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/
Join Mindfulness Exercises' Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program: https://mindfulnessexercises.com/certify/

00:28 – Guided meditation led by Sean Fargo (loving what is)
29:00 – Mindfulness of death and meditation at or for the end of life
44:10 – Can we open to feelings of grief and loss without judgment?
46:15 – Radical acceptance, like it or not, love it
47:30 – How much of our lives are we present for?
50:58 – When death meditation leads to anxiety
55:00 – Teaching mindfulness of death to different populations
59:00 – Partnering mindfulness of death with loving kindness
1:00:00 – Surrendering to what is
1:02:25 – The meditation practice: Mindfulness of death
1:07:55 – Cultivating the wisdom of impermanence
1:13:35 – Bringing gentle awareness to our fear
1:15:30 – We still have agency over our health and well-being (albeit not total control)
1:23:00 – Appreciation for this moment as a benefit of the practice
1:27:09 – Practicing for personal versus business development
1:32:30 – Mindfulness of climate change as mindfulness of death

Resources Mentioned:
Book - Stop Missing Your Life by Cory Muscara
Book - Surrender by Bono