In this guided meditation, Rick Hanson invites you to steady your attention, quiet your mind, and settle into a deeper sense of wholeness. Through mindful breathing, letting go of striving, and resting in spacious awareness, you’ll explore what it’s like to feel peaceful, content, and unified — just as you are.

You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up at https://rickhanson.com/wednesday-meditations-with-dr-rick-hanson/. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here: https://rickhanson.com/talk-meditation-how-to-heal-the-emotional-baggage-youve-been-carrying/

This meditation guides you to give yourself the gift of simply being present. Using the breath or another chosen anchor, you are invited to let thoughts, emotions, physical sensations, and everyday concerns move through awareness without needing to fix, resist, or follow them.

You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up at https://rickhanson.com/wednesday-meditations-with-dr-rick-hanson/. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here: https://rickhanson.com/meditation-talk-rest-in-peacefulness-contentment-and-love/

This meditation invites you to settle into your body and the present moment, using the breath as a steady anchor. As thoughts, feelings, and sounds move through awareness, you are encouraged to let them come and go without resistance or getting pulled into them, returning again and again to an embodied sense of ease.

You’re welcome to join me live each week for these meditations — free for everyone — by signing up at https://rickhanson.com/wednesday-meditations-with-dr-rick-hanson/. We always start with a guided meditation to set the tone for the evening. If you’d like to explore the talk that followed this meditation, you can listen to it here: https://rickhanson.com/meditation-talk-how-to-disentangle-yourself-in-challenging-relationships/