After deeply immersing himself in mindfulness practice as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Sean Fargo noticed a shift in the way he related to himself and others that he wanted to bring to the communities around him. Since then, he has spent the last 10 years focused on building out mindfulness practices across organizations, into the community, and across the globe.

Sean has worked alongside mindfulness pioneers such as Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Joseph Goldstein, and Sharon Salzberg, and he’s has taught mindfulness and meditation for corporations including Tesla, Kaiser Permanente, Facebook, Ernst & Young, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 2014, he founded Mindfulness Exercises, a platform where over 20 million people have benefited from free and premium resources, including downloadable meditations, guided meditation scripts, mindfulness worksheets, courses, content, and live online retreats.

Currently, Sean serves as a Lead Teacher for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification, a unique, self-paced program that balances pre-recorded sessions with live mentorship and community engagement. Additionally, he acts as an Instructor for Google’s in-house mindfulness program.

Learn more about Sean Fargo: https://mindfulnessexercises.com/mindfulness-teachers/
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00:03:14 – Guided meditation led by Sean (befriending body, emotion, and spirit)
00:24:25 – Reflections after the practice
00:30:41 – What is happening in our experience when visualizations arise?
00:33:08 – Sensing into spirit during meditation
00:38:28 – Sensing into emotion and allowing our emotions to be expressed
00:45:55 – Allowing an emotion as much as we are able to
00:49:27 – A lot of people try to skip to forgiveness
00:50:26 – A writing exercise for inquiry, compassion, and forgiveness
00:58:11 – Sean’s experience of his recent retreat (The Hoffman Process)
01:03:01 – Sean’s recognition of spiritual bypassing
01:10:30 – Mindfulness is about being fully awake and aware
01:16:55 – An open and honest sharing of anger, fear, and rage
01:22:17 – The healing process is not linear
01:24:38 – We are more than atoms and chemicals
01:26:15 – Free will and spirit
01:29:40 – Upcoming guest teachers
01:31:28 – Can you talk more about the connection between compassion and forgiveness?
01:41:48 – Three styles/levels of forgiveness