Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

• Trauma-Sensitive Body Scan Meditations for Healing and Presence

  In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo explores how to lead trauma-sensitive body scan meditations with compassion, choice, and safety. Designed for mindfulness teachers, coaches, therapists, and wellness professionals, this session offers practical tools for guiding clients who may carry trauma in their bodies. Discover how to balance awareness with grounding, introduce choice and agency, and cultivate safety in every meditation experience. Sean also walks you through a full trauma-sensitive body scan practice—helping you embody these teachings yourself before sharing them with others. If you’re a mindfulness or meditation teacher, this episode will deepen your understanding of how trauma impacts the body and how to create inclusive, healing spaces for your clients. 00:01 — Introduction: Why trauma-sensitive practices matter for mindfulness professionals 01:30 — The Impact of Trauma on the Body: Understanding vigilance, numbness, and tension 02:40 — Gratitude & Self-Compassion: Gentle practices to shift from scarcity to abundance 03:54 — Mindful Movement: How physical awareness supports grounding and safety 05:35 — Preparing for the Body Scan: Setting up comfort, safety, and empowerment 06:25 — Guided Body Scan Begins: Step-by-step awareness from head to toe 11:08 — Grounding & Safety Techniques: Using breath and gravity as anchors 13:30 — Pendulation: Moving between comfort and discomfort with care 14:43 — Empowering Client Choice: Restoring agency and safety in the body 15:59 — Working with Emotions: Welcoming sensations with curiosity and compassion 19:02 — Titration & Pacing: Introducing small doses of attention safely 20:32 — Rupture & Repair: Reestablishing trust when difficulty arises 22:44 — Subtle Energy Awareness: Sensing life force within the body 23:22 — Integrating Practice into Daily Life: Micro meditations and mindful pauses 24:47 — Closing Reflections: Healing as integration, not erasure Trauma-sensitive mindfulness prioritizes safety, choice, and empowerment. Techniques like pendulation and titration help clients regulate and stay present. Your own embodied awareness is essential to guide others effectively. Healing is not about erasing the past—it’s about integrating and transforming it with compassion. If this episode resonated with you, please take a moment to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Your feedback helps others discover the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast and supports this growing community of mindful practitioners. Subscribe for more free teachings and meditations at MindfulnessExercises.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• How to Deal with Overwhelming Pain During Meditation

  When pain shows up in practice, it can feel overwhelming but it can also be a doorway to deeper awareness. This is an excerpt from our Community Gathering wherein a student opens up about the challenge of neck pain becoming overwhelming during meditation. Rather than offering a quick fix, Sean Fargo invites a gentler approach: turning toward discomfort with curiosity and compassion instead of resistance or judgment. This conversation is a reminder that pain in meditation isn’t a barrier to practice, but an opportunity to deepen presence, patience, and care. Chapters 00:00 – The Question 01:51 – Resources for Pain & Mindfulness 03:27 – Pain vs. Suffering 04:54 – Approaching with Gentleness 06:48 – Exploring the Geography of Pain 08:50 – Visualization & Self-Compassion 10:41 – Movement Practices 11:48 – The Mantra of Softening 🧘 Want to teach mindfulness with skill, depth, and compassion? Join Sean Fargo’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program to access live mentorship, trauma-sensitive training, and a global network of mindfulness professionals. 👉 Learn more or enroll here:🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your personal or professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mindfulness.Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exercising Mindfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Julie Lythcott-Haims on the Power of Telling Your Truth

  In this powerful conversation from the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo speaks with Julie Lythcott-Haims — New York Times bestselling author, activist, politician, and former Stanford dean — about how mindfulness can help us face shame, rewrite old stories, and create space for authentic belonging. Julie shares how she first discovered mindfulness in her 30s, how body awareness helped her get out of her own way, and how storytelling became a tool for healing unprocessed pain. She reflects on writing Real American, her memoir on race and belonging, and the liberation that came from releasing stories she had carried for decades. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 – Intro 04:11 – mindfulness as a path to self-awareness 06:40 – Writing as emotional release 10:35 – Holding space with compassion 14:41 – The courage of vulnerability 21:16 – Helicopter Parenting: lesson in parenting and self-growth 30:25 – Post-It notes of connection 33:00 – Freeing others through your story 36:57 – Releasing fear and finding courage to be seen 38:25 – A moment of belonging with a taxi driver 41:03 – Building bridges across difference 46:25 – Living authentically with compassion 🔗Know more about Julie Julie Lythcott-Haims: julielythcotthaims.com Substack: julielythcotthaims.substack.com TED Talk: How to Raise an Adult Books: How to Raise an Adult, Real American, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult 🧘 Want to teach mindfulness with skill, depth, and compassion? Join Sean Fargo’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program to access live mentorship, trauma-sensitive training, and a global network of mindfulness professionals. 👉 Learn more or enroll here:🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your personal or professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mindfulness.Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exercising Mindfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• What to Do When You Feel Stuck in Your Mindfulness Practice

  At some point in practice, many of us wonder: Why does it feel like I’m not growing anymore? In this excerpt from our Community Gathering Q&A, a student opens up about reaching a plateau after years of mindfulness and healing work. Sean Fargo offers a compassionate reframing that feeling stuck is not failure, but often a sign that something deeper is asking for attention. Along the way, he shares practical ways to soften this stuckness — from grounding in nature, to seeking help and support, to practicing forgiveness and self-compassion. This conversation reminds us that plateaus are not the end of the journey, but turning points that can open us into greater freedom, resilience, and wholeness. Chapters 00:00 – Intro 01:32 – Updating the Blueprint 02:26 – Stuck Energy 03:30 – Asking for Support 04:40 – Grounding & Renewal Practices 🧘 Want to teach mindfulness with skill, depth, and compassion? Join Sean Fargo’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program to access live mentorship, trauma-sensitive training, and a global network of mindfulness professionals. 👉 Learn more or enroll here:🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your personal or professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mindfulness.Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exercising Mindfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Rosalie Dores on Evolving the Practice of Mindfulness for a Changing World

  In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo speaks with Rosalie Dores—mindfulness teacher, supervisor, and social change facilitator based in the UK. Rooted in over 20 years of meditation practice and social justice work, Rosalie brings a thoughtful and courageous perspective to what it means to be mindful in a world that’s deeply interconnected and often unjust. She and Sean explore the real responsibilities of mindfulness teachers in times of global crisis—from war and climate change to systems of inequality. Rosalie shares how mindfulness can be a tool not just for personal regulation, but for collective awakening. This episode is a powerful call to teach, practice, and live with greater awareness of our relational and societal impact. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: ✔ Why mindfulness practice must evolve to meet global suffering✔ How to skillfully hold discomfort, grief, and rage in our practice✔ What it means to “decolonize” the field of mindfulness✔ How to talk about war, racism, and inequality without bypassing or reactivity✔ The difference between neutrality and avoidance in teaching✔ Why silence can sometimes be harmful even in spiritual spaces✔ Practical tools for staying grounded while engaging in social action 🌍 Learn more about Rosalie’s work: https://optimalliving.co.uk/about/about-rosalie/ https://insightdialogue.org/teachers/10082/rosalie-dores/ https://mbitac.bangor.ac.uk/mbitac-tool.php.en https://mindfulnessitalia.it/mindfulness/associazione-italiana https://ingoodcompany.mn.co/ Link mentioned in the episode: https://mindfulnessexercises.com/free-online-mindfulness-courses/the-work-that-reconnects Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your personal or professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com⁠⁠⁠ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: ⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mindfulness.Exercises⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Exercising Mindfulness⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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