First This
By Kathryn Nicolai
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Among ~7 meditation podcasts over the years, this works best for me to set a calm and functional tone for the day. Although at times, the silent pauses are so long that I open my eyes and check whether my phone timed out.
Description
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
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A Generous Eye
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May 25, 2026 |
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The Touch of Your Clothes
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May 18, 2026 |
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Blankness
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May 11, 2026 |
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Loving Kindness For Everyone
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May 04, 2026 |
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I Wish I Could Show You
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Yup, Those Are Thoughts
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Sitting in Your Own Fire
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Say Less
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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More Than You Can Chew
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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No Opinion
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Meet the Day Without Bracing
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Froglessness
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Narrow to the Next Step
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Hang On With Me
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Over-Explaining
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Self-Compassion
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Solidarity Sit
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Meditation For Putting Your Phone Down
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Breathing School: Ujjayi Breath
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Most Things Don't Matter
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Actually, I Can
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Quiet Company
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Relax To Baseline
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Effort and Ease
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Enough For Now
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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When There is Grief
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Levels of Awareness
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Musical Chairs
|
Nov 17, 2025 |
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Quiet Time Together
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Unitask With Me
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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What's Most Advanced Is...
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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RAIN Method
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Progressive Muscle Relaxation
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Ope
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Downshift, Then Decide
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Non-Grasping
|
Sep 22, 2025 |
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Cookie Monster
|
Sep 15, 2025 |
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Metta to the People
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Breathing School: Pursed Lip Breathing
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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1-2-3
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Option 3
|
Aug 18, 2025 |
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Slow Down
|
Aug 11, 2025 |
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Performing Vs Being
|
Aug 04, 2025 |
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Quiet Together
|
Jul 28, 2025 |
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The Lights in Your House
|
Jul 21, 2025 |
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It's Okay To Stop
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Softly Softly
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Hot Air Balloon
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Talking To Your Brain
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Tenderness Checkpoint
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Bottom Up
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Top Down
|
Jun 02, 2025 |
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How Much Is Mine?
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May 26, 2025 |
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Emotional Completion
|
May 19, 2025 |
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Human
|
May 12, 2025 |
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Soften
|
May 05, 2025 |
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Deflection Shield
|
Apr 28, 2025 |
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Open
|
Apr 21, 2025 |
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Rest & Digest
|
Apr 14, 2025 |
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Your Spidey Sense (Encore)
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Then Step Back (Encore)
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Self-Compassion (Encore)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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How Observing Helps (Encore)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Joy? In This Economy?
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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The Radio Dial & The Pencil's Edge
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Breathe With Me
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Minding Your Business
|
Feb 17, 2025 |
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Action Absorbs Anxiety
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Two-Part Process
|
Feb 03, 2025 |
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20 Minute Practice
|
Jan 27, 2025 |
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15 Minute Practice
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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10 Minute Practice
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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5 Minute Practice
|
Jan 06, 2025 |
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Hmmm... And I Mean That Literally
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Reboot
|
Dec 23, 2024 |
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Too Many Thoughts
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Watchwords
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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For When You Just Can't
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Freshly Sharpened Pencil
|
Nov 25, 2024 |
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Don't Be a (Knee) Jerk
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Put It Away
|
Nov 11, 2024 |
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Three Good Things
|
Nov 04, 2024 |
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Zoom Out, Zoom In
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Say Less
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Calm About It
|
Oct 14, 2024 |
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I Got Nothin'
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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It Only Has To Make Sense To You (Encore)
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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First and Second Level (Encore)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Let It Be (Encore)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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The Presence That Watches (Encore)
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Sitting In Your Own Fire
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Mood Boost; Facial Feedback
|
Aug 26, 2024 |
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Map Maker
|
Aug 19, 2024 |
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Are You Sure?
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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When It Doesn't Get Easier
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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The Thing
|
Jul 29, 2024 |
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What If You Don't Need To Improve Yourself?
