Mindful Meditations with Dr. Rick Hanson

When life feels scattered or tense, it’s powerful to return to simple grounding and heartfelt presence. In this meditation, you’ll settle into your body, release unnecessary anxiety, and open to calm…

When your mind is racing or your body feels tense, it’s a sign your nervous system needs a reset. In this meditation, we’ll explore how simple awareness and gentle letting go can ease stress, calm yo…

When life feels uncertain and your body is holding onto tension, it’s easy to get swept up in worry and lose touch with any real sense of calm. In this meditation, I’ll guide you toward settling into…

When your mind is scattered, your heart feels heavy, or you’re just worn down by it all—this meditation offers a way to come back to yourself. Through the breath and body, we’ll gently settle into pr…

When life feels overwhelming or you’re caught in tension, this meditation helps you come back to a sense of safety and ease in your body. We’ll gently explore how to settle your mind, soften around p…

In this guided meditation, we explore the practice of appreciating what’s enjoyable, meaningful, or simply good in the moment. Let yourself settle, open, and receive.

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In this short guided meditation, I’ll help you settle into a sense of ease and openness—calm and spacious, yet deeply present. Over time, this natural resting state becomes more familiar and accessib…

When your mind is busy, your heart is tired, and you feel like you're chasing something you can’t quite catch—this meditation is a place to rest.

We’ll gently settle into the present moment, not with …

In this guided meditation, we gently settle the body, quiet the mind, and rest in simple being. As we let go of striving and doing, we explore what it's like to be at peace—just as we are.

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When life feels rushed, scattered, or overwhelming, this meditation helps you come home to yourself—grounded, open, and supported by the present moment.

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When life feels overwhelming, your mind scattered, and peace out of reach, it's easy to get swept up in anxiety or striving. In this gentle meditation, I guide you to rest in the present moment—settl…

This is a 3-step meditation that follows the natural structure of our nervous system—moving from a grounded sense of safety, to heartfelt connection, and finally to a deep feeling of contentment. The…

Sometimes life wears us down — we get stressed, reactive, disconnected from our own hearts. In this week's meditation, I’ll guide you in coming back to a place of simple kindness, stable presence, an…