Sitting for Beginners

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A podcast for mindfulness in everyday life. Guided meditations to listen to on your lunch break, during your commute, at home, or anywhere else. Reflections that dive deep into the spiritual, health, and existential aspects of mindfulness practice. sittingforbeginners@gmail.com

Joel Fishbein


    • Apr 10, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 7m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    Offering Lovingkindness To Someone You Will Meet

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2016 11:32


    Offering Lovingkindness To Someone You Will Meet by Joel Fishbein

    I'm Only Human

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2016 11:07


    A meditation in which we offer ourselves some compassion: fundamentally, we're not perfect, we're just humans.

    Stopping On The Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2016 2:50


    A brief S.T.O.P. meditation to use while on the go - on a bus, train, plane, or anywhere else where you may find it useful.

    Reflection - Being In Transit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2016 4:44


    A refection on being mindful while on the go.

    Reflection - Being a Beginner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2016 5:45


    Some thoughts about being a beginner, and staying a beginner, in meditation practice.

    Listening Like You've Never Listened Before

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2016 15:45


    In this guided meditation, we'll be listening with fresh ears to the sounds going on around us, and working with the identifications and judgements our mind produces about those sounds.

    Reflection - New Year's Resolutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2016 5:44


    Reflecting on New Year's Resolutions, resolving to be more present with moment to moment experiences, and a quote from Karl Ove Knausgard's My Struggle Book 1.

    Very Briefly Sitting With The Breath

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2015 2:44


    This week's meditation is much like last week's, but with a twist: we're just taking five mindful breaths. This technique is especially useful for busy times at work or during travel when you just have a minute or two to yourself. How does it feel during and after this meditation, as compared to the longer Sitting With The Breath meditation posted last week? Exploring and finding what type and length of meditation works for you is all part of being a beginner meditator (and we're never more than just beginners).

    Sitting With The Breath

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2015 9:02


    An awareness of breath meditation.

    Intro To Sitting For Beginners

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2015 3:57


    An introduction to the Sitting for Beginners podcast.

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