Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

Inna Segal on Healing Through The Secret Language of Your Body

In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo speaks with Inna Segal—internationally bestselling author of The Secret Language of Your Body and pioneer in the field of intuitive healing. Inna shares her personal journey from chronic pain and illness to full recovery, guided by a deep reconnection with her body’s wisdom. She explains how physical symptoms can be messages from the body, pointing us toward unresolved emotions, stress, or lifestyle imbalances. This inspiring conversation explores how mindfulness, intuition, and self-awareness can work together to support both physical and emotional healing. With practical tools and real-life examples, Inna offers a roadmap for listening to your body and creating lasting wellness. What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✔ How Inna went from chronic illness to complete healing✔ The ways the body communicates through symptoms✔ How unprocessed emotions can manifest as physical pain✔ The role of mindfulness and intuition in self-healing✔ Simple tools to reconnect with your body’s wisdom✔ How awareness and self-empowerment accelerate recovery Episode Chapters 00:00 — Intro & Inna Segal’s Healing Story03:12 — When the Body Speaks Through Symptoms07:40 — Listening to Intuition for Wellness12:05 — Emotions That Manifest as Physical Pain17:48 — Simple Tools for Self-Healing23:10 — Empowering Yourself Through Awareness 💡 Learn more about Inna’s work and resources: 🌐 https://www.innasegal.com/ 📘 The Secret Language of Your Body 🧘 Want to teach mindfulness with skill, depth, and compassion? Join Sean Fargo’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program to access live mentorship, trauma-sensitive training, and a global network of mindfulness professionals. 👉 Learn more or enroll here:🔗 mindfulnessexercises.com/certify Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your personal or professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mindfulness.Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exercising Mindfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ariel Garten on How Technology Can Deepen Mindfulness

In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo speaks with Ariel Garten—neuroscientist, innovator, and co-founder of Muse, the brain-sensing meditation device. Blending neuroscience, mindfulness, and entrepreneurship, Ariel offers a unique perspective on how we can train the mind to become more aware, focused, and resilient. She shares the science behind brainwave activity in meditation, the difference between concentration and mindfulness, and how real-time feedback can deepen self-awareness. Together, Ariel and Sean explore the intersection of technology and mindfulness and how tools like Muse can support practitioners and teachers in cultivating consistency and insight. CHAPTERS 00:00 — Intro01:52 — What Muse Measures in the Brain05:20 — Concentration vs. Mindfulness09:45 — How Biofeedback Deepens Practice13:18 — Brainwave States in Meditation16:40 — Why Real-Time Feedback Matters20:33 — The Role of Self-Compassion24:09 — Using Muse Without Judgment28:01 — Tech + Mindfulness for Behavior Change32:16 — Insights from Data-Driven Practice36:44 — Ariel’s Vision for the Future of Muse40:00 — Closing Reflections & Where to Learn More 💡 Learn more about Ariel's work Muse - https://www.ChooseMuse.com/Mindfulness LinkedIn Instagram 🧘 Ready to teach mindfulness with more depth, safety, and real-world care? Join Sean Fargo’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program for trauma-informed training, live mentorship, and a global community of mindfulness professionals. 👉 Enroll or learn more: 🔗 ⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/certify⁠ Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your personal or professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mindfulness.Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exercising Mindfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-Love Is Not Selfish: The Real Inner Work of Mindful Leaders

In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, we explore how self-love is not a luxury or cliché — it’s a foundational practice of mindful living and teaching. Through reflections, real-life examples, and guided insights, you’ll learn how cultivating compassion toward yourself isn’t about indulgence — it’s about resilience, truth, and belonging. Whether you’re a mindfulness teacher, seeker, or someone in the process of healing, this episode reminds us that self-love isn’t the end of the path — it is the path. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: The difference between self-love and self-judgment disguised as motivation How mindfulness helps us witness ourselves without shame Why self-love is essential for those who teach or care for others Breath- and body-based practices to soften resistance and open the heart How to shift from "fixing" ourselves to befriending who we already are “You don’t need to become someone else to be worthy of love. You just need to come home to yourself.” CHAPTERS 00:00 — Why Mindful Leaders Need Self-Love01:32 — The Hidden Toll of Overgiving05:44 — The 3 Pillars of Self-Love07:33 — What Inner Resourcing Really Means10:34 — Guided Practice: Self-Compassion21:11 — Teaching From Fullness, Not Deficit Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your personal or professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mindfulness.Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exercising Mindfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Francesca Maxime on ReRooting Safety in the Body and in Community

