12 Minute Meditation

Using the repetition of certain phrases, Sharon Salzberg takes us through a loving-kindness

meditation to shift our attention away from our mistakes and toward self-compassion and understanding.

Show notes: Meditation by Sharon Salzberg.

Sharon Salzberg is a meditation teacher and New York Times best-selling author. She is also the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society.

In this guided meditation, we become aware of the mind as a process. When we think of our mind in this way, we can let our thoughts float by like bubbles without getting caught up in the contents of each thought.

Show Notes: Meditation by Enrique Collazo.

Enrique Collazo is a meditation teacher at Inward Bound Mindfulness Education. He works internationally, mostly with teens.

Embodied awareness means grounding ourselves in our sensory experiences in order to connect with what we're experiencing in the present moment. Sebene Selassie leads us in this guided meditation to connect with our body and our breath.

Show notes: Meditation by Sebene Selassie.

Sebene Selassie is a mindfulness teacher on the Ten Percent Happier app and author of the book You Belong.

In this guided meditation, Vinny Ferraro invites us to see our thoughts as they arise, notice them, and gently return our attention to the breath and body. This practice can help us find compassion and focus as we let go of judgement, anxiety, and irritation.

Show notes: Meditation by Vinny Ferraro.

Vinny Ferraro is a board member of the Mind Body Awareness Project. He is widely recognized for his contributions in mindfulness-based programming and interventions for at-risk and incarcerated youth.

We often use the breath and sensations of the body as anchors in meditation, but listening to the sounds around us can also help ground us. In this guided meditation for focus we listen, notice, and let go of tension.

Show notes: Meditation by Susan Kaiser Greenland.

Susan Kaiser Greenland is a mindfulness teacher and author who specializes in teaching mindfulness to children and families. She's an author and founding faculty member of UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center's facilitator training.

Founding Editor Barry Boyce speaks with mindfulness trainer and former police officer Richard Goerling on the role of mindfulness in policing.

This is a foundational awareness practice designed to help bring about three key insights: clarity of intention; understanding of our power, presence, and impact; and opportunities for wise action-taking.

Show notes: Meditation by Michelle Maldonado.

Michelle Maldonado is the author of A Bridge To Better: An Open Letter To Humanity and Resource Guide. She is also the founder and CEO of Lucenscia, a human potential and mindful business transformation firm.

Society often pushes benchmarks at us: We are enough if we have a certain amount of money, if we look a certain way, if we live in a certain house. In this guided meditation for acceptance and awareness we come into the present moment and remember that right now, we are enough.

Show notes: Meditation by Spencer Sherman.

Spencer Sherman is a mindfulness teacher and author. He promotes the belief that we can all feel a sense of ease and purpose when it comes to money, regardless of how much we have.

We let go of the feeling that we need to work toward something in this practice for self-care. Jay Vidyarthi guides us to let go of racing thoughts and settle into radical self-acceptance with awareness and presence.

Show notes: Meditation by Jay Vidyarthi.

Jay Vidyarthi is a digital researcher and product designer. He is also a mindfulness teacher with over ten years of personal meditation practice.