Look for any podcast host, guest or anyone
Showing episodes and shows of

ShhDragon

Shows

Someday FarmSomeday FarmRising Above the Weight of the Worldfor a related, and far more brief version, please consider:https://www.swellcast.com/t/O1Uri0Gxs5RN7ThRising Above the Weight of the World[Opening – Grounding the Body]Find a comfortable position - seated or lying down.You can stand too - if you like.Let your hands rest somewhere gently.Close your eyes, if that feels safe.Take a slow, deep breath in…and exhale gently...Again…inhale…and release...2025-07-2315 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmReturning WindsA contemplative practice on what comes, what leaves, and what remains.Opening: Settling into Ephemeral Stillness Sit where the breeze finds you, and just for a moment, let it pass over you. Not grasped. Not followed. Just received.Allow the eyelids to slowly fall closed. A tangerine sun settling into soft clouds; themselves setting down into the far shore. Quietly colorful.Let the body soften, as if exhaling all the way to the floor. You are not the center...2025-07-1223 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmThe Forest we CarryThe Forest we Carrya Guided Meditation on Transplanting one's HeartwoodCome into stillness. Let your body settle like rainwater pooling in cupped leaves. Feel the gravity that draws you downward and the subtle lift that moves upward through your spine. Let the breath begin without force. Let it arrive like mist across moss.Inhale through your nose. Feel the coolness of air shaped by oceans and canopy. Exhale through your lips, soft and slow, like wind unfurling through cedar boughs at dawn.Let this breath be more than breath. Let...2025-06-2730 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmThe Mountain Horse: This Guided Meditation isa part of Someday Farm'sCompanion for Practice serieswhere a familiar and friendly voice offers a guided meditation and some gentle practice reminders and cues. For the student who has learned a practice and is ready to devote themselves to a prescribed duration of said practice. A voice to go on the journey with you and within you.Choose a practice you've learned, choose a duration, and invite Someday Farm into practice through your ears and mind and heart.Caution:...2025-05-2127 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmThe Riverbed Observes the River’s Passingfor Darrell and with thanks to Michael:Prologue & TeachingADHD minds often experience a constant flow of thoughts, ideas, & impulses that can feel overwhelming. But there's a profound truth that can be liberating: you are not your thoughts. You are the awareness that notices the thoughts.Think of your mind like a busy river. The water is always moving - sometimes rapidly, sometimes with swirling eddies, sometimes carrying debris. ADHD can make this river particularly active and unpredictable. But you are not the river; you are the riverbed itself. You are...2025-05-1712 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmGrounding in the Present MomentMusic: Keith Smith Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-04-1619 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmBefriending the Birth of the Breath Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-3121 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmBedtime Serenity Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-2817 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farma Guided Meditation offering Road Rage ReliefHere’s a brief and easy-to-remember guided meditation for moments when road rage arises. It incorporates a scientifically validated breathing technique - Box Breathing - to bring calm and focus. This practice merges mindfulness with a physiological reset, helping shift the nervous system back to balance.Be sure to save this or bookmark so that you have it at the ready for a time of near-crisis. Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-2619 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmSynchronized SerenityPrologue:Try this one with the sound of a ticking clock nearby.Out of sight but near enough to hear might be best.Perhaps, if you don't have such a Clock nearby, you can call up the sound of one on your phone or on YouTube.Or simply imagine one.Let's begin:Close your eyes, if that feels comfortable, and take a deep breath in through your nose... then out through your mouth.Inhale, exhale...As slowly as you...2025-03-2518 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmGet Along with WrongGet Along with Wronga Guided MeditationPrologueI am a beginner.You are a beginner.Even if you have a long and vast experience to draw upon...you are a beginner.We are all beginners.Let's be beginners, even embrace being beginners.In time, we may advance.In time, we may improve.For now, we are simply beginners.There is a value here just as there is value in improvement.Please take a few...2025-03-1814 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farm6 min Guided Meditation Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-1706 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmSea, Salt, Sand, & Serenity Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-1642 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmNothing (and No one) is IncompleteMusic:  ShantalaNothing (and No one is Incomplete)a Vedic Guided Meditation Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-1231 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmBe as a Being, Intuit all of ItMusic: Astron Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-1206 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmYou're Functioning Fine Before this MeditationYou're Functioning Fine Before this Meditationa Guided MeditationYou're Functioning Fine Before this Meditationa Guided MeditationIntroduction Begin by finding a comfortable seat. On the floor, or on cushion - in a chair or on a bench. Or stand - that's OK, too.Allow yourself to settle into stillness, to set aside any distractions or concerns. For the next few minutes, this Practice is your only responsibility. And I'll be along as companion and guide.Part 1: Tending to Posture Bring your awareness to...2025-03-1218 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farm6 min Guided MeditationBreathe easily, without strain… Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-1106 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farmon Caring for a Newborn Meditation Practice… Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-0908 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farm數者, Shǔ Zhě - Counting meditation Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-0817 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmExternal Invitations to Distraction are considered Invitations to Turn Inward Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-0809 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmLibrary Renewal (with Tai Chi) classperhaps you can follow along?