In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo speaks with Francesca Maxime—Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, certified mindfulness teacher, and founder of ReRooted Healing. Drawing from her lived experience as a Haitian-Dominican Italian-American and her years as a journalist, Francesca brings a deeply embodied and trauma-informed lens to mindfulness, healing, and racial justice. Together, she and Sean explore how mindfulness intersects with somatics, decolonization, and collective care. This conversation touches on everything from intergenerational trauma to the nervous system's role in social change. With warmth and clarity, Francesca invites us to move beyond disembodied practice and toward a felt sense of liberation—for ourselves and our communities. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: ✔ How somatic awareness supports healing from trauma and oppression ✔ Why decolonizing mindfulness means reconnecting with the body ✔ How racialized trauma shows up in the nervous system and how to tend to it ✔ The difference between coping and true healing ✔ Why “just observing” isn’t enough in trauma-sensitive mindfulness ✔ How to bring mindfulness into movements for justice, equity, and belonging ✔ What it means to create safety not just for individuals, but for entire communities 💡 Learn more about Francesca’s work 🔗https://maximeclarity.com/ Instagram 🧘 Ready to teach mindfulness with more depth, safety, and real-world care? Join Sean Fargo’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program for trauma-informed training, live mentorship, and a global community of mindfulness professionals. 👉 Enroll or learn more: 🔗 mindfulnessexercises.com/certify Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your personal or professional practice! 🔗 Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com⁠⁠⁠ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: ⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mindfulness.Exercises⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Exercising Mindfulness⁠⁠⁠ 🎧 Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Teach Mindfulness Without Bypassing Trauma

Spiritual bypassing can quietly undermine our best intentions as mindfulness teachers — especially when trauma is involved. In this powerful episode, we unpack what it means to teach mindfulness without bypassing trauma, and why it’s so essential to adapt practices for the nervous system needs of trauma survivors. You’ll learn how to recognize subtle signs of trauma activation, adjust language and posture cues for safety, and create mindfulness environments where students feel seen, empowered, and respected. This is an essential listen for any teacher who wants to serve with integrity and avoid causing harm — while also deepening their own self-awareness along the way. 🔹 What spiritual bypassing looks like in mindfulness settings — and how to avoid it 🔹 How trauma impacts the nervous system and why standard practices can backfire 🔹 The most common language mistakes teachers make that unintentionally harm students 🔹 Practical, trauma-sensitive alternatives to traditional meditation cues 🔹 How to foster choice, agency, and psychological safety in every class or session 🔹 Specific red flags that may indicate trauma activation in students 🔹 Real case studies showing how skilled teachers adjusted in the moment 🔹 Why self-awareness, therapy, and ongoing education are essential for mindfulness guides 🔹 Resources and books to further develop trauma-informed teaching 🔹 Encouragement for holding space with humility, presence, and genuine care This is made for: Mindfulness and meditation teachers Therapists and coaches using contemplative tools Yoga and somatic practitioners Healthcare professionals Anyone guiding others through inner work, healing, or stress reduction Enjoyed this episode? ⭐ Leave us a review and share how mindfulness enhances your personal or professional practice! Join our community to connect with other mindfulness professionals: Mindfulness Exercises Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect Community for Mindfulness Teachers: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mindfulnessexercises.com/connect-mindfulness-community⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mindfulness.Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Exercising Mindfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠ Explore more guided meditations and mindfulness resources at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mindfulness Exercises⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices