FREE GUIDED MEDITATIONS
We’re always working to make the Ten Percent Happier app better for our community and sometimes, despite our best efforts, things don’t go as planned. Here are some meditations for you to use while we get you up and running again.
FOR CRISIS RESPONDERS
HOW TO CALM DOWN
MATTHEW HEPBURN
Bring yourself down from a level 10 to a level 2—stimulating the calming parasympathetic nervous system with validated timeless practices.
SERENITY PRAYER
JAY MICHAELSON
In tumultuous times you can use meditation to strengthen serenity, courage, and wisdom; the qualities found in the famous Serenity Prayer.
SOOTHE ANXIETY TO SLEEP
MATTHEW HEPBURN
If you’re getting into bed with a revved up nervous system, this session on calm, pleasure, and gratitude will help you gently wind down.
TEN GOOD BREATHS
JEFF WARREN
The breath is your most loyal groupie. It follows you everywhere. Use it to your advantage by taking ten good breaths to feel better.
FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONDERS
JAY MICHAELSON
At the center of ongoing need & chaos, it can feel impossible to be centered & grounded. Here's a portable practice for weathering the storm.
FOR TOUGH MOMENTS
BOOSTING LOW ENERGY
MATTHEW HEPBURN
If you're stuck in boredom, numbness, or laziness, this session is designed to dial up your sensory experience and up your energy levels.
DON'T TAKE ON OTHERS' STRESS
JEFF WARREN
Stress doesn't have to be contagious. This session will guide you through staying boundaried, calm, and kind when stress is in the air.
MONEY WORRIES
SEBENE SELASSIE
Stressed about the strained economy? You’re not alone. Sebene offers tools to help see the abundance we all have in our lives.
CALMING CRISIS ANXIETY
JAY MICHAELSON
This meditation session helps you practice setting down anxious thinking to create an island of calm amidst the global pandemic.
IT'S OKAY TO FEEL THIS
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
Joseph teaches you how to authentically accept difficult emotions to make them more manageable and less overwhelming.
IS WORRYING USEFUL?
DAN HARRIS
In this meditation, learn how taking a step back from your anxious mind can actually help you stop it in its tracks.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
JOANNA HARDY
Use meditation to connect to how you’re feeling and to unlearn the habit of abandoning yourself when you most need to feel connected.
TRANSFORMING ANGER
JESS MOREY
Go from "seeing red" to seeing the value in anger without being carried away by it and doing or saying things you'll regret later.
OFF YOUR GAME
JOANNA HARDY
Sometimes we feel like we just can’t get it together. This meditation will help you find some ease in the midst of feeling insecure.
LONELINESS AND BELONGING
OREN JAY SOFER
In times of loneliness, there are practices that can help. Oren offers words and wisdom to help you rekindle a sense of belonging.
MAKING THE MOST OF THINGS
FACING UNCERTAINTY
ALEXIS SANTOS
Discomfort with the unknown is a natural human response. This meditation will help you relax as you practice allowing the rhythm of life to unfold.
BASIC RELAXATION
SHARON SALZBERG
Take a few minutes to relax. In this meditation, Sharon will lead you in tensing and then relaxing your face, hands, shoulders, and back.
GATHERING FOCUS
ANUSHKA FERNANDOPULLE
Regather your attention with this short meditation. Afterwords, you can use that newfound focus to make progress on whatever matters most.
OCEAN BREATHING
JEFF WARREN
Deep breathing helps you bring down your energy and get your body into a state of relaxation and restoration.
CALM IN BIG TRANSITIONS
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
During major life transitions your emotional and mental world can kick into overdrive. Learn how to stay in the eye of the hurricane.
KIND AND GENEROUS INTENTIONS
JESS MOREY
Brighten your mind and be a force for good today by practicing intentions of kindness, generosity, and honesty with Jess.
SELF-KINDNESS FOR STRESS
SEBENE SELASSIE
Being kind to ourselves in hard times bolsters our resilience, so we can learn from setbacks rather than getting stuck in rumination.
HAPPIER HOME LIFE
TAKE A WORK BREAK
ANUSHKA FERNANDOPULLE
You can refresh your energy in just a few moments. If you do it mindfully, you'll boost your presence and attention for the rest of the day.
COFFEE MEDITATION
ALEXIS SANTOS
Get grounded and even joyful during your daily coffee routine by mindfully easing into the day and appreciating the simple moments in life.
RELAXED DISHWASHING
JEFF WARREN
Relaxation and presence can be practiced at any time. Jeff shows you how to bring awareness into the everyday task of washing dishes.
NATURAL MINDFUL WALKING
ALEXIS SANTOS
Taking a relaxed walk mindfully will soothe the nervous system, get you outside, and can refresh you mentally when you’re feeling low or off.
WITH YOUR PET AROUND THE HOUSE
JOANNA HARDY
Settle your nerves and find a little joy in the company of your furry friend(s).
MINDFUL SCREENTIME
ALEXIS SANTOS
Bringing the power of mindfulness to your work life is a game changer. Start your next work session by building 20min of mindful momentum.
FAMILY AT HOME
WORRYING ABOUT KIDS
DIANA WINSTON
You won’t get out of parenting worry free, but you can shift from feeling anxious to feeling balanced, caring and even hopeful—give it a try.
BEFORE EATING TOGETHER
DIANA WINSTON
(Ages 4-8) Take a moment to step into your senses and revel in the smells & tastes of your meal. Plus: enjoy pausing for a moment gratitude.
MINDFULNESS WHEN YOU'RE ONLINE
JESS MOREY
(Teens) Explore with Jess what it really, actually feels like to use your phone or device.
THE SLOW MOTION DIAL
Jeff Warren
(6-8) You can go from so much energy you feel like you’re shooting lightning bolts out of your hairdo to mega-slow-motion. Chill & have fun!
MEDITATION FOR PARENTS
JESS MOREY
Cultivate these five research-backed qualities of good parenting: presence, attunement, compassion, delight, and support.
FUN HOUSE MIRROR
SUSAN KAISER GREENLAND
(Ages 4-10) In this mindful game, two partners will mirror each other's movements to explore awareness of the body.
MINDFUL LISTENING
SUSAN KAISER GREENLAND
(Ages 6-10) This session brings listening to life and helps to relax the body.
THIS IS WORKABLE
SUSAN KAISER GREENLAND
(Ages 11-18) Sometimes everything just feels too hard. Use mental recitation to quiet a busy mind & make strong emotions feel more workable.
SHAKE IT UP
SUSAN KAISER GREENLAND
(Ages 4-10) We can shake to the sound of a drum to help settle down if we feel restless and wake up if we feel sleepy. Want to give it a try?
SHAKE AND RELEASE
SUSAN KAISER GREENLAND
(Ages 11-18) Cooped up? Shaking then pausing can help you become more alert if you feel dull, or to settle down if you feel restless.
ENCOUNTERING ILLNESS
CONCERN FOR LOVED ONES
MATTHEW HEPBURN
Turn your concern into connection. During uncertain times it’s important not to get flooded with worry, but to build up compassion instead.
LOVINGKINDNESS FOR THE BODY
SHARON SALZBERG
If you're sick, in pain, or want to develop a healthier relationship to your body, try this kind and transformative practice from Sharon.
ACCEPTING DISCOMFORT
JOANNA HARDY
Life's discomforts are innumerable and unavoidable. Join JoAnna in exploring the benefits that come when we lower our resistance to them.
LOSING SOMEONE YOU LOVE
ALEXIS SANTOS
Grief is one of the most difficult experiences we go through in life. This meditation will help you feel and be present with it.
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