Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

A simple wooden bench beneath redwoods can teach more about mindfulness than a stack of books. Sean Fargo shares how years as a Buddhist monk distilled into one essential practice: sit at the base of a tree, feel your breath, and let nature lead. From Thai forests to a Berkeley backyard, he traces the quiet power of practicing outdoors and explains why fresh air, shifting light, and the textures of the world sharpen attention and soften judgment.We explore a practical, element-based approach—earth, fire, air, water, and space—that makes awareness tangible. You’ll hear how to work with sun on the skin, breeze on the face, and the honest feedback of uneven ground. Sean offers simple ways to start today: eyes open or closed, sitting in a park, or taking a slow walk while sensing heel, ball, toe. For teachers, he maps out how to guide groups off Zoom and into parks, trails, and campgrounds, where presence becomes easier and distractions become part of the practice instead of problems to fix.If you’ve wondered whether public meditation looks strange, this conversation offers permission and a plan. We talk about building resilience by staying with both pleasant and unpleasant conditions, noticing judgments, and returning to raw sensation. By the end, you’ll have a clear, friendly roadmap for bringing your practice outdoors—alone, with friends, or with a class—and a renewed trust that nature is a steady mentor when we show up to listen.Subscribe for more grounded guidance, share this episode with someone who loves the outdoors, and tell us in the comments: where in nature do you practice mindfulness?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: [email protected]

What if home isn’t a location but a feeling you can access anywhere? On a quiet stretch of California’s Central Valley, we explore how mindfulness turns a long drive into a place of safety, gratitude, and deep belonging. Instead of rushing from one address to the next, we lean into breath, body, and the living world around us—the weight of the seat, the warmth of the sun, the whisper of wind, even the tumbleweeds—and discover a home that doesn’t depend on walls.We get honest about the old habit of racing to arrive: optimizing departure times, passing at the perfect angle, pushing for speed. Then we slow down, sense into the ground that holds us, and let presence soften the road. Through simple practices—feeling the inhale and exhale, grounding through contact points, widening awareness to include sky and land—we learn to relate to the environment as part of our inner home. Safety stops being a future destination and becomes a moment-to-moment experience in the body.Along the way, we ask a few powerful questions: Can I be at home in my body right now? Can I trust the earth beneath me? Can I welcome the air and space around me? With each question, the heart opens to care, and gratitude naturally rises. That gratitude eases transitions—new places, uncertain paths, and the in-between miles feel less like exile and more like belonging. If you’re moving through change, traveling, or simply craving steadiness, this conversation offers a gentle map back to yourself.If this resonated with you, follow the show, share it with a friend who’s on the move, and leave a quick review to help others find a sense of home, wherever they are.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: [email protected]

What if forgiveness didn’t ask you to forget, pretend, or minimize? We open a kinder door: releasing the grip of the past without erasing it, and training attention so old stories don’t run the show. Through a grounded, step-by-step loving-kindness practice with Sharon Salzberg, we move from caring for ourselves to offering warmth to a benefactor, a neutral person, and ultimately to all beings—showing how compassion can be both steady and discerning.Sharon's website: SharonSalzberg.comWe start by reframing forgiveness as a shift in identification, not a wipe of memory. Then we teach a simple sequence of phrases—may I be safe, be happy, be healthy, live with ease—and explain why the power lies in sincere repetition. Wandering minds are expected; the core skill is noticing, letting go, and returning. That small return mirrors forgiveness itself: again and again, we choose presence over replay.As the circle widens, we explore the ease of offering to someone who makes you smile, the surprising depth of wishing well for a neutral person, and the humbling recognition of our shared vulnerability. Life can turn on a dime; kindness helps us meet that truth without hardening. By the end, you’ll feel how goodwill does not negate boundaries or justice—it clarifies them. Remembering remains, but resentment loosens its hold, making room for steadiness, clarity, and a more generous way to move through the world.If this practice supports you, follow the show, share it with a friend who could use some ease, and leave a quick review to help others find 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: [email protected]

Happiness often feels slippery—too abstract to hold, too dependent on luck or perfect circumstances. We take a different path and lay out a grounded map you can actually use. The conversation with Austin Hill Shaw centers on three core human needs that, together, create a durable sense of wellbeing: connection, contribution, and meaning. Rather than chasing a mood, we practice a rhythm that returns us to what makes life feel alive.Austin's website: AustinHillShaw.comWe start with connection in its many layers: a kinder relationship with ourselves, a deeper bond with loved ones, and a lived sense of belonging to neighborhood and the natural world. You’ll hear how our “time traveling” minds pull us into the past and future, and how simple attention—breath, body, and presence—brings us back. From there, we turn to contribution as the desire to matter. We explore how to match your real strengths to real needs, why small acts of service change your day’s shape, and how to protect generosity from burnout with clear boundaries and honest pacing.Finally, we unpack meaning in two parts. There’s the framework that helps life make sense—your philosophy, spiritual path, or guiding principles—and there are those ineffable moments that words can’t hold: birth, grief, awe in nature, music that cracks you open. We talk about inviting awe without forcing it, and about letting meaning guide decisions when the world feels noisy. By the end, you’ll have a simple, memorable model you can act on today: connect, contribute, and cultivate meaning. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a steadier map, and leave a quick review telling us which pillar you’re working on next.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: [email protected]

The holidays can be dazzling and demanding at the same time—lights and laughter on the outside, pressure and mixed emotions on the inside. We tackle that paradox head-on with simple, compassionate mindfulness tools you can use in real time to steady your nervous system and protect what matters most.We start with family dynamics, where old patterns and sensitive topics often intensify stress. You’ll learn mindful listening that lowers reactivity, silent loving-kindness that shields your heart without excusing harmful behavior, and practical boundaries that let you say no or leave early when you feel drained. We also share a quick “mindful escape” you can use during any gathering to re-center in under a minute.From there, we shift into the money and meaning of the season. Explore mindful giving that starts with intention, mindful receiving that honors care even when the gift misses the mark, and mindful consumption that aligns spending with your values. Before you click buy, try a single breath and two questions: Is this needed, and does it match what matters? Those tiny pauses can prevent debt-fueled stress and restore a sense of peace.To make mindfulness easy and portable, we teach the STOP technique—Stop, Take a breath, Observe, Proceed—as well as a sensory reset that encourages you to smell the pine, taste the first bite, and listen to one song without multitasking. We close by highlighting the most generous offering of the season: your full presence. Put the phone down, make eye contact, and truly listen; that attention becomes a gift that outlasts any box or bow.If this conversation helps you breathe a little easier, follow the show, share it with a friend who might need it, and leave a quick review to help others find these tools. Your presence here means a lot—thank you for listening and for choosing calm in a loud season.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: [email protected]