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Getting Caught Up In What Others Think
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Where They Can Meet You
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Sitting With It vs Ruminating
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Negative Emotions (Encore)
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Let's Co-Regulate
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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A Useful Question
|
Jun 10, 2024 |
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Savoring
|
Jun 03, 2024 |
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More Self-Compassion
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May 27, 2024 |
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For The Intellectualizers
|
May 20, 2024 |
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Stories We Tell
|
May 13, 2024 |
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Hot Air Balloon
|
May 06, 2024 |
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Quiet Together
|
Apr 29, 2024 |
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Descriptive vs Prescriptive
|
Apr 22, 2024 |
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The Other Side (Encore)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Tell Me Everything
|
Apr 08, 2024 |
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Control
|
Apr 01, 2024 |
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Yup, Those Are Thoughts
|
Mar 25, 2024 |
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Make Space
|
Mar 18, 2024 |
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I Wish I Could Show You
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Focus Practice
|
Mar 04, 2024 |
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More Metta
|
Feb 26, 2024 |
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Meditator, Archaeologist
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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How Observing Helps
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Tiger At The Door
|
Feb 05, 2024 |
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Feeling Is Being
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Now, Not Now (Encore)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Stop Waiting
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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The Presence That Watches
|
Jan 08, 2024 |
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Musical Chairs
|
Jan 01, 2024 |
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Then Step Back
|
Dec 25, 2023 |
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First This, Then That (Encore)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Softly Softly
|
Dec 11, 2023 |
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Complete Breathing For Energy & Relaxation
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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More Self-Compassion
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Present, Not Perfect
|
Nov 20, 2023 |
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Sensation Meditation
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Learning To Receive
|
Nov 06, 2023 |
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Back In Your Body
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Not Setting The Table
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Monkey Mind
|
Oct 16, 2023 |
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Subtle Sensations
|
Oct 09, 2023 |
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You're Not Trying To Do Nothing
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Why Be Present
|
Sep 25, 2023 |
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A Meditation To Lessen Pain
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Self-Compassion
|
Sep 11, 2023 |
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We'll See
|
Sep 04, 2023 |
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Teeny Tiny Pep Talk
|
Aug 28, 2023 |
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Walking the Path
|
Aug 21, 2023 |
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Level of Awareness
|
Aug 14, 2023 |
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Middle Distance
|
Aug 07, 2023 |
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Peace, peace, peace
|
Jul 31, 2023 |
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Gratitude Practice
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Make friends with your brain
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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It only has to make sense to you.
|
Jul 10, 2023 |
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Joy division
|
Jul 03, 2023 |
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Aspirational Recycling
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Is this Helping?
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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What you pay attention to.
|
Jun 12, 2023 |
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Knocking On Your Door
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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FAQs
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May 29, 2023 |
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The Middle Path
|
May 22, 2023 |
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It's ok not to know
|
May 15, 2023 |
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Hold it Lightly
|
May 08, 2023 |
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Small Moments
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May 01, 2023 |
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It Couldn't Matter Less
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Breathing School: Ujjayi Breathing
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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The Pause
|
Apr 10, 2023 |
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We'll do this together
|
Apr 03, 2023 |
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The Lights in Your House
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Yuck or Yum
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Return to the Lake
|
Mar 13, 2023 |
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Meditation for Putting Your Phone Down
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Your Umbrella
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Back to Basics
|
Feb 20, 2023 |
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Body-Based Meditation
|
Feb 13, 2023 |
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Let Your Guard Down
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Draining the Reservoir
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Enough
|
Jan 23, 2023 |
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Intuition Practice
|
Jan 16, 2023 |
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What deserves your attention...
|
Jan 09, 2023 |
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Consider That...
|
Jan 02, 2023 |
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Old Scars
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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First and Second Level
|
Dec 19, 2022 |
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Sense of Self
|
Dec 12, 2022 |
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The Wings of a Bird
|
Dec 05, 2022 |
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Belly, Chest and Head
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Breathing School: Panic Button
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Like You Chose It
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Moment to Moment
|
Nov 07, 2022 |
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Beginner's Mind
|
Oct 31, 2022 |
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Let It Be
|
Oct 24, 2022 |
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Face, Hands and Feet
|
Oct 17, 2022 |
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Building a Habit
|
Oct 10, 2022 |
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Learn to Observe
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Soften Your Focus
|
Sep 26, 2022 |
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A Tool for Consistent Practice
|
Sep 19, 2022 |
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Negative Emotions
|
Sep 12, 2022 |
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Breathing School: Energizing Breath
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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The Horse's Name
|
Aug 29, 2022 |
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Loving Kindness Meditation
|
Aug 22, 2022 |
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Empty Your Cup
|
Aug 15, 2022 |
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Label Thinking
|
Aug 08, 2022 |
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Three Steps
|
Aug 01, 2022 |
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Calm Attention
|
Jul 25, 2022 |
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The Other Side
|
Jul 18, 2022 |
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Breathing School: Soothing Breath
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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The Unquiet Mind
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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The Lake
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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The Strawberry
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Your Spidey Sense
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Breathing School: Complete Breathing
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Now, Not Now
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May 30, 2022 |
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Repot your plant
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May 23, 2022 |
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The Goldfish
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May 16, 2022 |
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Begin Again
|
May 09, 2022 |
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First This, Then That
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May 02, 2022 |
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First This Trailer
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Apr 21, 2022 |