Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Heart Haven Meditations
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| The Voice of the Wind: A Taoist Meditation on Hearing God | 01 Jan 2026 | 00:06:07 | |
This contemplative meditation draws from the fourth century BCE Taoist master Chuang Tzu, as retold by Thomas Merton. Through the ancient parable of wind moving through ten thousand holes in the earth, we listen to nature’s voice—a symphony of mooing, roaring, and whistling that emerges when the invisible breath of life moves through all things. The voice of the wind becomes a powerful metaphor for the higher power many seek in recovery and spiritual practice: an unseen presence speaking through us, singing the music of our lives. What is it that blows through these ten thousand holes? This teaching invites you to rest in stillness, to listen deeply, and to surrender to the mysterious power whose voice awakens all beings. Perfect for those seeking presence, peace, and connection to something greater than themselves. Based on “The Breath of Nature” from The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton. Music by Eric Fischer and Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Audio by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Dreaming Your Sacred Landscape: A Sleep Meditation for Inner Wisdom | 26 Dec 2025 | 00:17:51 | |
This talk/meditation invites you to access inner wisdom through sleep and the liminal spaces between waking and sleeping. In many ancient traditions, monks, yogis, and shamans dreamed worlds into being. These dreamed realms, called Pure Lands, Buddha Fields, and Fields of Spirit, exist outside of ordinary time and can be visited in meditation and dreams. They are, in essence, the Kingdom of God within you. This practice invites you to set an intention to visit these realms in dreams, releasing any expectations, and preparing the mind and body for deep, restful sleep. The meditation guides you into state of deep coherence and surrender. Relax and enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 23: Rooting in Presence | 07 Oct 2025 | 00:09:32 | |
This is number 23 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode invites you root yourself in Presence. The more present you are, the more you experience your sense of aliveness. Practicing presence opens up energetic pathways in your subtle body through which consciousness, and therefore joy, can flow. These practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 23. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio by Eric Fischer. Music by Six Missing. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Feeling a Loved One Who has Passed: Guided Visualization | 31 Oct 2022 | 00:13:41 | |
This guided visualization invites you to experience the presence of your deceased loved one, to drink deep their love, and express whatever you wish to express to them. Grief carves out our hearts, making them bigger vessels for love. May this meditation fill your heart with balm and offer you solace. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Radical Self-Acceptance: a Tara Brach Inspired Meditation | 26 Oct 2022 | 00:12:13 | |
This compassion practice offers support to help reorient you at times when you feel your life is not as you wanted or you are not as you hoped. When we can cut through our projections and negative self-talk to be radically present to our hearts, we are more able to take wise and constructive action to respond to the moment at hand. This practice is indirectly inspired by one of my meditation teachers, the wonderful Tara Brach. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Getting Perspective: a Jack Kornfield Inspired Meditation | 24 Oct 2022 | 00:16:00 | |
Take a few minutes to drop deeply into your life as if you were visiting yourself from a higher perspective. This guided visualization invites you to see yourself within the wider context of the living, breathing planet. It encourages you to sense your connection to the landscape, to other human beings, and to the scared heart that connects us all. This meditation is indirectly inspired by one of my meditation teachers, the wonderful Jack Kornfield. Relax and enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Breathe in Beauty, Breathe Out Pain: Guided Meditation | 19 Oct 2022 | 00:14:31 | |
It's our reflex to contract around pain, physical or emotional, but when the contraction persists it hampers healing. Beauty has the opposite effect. When you allow it in, it opens your mind and expands your heart. This simple technique invites you to breathe in beauty, marinate it in your heartspace, and exhale it out to whatever part of you feels contracted or in pain. May this meditation soothe your suffering. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Seeing Through Anxiety: a Byron Katie Inspired Meditation | 17 Oct 2022 | 00:13:26 | |
Anxiety can sap our life energy and thwart our dreams, but by stepping back to observe it, it can become a portal to awakening. Dissolving anxiety enables us to respond to life's challenges with greater insight, clarity, and calm. Inspired by the teaching of Byron Katie, this meditation invites you to see through the veil of your projections to experience the love that permeates every moment of life. Fully embraced, this practice can set you free. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| One Breath Per Year Life Review Meditation | 12 Oct 2022 | 00:10:51 | |
Travel the years of your life from birth to present one breath at a time, bringing compassion to each year, remembered or not, and experiencing the whole movement of your life. People who have near-death experiences often report seeing their lives flash before their eyes, offering clarity that redirects their future. There's no need to wait. Try the recording and then practice on your own if you like. New insights may emerge each time you take the voyage. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Choosing Love: An Adyashanti Inspired Meditation | 06 Oct 2022 | 00:26:39 | |
