Explore guided meditations from today’s leading mindfulness experts in a new podcast, brought to you by Mindful. With a mindfulness meditation each week, 12 Minute Meditation invites you to bring the benefits of mindfulness to daily life.
Most Recent Episode:
Laughter Yoga: A Gentle Movement Practice to Get the Giggles Going
This movement exercise is Elaine Smookler’s foolproof way to induce laughter. It is based on the Hawaiian word “Aloha,” a nice vowel-y word that opens the mouth and throat just by saying it. Read More
12 Minute Meditation Podcast
A Guided Meditation for Exploring Your Habitual Reactions
If you find you often react without thinking, explore this practice to respond with greater awareness. Read More
A Guided Meditation to Train Moment-to-Moment Awareness
When we train our awareness of what’s arising, both internally and externally, we increase our capacity to act with wisdom, no matter what life throws at us. Read More
A Guided Walking Meditation for Daily Life
Take a break and boost your mood with this 12-minute walking meditation. Read More
A Guided Meditation to Rest in the Flow of Effortlessness
We often go about our day in a state of urgency and striving, rushing from one item on our to-do list to the next. This guided practice is designed to help you reset so you can go about your day with more focus and ease. Read More
A Soothing Yoga Flow to Help You Choose Yourself
Savor this gentle practice as part of your time to simply be present with yourself. Or, invite a loved one to join you and unwind together, if you so choose. Read More
Practice the Power of the Long Exhale
Breathe into challenging movement with a longer exhale, whether that be hitting laps on the stairs, running, hiking, climbing, or a high intensity workout. Read More
A 12-Minute Meditation to Rest in the Movement of Nature
Tuning in to the movement of nature can be very soothing and calming, even in the midst of ongoing challenges. You can do this meditation outdoors, or anywhere. Read More
A Gentle Movement Practice to Connect With Your Brave Heart
In this seated yoga practice, we cultivate the tools to nurture, strengthen, and give courage to our fearless hearts. Read More
A Guided Meditation for Turning Awareness into Action
Michelle Maldonado shares a practice for strengthening our ability to be self-aware, self-actualized, and self-determined as we co-create our emerging new reality and world together. Read More
A Compassion Practice for Opening the Heart
A 15-minute meditation that begins by imagining yourself surrounded by a circle of the most loving beings, making generous offerings of love and goodwill to you. Read More
A Simple Inquiry Practice to Unwind from Stress
The act of questioning the thoughts that shape our reality (especially when they create stress, anger, or frustration) opens the door to living a life with more compassion, ease, and openness to new possibilities. Read More
Practice the Power of the Long Exhale
Breathe into challenging movement with a longer exhale, whether that be hitting laps on the stairs, running, hiking, climbing, or a high intensity workout. Read More
A Guided Meditation to Set Your Intentions for the New Year
Skip the resolutions this year. Set a different tone by cultivating your intentions for the new year with this mindful practice. Read More
A Guided Meditation for Healing Through Hope
Embrace change, self-compassion, and hope with this guided mindfulness practice from Rose Felix Cratsley. Read More
Gratitude Practice: Savor the Moment by Tapping into Your Senses
Cultivate gratitude for life’s small delights as you move through the senses. Read More
Try the HALT Practice to Tune In to What Your Body Needs
Sometimes we need to drop into our body to discern what we need in this moment. The four questions in this practice allow us to self-regulate by attending to what our difficult emotions or physical sensations may be telling us. Read More