A Short Meditation Podcast
First This
First This is a short mindfulness and meditation podcast by Kathryn Nicolai, creator of Nothing Much Happens. Take ten minutes to settle your mind, observe your breath, and be gently led through a meditation practice.
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Three Good Things
This practice is about slowing down, noticing three good things from your day, and gently training your attention toward the moments that bring gratitude, resilience, and joy.
Emotional Completion
This practice is about noticing your body's sensations, understanding emotional completion, and allowing feelings to move through you with compassion instead of resistance.
The Lights in Your House
This practice is about gently illuminating your inner world, noticing your experience without judgment, and discovering the quiet space between awareness and reaction.
Non-Grasping
This practice is about exploring aparigraha, the practice of non-grasping, by letting go of control, embracing enough, and finding peace in the present moment.
Too Hot to Handle
This practice is about slowing down, embracing patience, and learning to savor the present moment instead of rushing toward what's next.
Hey, That's Nice
This practice is about training your attention to notice moments of delight, embracing simple pleasures, and allowing yourself to enjoy the goodness already present in your day.
Each Moment
A guided mindfulness meditation on observing thoughts, emotions, and sensations without reacting. Learn how awareness and equanimity can help old wounds soften over time.
A Generous Eye
A calming mindfulness practice for releasing judgment, softening tension, and inviting more patience into your day.
The Touch of Your Clothes
A gentle sensory meditation focused on body awareness, grounding, and the subtle feeling of clothing against your skin.
Loving Kindness For Everyone
This practice is about building the capacity for kindness, beginning with yourself and gradually extending compassion to the people in your daily life.
I Wish I Could Show You
This practice is about settling into the breath, reconnecting with your inner light, and remembering the goodness and strength that may be harder to see in yourself than in others.
Yup, Those Are Thoughts
A calming grounding meditation to help you return to your body and the present moment.
Sitting in Your Own Fire
A gentle body scan meditation to help you notice, breathe, and come back to yourself.
More Than You Can Chew
A mindfulness practice for staying clear, grounded, and aligned with your values.
Meet the Day Without Bracing
A calming meditation to help you stop bracing for the worst and stay open to the present moment.