Inspired by Adyashanti's audiobook Guided Meditations, this practice teaches you to disable "autopilot" and enable true agency in your life. Moment to moment throughout your day, the choice to love is always present. You only need to recognize it. Relax and enjoy this soothing meditation. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Working with Difficult Emotions: Guided Meditation | 24 Sep 2022 | 00:22:45 | |
Inspired by Adyashanti's audiobook Guided Meditations, this is a 5-minute talk followed by a 15-minute meditation that teaches you to work skillfully with difficult emotions. When you sit down to be with yourself in meditation, it’s inevitable that a range of feelings will arise. As your consciousness goes deeper into your own being, you begin to touch upon the more difficult parts of your experience. You develop the courage to become present in the midst of life’s pain. Freeing these feelings lightens your being and vitalizes your body-mind by reintegrating your own splintered off vital life energy. Very empowering. Relax and enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Entering the Door of the "Deep I": A Guided Visualization | 16 Sep 2022 | 00:30:03 | |
Eckhart Tolle uses the terms “Little Me” and "Deep I" to distinguish the part of you that runs around on the surface of life from the timeless presence at the core of your being. This guided visualization leads you down a hallway of sheer silken rainbow veils that gently peel away the outer trappings of life and lead you to the doorway of your "Deep I." Drop your labels and step inside to taste your true essence. Relax and enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Savoring Life: Dr. Rick Hanson Inspired Meditation | 30 Aug 2022 | 00:10:18 | |
By taking a few extra seconds to stay with a positive experience, you help turn a passing mental state into lasting neural structure, says neuroscientist Rick Hanson. Our brains are Teflon for the good and Velcro for the bad, but we have the power to change that wiring. This simple practice created by Dr. Hanson strengthens your resilience, heals past wounds, and resets your system for joy and wellbeing. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 22: Changing Your Relationship to Your Experience | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:10:17 | |
This is number 22 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode invites you to become conscious of what you are thinking about your experience. How you relate to your thoughts determines the quality of your being in the next moment. You have the power to gently choose what to focus on, and thereby to dramatically shift your relationship to whatever life brings your way. It's surprisingly simple. You can change the quality of your being. These practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 22. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Finding Stability in Uncertain Times: Pema Chodron Inspired Meditation | 25 Aug 2022 | 00:19:13 | |
When things fall apart, Tibetan Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön teaches us how to find stability. This meditation, based on one offered in her audiobook "Pure Meditation," helps you to stabilize your mind while fostering a friendly attitude toward yourself. We use breath, posture, and mindful awareness to infuse strength and stability into life's most challenging moments. I highly recommend her books. Relax and enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Carl Jung Inspired Active Imagination Meditation | 30 Jul 2022 | 00:28:45 | |
“Active Imagination" is a technique designed by Carl Jung to access subconscious wisdom. Jung recorded his waking visions induced by active imagination in his extraordinary illustrated journal, The Red Book. His meditative technique was recreated by MJ Dorian on his podcast Creative Codex. For deeper instruction, read "Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth" by Robert A. Johnson. This meditation is a deep dive to be undertaken with care. If you have a history of schizophrenia or psychotic disorder, consult with your doctor before using this meditation. Relax and enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| You Are a Field of Awareness: Guided Meditation | 22 Jul 2022 | 00:19:26 | |
Take a few moments to unhook from past and future, from ideas of who you are, even from your name, your gender, your age, and bask in your pure essence. Be the living field of awareness that drinks in the moment at hand. Taste the immense inner quiet that always resides within you, the love that you are. This meditation is partially inspired by Adyashanti and Eckhart Tolle. It concludes with a metta prayer for all beings and especially people suffering from mental illness. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Heart Lotus Meditation | 11 Jul 2022 | 00:17:30 | |
Leave your busy life in the valley below and take refuge beside a high mountain lake where your heart can blossom in stillness and quiet. With each exhalation, invite your mind to settle like silt in the lake, and with each inhalation invite your heart to rise up and bloom. Let the fragrance of your refuge drift down to sweeten the landscape below and your own everyday life. Inspired in part by Jack Kornfield and Jon Kabat-Zinn. Enjoy this soothing respite. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Yoga Nidra Conscious Deep Sleep | 03 Jun 2022 | 01:02:19 | |
Yoga Nidra coaxes your body into deep restorative sleep while your mind, like a night-blooming flower, opens to formless awareness. Based on the teaching of Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati, this includes a complete body relaxation, 61-point exercise, and ascending breath practice. Yoga Nidra deepens meditation and unhooks the neuro-conditioning that keeps you stuck. Studies show regular practice alleviates stress, PTSD and improves wellbeing. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| The Space Between Thoughts: Neuroscience-based Meditation | 03 Jun 2022 | 00:19:18 | |
The constant barrage of our thoughts often robs us of experiencing the vitality of the moment at hand. This meditation begins with a 5-minute talk on the nature of thoughts, including insights from neuroscience, followed by a 15-minute basic mindfulness practice to help you nurture a friendly relationship with your thoughts without being overwhelmed by them. The aim is not to banish thoughts, but to savor the spaces between them. Relax and enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Nothing to Fix: Adyashanti Inspired Meditation | 03 Jun 2022 | 00:12:25 | |
