really helps others find us. Free Mindfulness Exercises: MindfulnessExercises.com 200 Guided Meditation Scripts: Scripts.MindfulnessExercises.com Certify To Teach Mindfulness: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Work with Sean Fargo: Sean.MindfulnessExercises.com/ Reduce Chronic Pain: Pain.MindfulnessExercises.com Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com

In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo sits down with Emily Fletcher, founder of Ziva Meditation and bestselling author of Stress Less, Accomplish More. Emily, a Broadway star turned meditation teacher, shares her remarkable journey from high-stress performance anxiety to embodying mindfulness, meditation, and manifesting practices that have transformed over 120,000 lives.Together, they explore:✔ How meditation cured Emily’s insomnia and anxiety within days✔ Why the Ziva Technique blends mindfulness, meditation, and manifesting for real-world success✔ How meditation helps release stored stress and unlocks new levels of vitality✔ The relationship between embodiment, sacred sexuality, and spiritual growth✔ Insights into balancing the divine masculine and feminine within ourselvesThis episode offers inspiring lessons for anyone seeking real-world mindfulness practices, deeper emotional healing, and a fuller, more joyful human experience. It’s a valuable listen for mindfulness teachers and meditators who want to integrate mindfulness not just on the cushion, but throughout every aspect of life.Connect with Emily:⁠Website - Ziva Meditation⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠Podcast - Why Isn't Everyone Doing This?Support the showAdd your 5‑star review — this really helps others find us. Free Mindfulness Exercises: MindfulnessExercises.com 200 Guided Meditation Scripts: Scripts.MindfulnessExercises.com Certify To Teach Mindfulness: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Work with Sean Fargo: Sean.MindfulnessExercises.com/ Reduce Chronic Pain: Pain.MindfulnessExercises.com Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com

When we pause and breathe with intention, we tap into the quiet power that lives within us—a nurturing, healing energy that moves through every cell of our body. This guided meditation from Mindfulness Exercises invites you to reconnect with your breath as a source of care, vitality, and inner balance.Designed for both mindfulness practitioners and professionals, this practice offers a gentle journey into whole-body breathing. Through visualization, breath awareness, and calming affirmations, you’ll explore how each inhale and exhale can bring not only stillness—but also renewed strength, warmth, and presence.What You’ll Experience in This Meditation:✔ Breath as a bridge between your body, mind, and the universe✔ Visualization of healing light moving through the body✔ Gentle guidance to breathe with awareness, from chest to fingertips to feet✔ Whole-body breathing to cultivate inner harmony and connection✔ An invitation to ground, center, and nurture yourself with each breathWhether you're offering care to others or simply in need of a mindful reset, this meditation is a reminder that your breath can nourish and support you—just as you are.🌿 Take this time to breathe fully, feel deeply, and connect gently with your whole being.Support the showAdd your 5‑star review — this really helps others find us. Free Mindfulness Exercises: MindfulnessExercises.com 200 Guided Meditation Scripts: Scripts.MindfulnessExercises.com Certify To Teach Mindfulness: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Work with Sean Fargo: Sean.MindfulnessExercises.com/ Reduce Chronic Pain: Pain.MindfulnessExercises.com Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com

In part two of our conversation with Vidyamala Burch, we dive into practical applications of mindfulness for pain and stress. She explains how habitual breath holding and tension reinforce pain, and introduces the concept of whole-body breathing as a way to unwind secondary suffering.Vidyamala teaches how to bring soft, embodied awareness to five key areas of the breath—the buttocks, belly, back, back of the mouth, and brain—which she refers to as the “5 Bays of the Breath.” This episode includes a guided body-based practice exploring these areas and encouraging fluid, receptive awareness to counteract pain and reactivity.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✔ How to use mindful breathing to release tension and reduce reactivity✔ The connection between resistance, breath holding, and pain✔ An introduction to the 5 Bays of the Breath and how to apply them✔ A guided body-based mindfulness practice for pain relief and groundingThis episode is ideal for mindfulness teachers, health professionals, and anyone looking to deepen their understanding of how breath and awareness can transform pain into fluid, manageable experience.Connect with Vidyamala:WebsiteInstagramFacebookLinkedInSupport the showAdd your 5‑star review — this really helps others find us. Free Mindfulness Exercises: MindfulnessExercises.com 200 Guided Meditation Scripts: Scripts.MindfulnessExercises.com Certify To Teach Mindfulness: Certify.MindfulnessExercises.com Work with Sean Fargo: Sean.MindfulnessExercises.com/ Reduce Chronic Pain: Pain.MindfulnessExercises.com Email: Sean@MindfulnessExercises.com