Wondering Together - The Mindful Place Podcast

This guided meditation goes back to the basics by tuning into sound.

A guided meditation to follow the talk from the episode "Effort and Noneffort".

Discussion of the concepts of effort and noneffort and how they apply to the practice of meditation.

A Story From My First Retreat

This episode guides the listener through a meditation in which we sit in the sun.

The Basics of Mindfulness and Attitudes of a Mindfulness Practitioner Date Established: April 4, 2019 Created by The Mindful Place LLC ©, 2019 James D’Aconti (Owner of The Mindful Place LLC).  Read by James D'Aconti

The Basics of Mindfulness and Attitudes of a Mindfulness Practitioner Date Established: April 4, 2019 Created by The Mindful Place LLC ©, 2019 James D’Aconti (Owner of The Mindful Place LLC).  Read by James D'Aconti

This episode explores the a metaphor which relates our brain to the electrical box in our homes, and how we can keep it from "shutting down".  

This episode explored the reality that sometimes we feel exhausted, how to tune into the exhaustion and how to respond with mindfulness. 

A brief guided meditation which encourages wonder of the question "Who am I?" or "What am I?".  

This episode reflects on the 2019 movie "A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood", a movie about Mr. Rogers.  The episode explores topics such as being present with another human being and "how to encourage wonder".  

This is a continuation from the episode How To Process Emotions.

This episodes explores how a relationship with yourself is fundamental to build healthy relationships with others: professionally, romantically, friendly and family relationships. 

This episodes explore what it means to treat yourself the way you treat others. 

This episode starts by exploring the question of "how do I move on"? Ultimately it becomes a talk about processing emotions and how we can use mindfulness to do this effectively.

This episode is a brief talk about the similarities between love, sleep and meditation.

This episode is it talk about how we can change the way we think and behave. I use a metaphor of a whirlpool to explain.

In this meditation we embody the qualities of a single blade of grass: non-resistance and groundedness.

In this episode I give a few more plant metaphors that help guide my personal and spiritual practice.

In this episode I explore the question of whether it is too much to expect that meditation will clear our mind.