See through the veil of your worries, the momentary weather of your life, to glimpse your deeper essence. Drawing on the teachings of Adyashanti, the Dalai Lama, and Loch Kelly, this meditation invites you to experience your life, not as a problem to solve, but as a wonder to unfold. It opens with a brief intro quoting Adyashanti. The meditation begins at 2:20 and concludes with a metta prayer inspired by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Grounding in the Inner and Outer Landscape: Meditation | 03 Jun 2022 | 00:20:32 | |
This meditation invites you to gently and non-judgmentally connect with your inner and outer landscapes, your physical, mental, and emotional environments, to notice what you have been carrying. It includes a gentle body scan and a tender awareness of your heartspace. It is an invitation to remember who you are. The meditation ends with a short expression of goodwill toward all beings. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Relax and enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 21: The Infinite Opens its Eyes through You | 24 Sep 2025 | 00:13:16 | |
This is number 21 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode is about going from nothing to everything and beyond. It invites you to see life as one continuous whole and to experience infinite potential. These practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 21. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Novelist Carrie Birde on Transmuting Suffering through Art | 15 Sep 2025 | 00:39:02 | |
Join debut novelist Carrie Birde author of A Small Tale of Uncommon Grace (Blydyn Square Books) as she discusses her creative process, her road to publication, and the unique spiritual and artistic practices that help her transmute suffering—her own and the world’s—into daily acts of beauty. A literary fairy tale, her novel explores themes of community, connection, and communication. Carrie shares her personal rituals, including yoga, Qigong, and creating paper cranes, which help her manage anxiety and connect with her environment. She offers advice for aspiring writers to stay true to their heart and maintain a sense of aliveness in their creativity. Carrie is a poet, fiction writer, artist, and amateur photographer. Like many characters in those stories, she has personal friendships with wild animals, especially birds, who know her by face. I also interviewed Carrie in written format on Substack where she further explored these topics. I hope you enjoy this heartfelt interview about things ordinary and extraordinary. Attend Carrie’s virtual book launch Friday, September 19, 2025, 7:00pm via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84707033106. Attend her live event at the Boonton Coffee House Saturday, Octboer 11, 2025 at 7pm. Learn more about her work at CarrieBirde.com. Follow her on Instagram. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 20: Newborn Awareness | 08 Sep 2025 | 00:10:33 | |
This is number 20 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode invites you to rediscover innocence, to let your senses be like that of a newborn, every moment as a new creation. These practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 20. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Novelist Paula Saunders on Writing to Heal the Past | 26 Aug 2025 | 00:48:15 | |
Join novelist Paula Saunders as she discusses her moving autobiographical novel Starting from Here, just out from Penguin Random House. A stand-alone sequel to The Distance Home, the novel follows 15-year old René through the challenges of adolescence within the pressure cooker of cultural and socioeconomic stressors. Saunders draws from her own experiences as a ballet dancer. A long-time practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, she shares how a Catholic nun introduced her to the work of Thich Nhat Hanh. Paula describes how writing has helped her integrate the past, and instilled in her a more compassionate relationship to her younger self and her family of origin. Paula grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota. She is a graduate of the Syracuse University creative writing program and was awarded a postgraduate Albert Schweitzer Fellowship at SUNY Albany, under Schweitzer chair Toni Morrison. Her first book, The Distance Home, was longlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named one of the best books of the year by Real Simple. She lives in California with her husband. They have two grown daughters. Learn more about her work at paulasaundersbooks.com. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 19: Finding Yourself by Losing Yourself | 20 Aug 2025 | 00:09:52 | |
This is number 19 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode invites you to find yourself by losing yourself. This is something we cannot “do” but rather “allow.” We let go of the notion of self that has no independent reality in order to experience our true identity, which is paradoxically personal and universal. What is truly me is no other than what is truly you, and what is truly all. These practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 19. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Music: "Lovingkindness" by Six Missing. Nature sounds added by Eric Fischer. Audio by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 18: Intimate Mystery: Taking a Leap of Love | 13 Aug 2025 | 00:11:44 | |
This is number 18 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode invites you to take a leap into the realm beyond description, a leap of love, born of your care for yourself, others, and the planet. We let go of who we imagine ourselves to be in order to experience who we really are. These practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 18. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio by the stupendous Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 17: The Gaze of Eternity: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit | 05 Aug 2025 | 00:09:34 | |
