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12 Minute Meditation

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  • Diana Hill: Finding Meaning In Our Pain & Discomfort

    October 23, 2026 · 16 min

    Our guest this week is Dr. Diana Hill. She brings a guided practice to be with, care for, and notice the story that we bring to our emotional and physical pain. In this meditation, you'll:  Identify a specific area of emotional or…

  • Thaddaeus Washington: A Music-Based Meditation for Rest & Relaxation

    October 16, 2026 · 14 min

    Our guest this week is Thaddaeus Washington, Mindful's featured Teacher of the Month for October.  He brings a new experience to our meditation lineup: a music-based meditation entitled "Vapour," where sound is the anchor for our…

  • Jörg Sprave: A Guided Forest Bathing Meditation

    October 9, 2026 · 14 min

    Our guest this week is teacher Jörg Sprave.  He leads a guided meditation called "I Am Nature." Designed to be done outdoors, this meditation is based on the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, also known as "forest bathing." In this…

  • Caverly Morgan: A Meditation for Unconditional Love When You're Struggling

    October 2, 2026 · 18 min

    Our guest this week is teacher Caverly Morgan.  She offers a sturdy, grounded place to come home to when we're struggling with feelings of failure, inadequacy, or insecurity. This meditation: Offers a steadier alternative to bypassing…

  • Shamash Alidina: "Beginner's Mind" Walking Meditation

    September 25, 2026 · 14 min

    Our guest this week is teacher Shamash Alidina.  He shares a simple technique for opening and strengthening your awareness and curiosity about everyday things. This walking meditation is designed to help you:  Practice seeing the world…

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  • Vinny Ferraro: Directing Compassion Toward Ourselves

    September 18, 2026 · 10 min

    Our guest this week is teacher Vinny Ferraro.    He shares a beginner's metta or loving-kindness meditation that offers practice for the most common first step of metta: giving compassion to ourselves. This meditation is designed to help…

  • Mark Bertin: A Guided Walking Meditation to Meet Uncertainty with Compassion

    September 11, 2026 · 16 min

    Our guest this week is also September's Teacher of the Month, Dr. Mark Bertin.  He offers a unique practice that uses sensory awareness and gentle movement to help meet moments of uncertainty. This meditation is designed to help you…

  • Janice Martellucci: Meditation for Transitions

    September 4, 2026 · 22 min

    Our guest this week is Janice Martellucci, Executive Director of Peace in Schools. As millions of students get ready to head back to school in the Northern Hemisphere, she brings us a meditation to meet transitions and new places with…

  • Jeneé Johnson: Build Resilience by Staying in the Moment

    August 28, 2026 · 7 min

    Our guest this week is Jeneé Johnson. She brings us a meditation based on what she calls "staying on the spot." This meditation is designed to help you:  Notice when your thoughts wander Come back to the moment without judgment or…

  • Jon Kabat-Zinn: A Breathscape Practice for Cultivating Mindfulness

    August 21, 2026 · 21 min

    It is natural as finite human beings to want to feel certain. To our brains, certainty equals safety. It's normal to wish we could control the future, because uncertainty can be unsettling and scary.  But as today's teacher observes, as…

  • Kelly Boys: A 12-Minute Body Scan Meditation for Letting Go of Stress and Falling Asleep

    August 14, 2026 · 16 min

    Stress and tension can easily build up in our bodies during busy days or weeks, and often we don't even realize how much that is affecting our ability to let go and fall asleep at night.  In this guided practice, teacher Kelly Boys offers…

  • Rich Fernandez: A Meditation to Help Build Your Capacity to Navigate Difficulty

    August 7, 2026 · 18 min

    When we're facing disappointment or challenge, it's easy to default to negative narratives about who we are inherently: I'm a failure. What's wrong with me? I never do anything right.  This week, teacher Rich Fernandez invites a different…

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About the show

The latest scientific research reveals that 12 minutes of meditation a day yields benefits like increased attention, focus, creativity, calm, resilience and compassion. Start your 12-minute sit with guided meditations from today's leading mindfulness experts, brought to you by Mindful. With a new mindfulness meditation each week, 12 Minute Meditation invites you to bring the benefits of mindfulness to daily life.