11-08-23: Sean Fargo,
Mindfulness And Healing
01:20: Guided meditation led by Sean Fargo (the layers of our being)
32:43: A student shares about her journey with cancer
37:38: Sean invites reflections and reviews of the program
38:50: A fellow cancer survivor shares a student’s enthusiasm
39:50: Sean reflects on synchronicities
43:12: Student shares appreciation for the program and the 10-session curriculum
44:20: Student shares about experiences of recovery and healing
47:15: Yoga therapist shares how she’s using the certification program
50:18: Question: Can I share links from your program in my newsletter?
55:48: Student shares appreciation for these live sessions
57:35: A third cancer survivor chimes in
58:34: Question: Do we have to do our practice teaching sessions in person? And what assessment forms do we feel out, versus our participants?
1:10:34: Student shares what helped her complete the program requirements
1:11:09: The benefit of mindfulness “challenges”
1:13:13: Student shares experience with the free Vipassana course
1:16:38: Question: Do we have to use guided meditations for the meditation log?
1:19:43: Sean recommends adding loving-kindness, self-compassion and foundational mindfulness practices to your 40 hours
1:22:01: Student shares experience with medical procedure stress and self-compassion
1:27:17: Addressing the challenge of ‘not feeling anything’ in the body
1:43:43: Which meditations qualify as ‘mindfulness’ meditations suitable for the meditation log
Resources Mentioned In This Q&A:
Celebrating Mental Fitness, with Jon Macaskill and Sean Fargo
The Mindfulness Exercises Affiliate Program
The Free Vipassana Course
Chris Germer’s workshop on How to Heal Shame With Self-Compassion
David Treleaven’s workshop on Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness
ABOUT Sean
I am a results-driven mindfulness coach and consultant. I transform stressed professionals into mindful, resilient leaders using evidence-based mindfulness techniques and tools for them to flourish.
I am passionate about scaling mindfulness, meditation, and compassion trainings to millions of people around the world.
As a former Buddhist monk of 2 years, instructor for the mindfulness program born at Google, and Founding Board Member for the Institute of Organizational Mindfulness, I blend ancient wisdom trainings with evidence-based mindfulness exercises for practical transformation, resilience and growth.
“Sean is a wonderful teacher, well practiced in the teachings of mindfulness and compassion, dedicated and thoughtful.” – Jack Kornfield, Best-Selling Author & Founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center
“Sean helped me develop a mindful leadership training program specifically tailored to our culture here at Tesla. I couldn’t be more grateful. Sean really embodies what he teaches.” – Levi Bersola, Safety Coordinator, Tesla