This is number 17 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode invites you to relax and let go of ideas, assumptions, agendas, and self-orientation---to be what Christ called, "poor in spirit." This relinquishment allows you to enter the dark core of your being that is always and forever in direct contact with the mysterious, unknown dimension of Being. In this way, you become the space through which Eternity gazes into the world of time. Your eyes are the eyes of Eternity. The first of eight beatitudes taught by Jesus at the Sermon on the Mount, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" implies that through the surrender of self-preoccupation, we experience heaven in real time, here and now. Heaven is not "out there." Adyashanti echoes Christ's message: "The kingdom of God is within you." These practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 17. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio & Music by the stupendous Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 16: Open to the Mystery of your Being | 30 Jul 2025 | 00:09:00 | |
This is number 16 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode invites you to relinquish all struggle, release yourself into awareness, and rest into the dark mystery of your being. It can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. The practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 16. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio & Music by the stupendous Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Drift Off Peacefully: A Sleep Meditation with Ocean Waves | 01 Dec 2025 | 00:22:49 | |
This is a guided relaxation meditation for promoting restful sleep. If possible, aim for a dark, quiet, cool sleeping environment. The meditation invites you to recall a moment of gratitude from you day, followed by a full-body relaxation scan, and a short round of 4-7-8 breathing (inhaling for four seconds, holding for seven, and exhaling for eight). Then, you release your breath, letting the body breathe naturally as you visualize the heart and mind mingling. The main focus is on surrendering the mind to deep, peaceful sleep. The session ends with five minutes of ocean wave sounds. I hope you enjoy. Audio by Eric Fischer. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 15: Access your Inner Peace with Ease | 24 Jul 2025 | 00:11:54 | |
This is number 15 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode guides you into entering the ground of your being, the silence, stillness and peace beyond all understanding that rests in your depths, and which can be accessed even in life's most turbulent moments. It's always there. This meditation can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. The practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 15. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio & Music by the stupendous Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 14: Staying Connected to your Heart in your Daily Interactions | 21 Jul 2025 | 00:09:45 | |
This is number 14 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode invites you to rest in the paradox of "being" and "becoming." It encourages you to bring the energy of the spiritual heart into your conversations and interactions throughout your day. This meditation can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. The practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 14. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 13: Resting in the Spiritual Heart | 18 Jul 2025 | 00:11:05 | |
This is number 13 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode invites you to let your human heart be soaked in the presence of your spiritual heart, allowing it to restore and reorient your whole being to completeness and wholeness. This meditation can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. The practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 13. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 12: You are Life Becoming Conscious of Itself | 30 Jun 2025 | 00:08:41 | |
This is number 12 of a 30-day meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This episode is a reflection on the Buddhist saying, "This very body is the Buddha." Your body, your being, is an expression of life becoming conscious of itself through you. This meditation can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. The practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 12. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Music and audio by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 11: Experiencing the Unity of Existence | 23 Jun 2025 | 00:10:20 | |
This is number 11 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. This heart-centered meditation focuses on experiencing yourself and the world around you as pure energy, and touching into the unity of existence. This practice can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. The practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 11. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 10: See, Hear, Taste, Touch from the Silence of the Heart | 16 Jun 2025 | 00:11:19 | |
As part of a 30-day series of short enlightenment practices, this meditation focuses on awakening your spiritual heart, and mixing it with your senses, (touch, sight, hearing, smelling, tasting). The spiritual heart is your perceptual center. It lies dormant in most human beings, but wants to be stirred awake. This practice can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. The practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 10. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Music and audio by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 9: Seeing through the Eyes of Your Heart | 09 Jun 2025 | 00:10:33 | |
As part of a 30-day series of short awakening practices, this meditation focuses on devotedly abiding in the silent presence of the heart. It can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. The practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 9. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 8: Flowering Heart | 04 Jun 2025 | 00:09:48 | |