(And be in the dark as much as my students):)I recorded this by chance and by mistake. Then figured, perhaps its fun to share. Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-0855 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmThe Sage’s Toolkit: Dàoism and the Foundations of Critical Thinking Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-0413 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farma Guided Meditation: Bodhi, Slowlya Guided Meditation: Bodhi, Slowly Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-0332 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farma Guided Meditation to address Brewing Anger & Acute Frustration Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-2520 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farma Guided Meditation to Connect with Lower Dāntián Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-2314 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farma Guided Meditation for Post-Exercise RecoveryPost-Cardio Recovery Guided Meditation* Deep Breathing and Body AwarenessBegin by taking a few deep breaths. Inhale deeply through your nose, feeling your lungs expand. Hold for a moment, and then exhale slowly through your mouth, letting go of any tension. With each breath, allow yourself to sink deeper into relaxation. Feel the weight of your body supported by the ground, or floor, or table, or chair beneath you. As you continue to breathe deeply, bring your awareness to your feet. Notice any sensations you might feel, whether it’s warmth, coolness, or the feeling of...2025-02-2113 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farm6 min Guided Meditation Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-1705 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farm3 min Guided Meditation Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-1703 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmGuided Meditation: Snow Mindfor Calming, Quieting, & Settling Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-1615 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmDiscipline Development - AI podcast Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-1509 minSomeday FarmSomeday Farma Guided Meditation for Arthritis ReliefThis meditation is supported by research showing that mindfulness and relaxation techniques can reduce pain perception and inflammation in arthritis patients. Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-1230 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmMeditation to address Chronic PainThis could be read to someone who experiences chronic pain.Perhaps while they rest.Perhaps while they participate in the meditation.Perhaps it is read aloud as you practice...and thereby serve as a role model for another who is might appreciate help with their own chronic pain management. Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-111h 08Someday FarmSomeday FarmMeditation for Transition and PresenceThis meditation is a gentle journey of acceptance, connection, & inner peace, and is inspired by the Dàoist principles of flow and harmony as well as deep reverence for natural cycles of existence. It is designed to support both those approaching life's final transition and their loving companions.Let's remember, that we may be interrupted at any time. Our connection may be cut short. Any interruptions to our planned time together can serve as a lesson in detaching gracefully from expectations and wishes. If we are interrupted, may be receive the interruption readily, gracefully, and with tender k...2025-02-0939 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmReturn to FlowReturn to this meditation whenever you need to reconnect with the natural flow of being.Perhaps each evening. A gift to your subconscious before sleep.Perhaps each morning. A bit of mental nutrition to begin your day.Each time you Practice, you strengthen your connection to life's endless renewal. Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-0920 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmZen Meditation to address Political AnxietyPrologue:This isn't about living with or dealing with or fixing the "other side." There is no "other side." We are all imperfect humans - growing toward true understanding. Perhaps slowly, perhaps haltingly, perhaps argumentatively. But we are all merely people at various stages of the same Learning. We are quite literally all in the same classroom. Here for the same lessons. And, as one would expect in any school, here with various capabilities and all at different stages in our Great Learning. Compassion as companion is our key. Get full access to ShhDragon’s...2025-02-0621 minSomeday FarmSomeday FarmEmbracing the Tree of PerspectiveWelcome to this moment of stillness and reflection. This meditation is inspired by Dàoist Principles of harmony, flow, & interconnectedness. Together, we will hold a tree in our mind’s eye - or, if you are near one, in your actual sight - and explore it from multiple perspectives, just as the Dào teaches us to embrace the ever-changing nature of existence. Get full access to ShhDragon’s Newsletter at shhdragon.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-0519 min