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Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Rick Hanson

22 episodes

5 days ago

When life feels busy or your mind won’t settle, it’s easy to lose touch with the simple goodness already inside you. This guided meditation helps you release tension, rest in calm awareness, and open your heart with kindness and compassion. Over time, it’s a gentle way to come home to yourself — peaceful, present, and already enough. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone...

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Religion & Spirituality,

Self-Improvement,

Health & Fitness

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When life feels busy or your mind won’t settle, it’s easy to lose touch with the simple goodness already inside you. This guided meditation helps you release tension, rest in calm awareness, and open your heart with kindness and compassion. Over time, it’s a gentle way to come home to yourself — peaceful, present, and already enough. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone...

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Religion & Spirituality,

Self-Improvement,

Health & Fitness

Episodes (20/22)

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Calm and Openhearted

When life feels busy or your mind won’t settle, it’s easy to lose touch with the simple goodness already inside you. This guided meditation helps you release tension, rest in calm awareness, and open your heart with kindness and compassion. Over time, it’s a gentle way to come home to yourself — peaceful, present, and already enough. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone...

5 days ago

32 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Patiently Being

A lot of life - and meditation - involves being patient. In this guided meditation, we focus on allowing thoughts and events to come and go without grasping or clinging... but just being, patiently. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here.

1 week ago

33 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

A Meditation to Release Needless Anxiety

To help ease and release anxiety, we can focus on feeling undisturbed, undefended, and uncontracted in the moment — which is what this guided meditation will help you to do. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here.

2 weeks ago

34 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Embodied Uplifting into Vastness

In this meditation, we rest in the simple miracle of breathing — feeling supported by the body, the air, and the many forces that sustain life. As awareness moves through the belly, diaphragm, and heart, we open to steadiness, peace, and compassion. Gradually, this presence expands into the whole body — and into a felt sense of our own basic goodness and higher purpose. A gentle practice for returning home to yourself, one breath at a time. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these m...

3 weeks ago

32 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Resting in the Stillness Underneath Stress

In today’s world, our minds race ahead while our bodies strain under stress, anxiety, and worry. This meditation is about coming home—finding relief from rumination, softening defendedness in the body, and resting in the deep reassurance that, right now, you are basically all right. Even with pain, sadness, or uncertainty, you can return to a simple, peaceful sense of being—your true home in the present. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by ...

1 month ago

35 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

What to Do When You Get Triggered

In this meditation, I guide you to settle into awareness of the body and breath, nurturing spaciousness and warm-hearted presence as a foundation for later exploring what to do when feeling triggered. I also encourage you to let go of tension and striving, so you can rest in the present moment and develop qualities that will support you when challenges arise. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided ...

1 month ago

33 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Resting in Opening

This meditation will help you steady the mind like a candle in a windless place—calm, present, and undisturbed. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here.

1 month ago

34 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Relaxing the Body, Releasing the Mind

Find a calm center within. In this guided meditation, explore peace, vastness, and stillness—not as ideas, but as living qualities you can rest in. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here.

1 month ago

35 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Resting in Innate Wellbeing

So often we meditate to “get” somewhere — to reach a better state of mind. But in this guided meditation, you’ll simply rest in what’s already here: your natural, undisturbed well-being. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here.

2 months ago

33 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

When life feels scattered or tense, it’s powerful to return to simple grounding and heartfelt presence. In this meditation, you’ll settle into your body, release unnecessary anxiety, and open to calm strength and a sense of being safe in the here and now. From this steady foundation, you’ll soften into feelings of warmth, caring, and being cared for—allowing them to ripple through you and sink in deeply. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by s...

2 months ago

34 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

When your mind is racing or your body feels tense, it’s a sign your nervous system needs a reset. In this meditation, we’ll explore how simple awareness and gentle letting go can ease stress, calm your body, and help you return to a more balanced, peaceful state. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this m...

2 months ago

33 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Releasing Anxiety, Feeling Alright Right Now

When life feels uncertain and your body is holding onto tension, it’s easy to get swept up in worry and lose touch with any real sense of calm. In this meditation, I’ll guide you toward settling into your body, easing out of unnecessary anxiety, and finding a deep, reassuring sense that—at least in this moment—you’re basically all right. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the ...

2 months ago

34 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

A Stable Warmhearted Presence

When your mind is scattered, your heart feels heavy, or you’re just worn down by it all—this meditation offers a way to come back to yourself. Through the breath and body, we’ll gently settle into presence, soften the inner pressure, and rest in the deep refuge of your own loving heart. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the t...

2 months ago

34 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Feeling Alive, Safe, and Warmhearted

When life feels overwhelming or you’re caught in tension, this meditation helps you come back to a sense of safety and ease in your body. We’ll gently explore how to settle your mind, soften around pain or anxiety, and open the heart—without forcing anything or needing to fix it. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk tha...

3 months ago

33 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Enjoying Your Meditations

In this guided meditation, we explore the practice of appreciating what’s enjoyable, meaningful, or simply good in the moment. Let yourself settle, open, and receive. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here.

3 months ago

33 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Settle In, Open Out: A Guided Meditation for Presence and Peace

In this short guided meditation, I’ll help you settle into a sense of ease and openness—calm and spacious, yet deeply present. Over time, this natural resting state becomes more familiar and accessible, even in the middle of a busy or challenging day. I invite you to slow down, come home to yourself, and let well-being grow from the inside out. You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up here. We always start with a guided meditation to s...

3 months ago

35 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Resting in Peaceful Presence

When your mind is busy, your heart is tired, and you feel like you're chasing something you can’t quite catch—this meditation is a place to rest. We’ll gently settle into the present moment, not with pressure or perfection, but with a soft and kind intention. You’ll be invited to experience what it’s like to simply be: not fixing, not striving, not becoming—just resting in the enoughness of now. There’s real nourishment in this. A quiet, spacious presence. A warm heart. And a little more pe...

3 months ago

34 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

The Happiness in Coming to Rest

In this guided meditation, we gently settle the body, quiet the mind, and rest in simple being. As we let go of striving and doing, we explore what it's like to be at peace—just as we are.

4 months ago

32 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Resting Presently at Peace

When life feels rushed, scattered, or overwhelming, this meditation helps you come home to yourself—grounded, open, and supported by the present moment.

4 months ago

34 minutes

Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

Resting in the Present, Content and at Peace

When life feels overwhelming, your mind scattered, and peace out of reach, it's easy to get swept up in anxiety or striving. In this gentle meditation, I guide you to rest in the present moment—settling into a sense of calm, wholeness, and simple contentment. It’s a chance to step off the treadmill and come home to yourself, just as you are.

4 months ago

32 minutes