{"podcast":{"title":"Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo","slug":"mindfulness-exercises-with-sean-fargo-5494073","podcast_index_feed_id":5494073,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2555881.rss","website_url":"https://mindfulnessexercises.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/ob0aotr06gdqg8p49bgg09ysl02r?.jpg","author":"Sean Fargo","episode_count":322,"summary":"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 Certificatio…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-12T20:20:10.882250+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfulness-exercises-with-sean-fargo-5494073"},"episode":{"title":"A Grounded Eyes-Open Meditation With Susan Piver","slug":"a-grounded-eyes-open-meditation-with-susan-piver","published_at":"2026-07-31T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfulness-exercises-with-sean-fargo-5494073/a-grounded-eyes-open-meditation-with-susan-piver","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfulness-exercises-with-sean-fargo-5494073","url":"https://mindfulnessexercises.com/podcast/","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2555881/episodes/19029284-a-grounded-eyes-open-meditation-with-susan-piver.mp3","summary":"Your meditation doesn’t need better willpower, a quieter mind, or a more “spiritual” seat on the floor. With renowned meditation teacher Susan Piver, we practice a clear, grounded approach to mindfulness meditation that starts where your body already is: feeling your weight land, sitting upright with dignity, softening the belly, and letting the jaw and shoulders finally unclench. If you’ve ever wondered whether a chair “counts,” you’ll love her reminder that it does. We also explore eyes-op...","meta_description":"Your meditation doesn’t need better willpower, a quieter mind, or a more “spiritual” seat on the floor. With renowned meditation teacher Susan Piver, we p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":710,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mindfulness-exercises-with-sean-fargo-5494073/episodes/a-grounded-eyes-open-meditation-with-susan-piver/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfulness-exercises-with-sean-fargo-5494073/a-grounded-eyes-open-meditation-with-susan-piver.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}