{"podcast":{"title":"The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard","slug":"the-daily-meditation-with-brother-richard-7622550","podcast_index_feed_id":7622550,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/693ebc1df3a6f9e20ac00b64","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-daily-meditation-with-brother-richard","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/693ebc1df3a6f9e20ac00b64/1768228963935-3ffa2910-3b9e-4cb3-aae1-624d46da23e4.jpeg","author":"Cutdown Studios and Brother Richard","episode_count":207,"summary":"The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard is a short daily podcast offering stillness, clarity and spiritual grounding - a moment of calm in a busy, noisy world. Hosted by Brother Richard, a Capuchin Franciscan friar and meditation teacher, each episode draws on the Christian monastic contemplative tradition, one of the oldest continuous meditative practice in the world. With warmth, simplicity and deep humanity, Brother Richard offers reflections and guided meditations shaped for modern life. These meditations are open to people of all faiths, and to those with none. No belief is required - only a few quiet minutes and a willingness to pause, breathe and be present, whether taking a pause during the day or winding down before sleep. Brother Richard belongs to the Capuchin community in Dublin, Ireland, where a life of prayer and meditation has been practiced every day for over 400 years. This podcast carries that living tradition forward, translating ancient wisdom into a form that speaks to contemporary experience. To find out more about the Capuchins’ work visit: https://capuchindaycentre.ie/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T16:20:56.882418+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-meditation-with-brother-richard-7622550"},"episode":{"title":"Intentionality: The Direction of the Mind and Heart (Repost)","slug":"intentionality-the-direction-of-the-mind-and-heart-repost","published_at":"2026-06-28T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-meditation-with-brother-richard-7622550/intentionality-the-direction-of-the-mind-and-heart-repost","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-meditation-with-brother-richard-7622550","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-daily-meditation-with-brother-richard/episodes/intentionality-the-direction-of-the-mind-and-heart-repost","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/693ebc1df3a6f9e20ac00b64/e/6a4227297407a2671fa9fbd5/media.mp3","summary":"In this meditation, I invite you to explore intentionality — the quiet direction of the mind and heart that gives shape and energy to our practice. We reflect on what it means to hold an intention: not as effort or striving, but as a gentle desire that something might be, for ourselves or for another. As intention gathers our inner faculties, attention naturally settles, and the breath becomes a steady companion. Resting with the rhythm of breathing, where the out-breath becomes the in-breath, we allow awareness to fill the whole body. Intention is not forced here; it is simply held, present in the here and now. This daily guided meditation offers a moment of calm , whether you are pausing during the day or winding down before sleep , supporting clarity, steadiness and quiet presence. Chapters  00:00 – Introduction 00:15 – Exploring intentionality 01:22 – Gathering the inner faculties 01:42 – Holding an intention for others or yourself 02:07 – Intention as something that unfolds 03:10 – The bell 05:52 – Finding the rhythm of the breath 06:08 – Where the out-breath becomes the in-breath 07:52 – Breathing with every cell 09:09 – Resting in the here and now 10:52 – Closing bell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this meditation, I invite you to explore intentionality — the quiet direction of the mind and heart that gives shape and energy to our practice. We ref…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":665,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-meditation-with-brother-richard-7622550/episodes/intentionality-the-direction-of-the-mind-and-heart-repost/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-meditation-with-brother-richard-7622550/intentionality-the-direction-of-the-mind-and-heart-repost.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}