{"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":313,"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":"2026-07-26T08:21:15.717436+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfulness-exercises-with-sean-fargo-5494073"},"episode":{"title":"Kindness Begins With A Breath","slug":"kindness-begins-with-a-breath","published_at":"2026-04-07T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindfulness-exercises-with-sean-fargo-5494073/kindness-begins-with-a-breath","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/18714431-kindness-begins-with-a-breath.mp3","summary":"Start with a single breath and watch your circle of care expand. We begin by grounding the body—soft shoulders, easy belly, relaxed face—so the mind can rest, then we introduce the core loving kindness phrases: may I be well, may I be safe and free from suffering, may I be happy. From there, we guide you step by step: first offering compassion to yourself, then to someone you love, someone facing hardship, and even someone with whom you’ve struggled. Along the way we explore why intention mat...","meta_description":"Start with a single breath and watch your circle of care expand. We begin by grounding the body—soft shoulders, easy belly, relaxed face—so the mind can r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":868,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mindfulness-exercises-with-sean-fargo-5494073/episodes/kindness-begins-with-a-breath/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/kindness-begins-with-a-breath.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}