This is part of a 30-day series of short awakening practices. This particular practice helps you connect not just with your emotional heart--which opens and closes--but with your spiritual heart, the sacred heart, that is always open and vast as awareness itself. The sacred heart connects us all. Use this meditation in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. The practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 8. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 7: Open and Relax into Being | 25 May 2025 | 00:08:12 | |
This is part of a 30-day series of short awakening practices that I will be posting over the next few weeks. They can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. They build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 7. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 6: Your Fundamental Being | 18 May 2025 | 00:07:29 | |
This is part of a 30-day series of short awakening practices that I will be posting over the next few weeks. They can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. They build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 6. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 30: Beyond Your Wildest Imagination | 24 Nov 2025 | 00:08:42 | |
This is the final episode of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. It recaps the previous meditations and encourages you to challenge yourself to see the face of God in all people, all places, all animals, and all situations. Awakening is not for the faint of heart, but it leads us to experience life in ways beyond our wildest imagination. The 30 practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 30. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy. Audio by Eric Fischer. Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 5: Making Eye Contact | 16 Apr 2025 | 00:05:20 | |
This is part of a 30-day series of short awakening practices that I will be posting over the next few weeks. They can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. They build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Loosely based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 5. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek and Pema Chodron. I hope you enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 4: Embracing the "I Am" | 09 Apr 2025 | 00:05:26 | |
This is part of a 30-day series of short awakening practices that I will be posting over the next few weeks. They can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. They build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Loosely based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 4. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek and Pema Chodron. I hope you enjoy. Music and audio by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 3: The Light of the World | 31 Mar 2025 | 00:07:07 | |
This is part of a 30-day series of short awakening practices that I will be posting over the next few weeks. They can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. They build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Loosely based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 3. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek and Pema Chodron. I hope you enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 2: Mind Like Sky | 24 Mar 2025 | 00:05:27 | |
This is part of a 30-day series of short awakening practices that I will be posting over the next few weeks. They can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. They build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Loosely based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 2. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek and Pema Chodron. I hope you enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practice 1: Effortless Awareness | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:05:35 | |
This is part of a 30-day series of awakening practices that I will be posting over the next few weeks. They can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. They build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Loosely based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 1. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek and Pema Chodron. I hope you enjoy. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Awakening Practices: Introduction | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:02:50 | |
This is an introduction to a 30-day series of short practical meditations I will be posting over the next few weeks. They can be used in the morning, at bedtime, or on the spot in the course of your day. They build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Loosely based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek and Pema Chodron. I hope you enjoy. Original music and audio editing by Eric Fischer. Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Dr. Samra Zafar on Attuning to the Voice of Love | 02 Feb 2025 | 01:08:39 | |
Internationally renowned speaker, physician, and author Dr. Samra Zafar speaks with Tess about her new book Unconditional: Break Through Past Limits to Transform Your Future, which explores breaking free from old conditioning and embracing self-acceptance. She shares her journey from an abusive marriage to building a better life, emphasizing the importance of meditation, visualization, and unlearning. Zafar highlights the concept of "parts work" therapy to understand and heal different aspects of oneself. She stresses the significance of solitude, self-compassion, and community in personal growth. Zafar also underscores the power of self-trust, mentorship, and the courage to pursue dreams, despite fear, to achieve unconditional self-acceptance. Dr. Zafar has been recognized among the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada and the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants. Her memoir A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose, was a national bestseller. She is the founder and executive director of Brave Beginnings, a national charity that provides mentorship to women who have escaped abuse. Her work has impacted millions and has been featured in national and global media. Samra Zafar’s speaking portfolio includes four successful TEDx Talks and many leading organizations around the world. You can find out more about her work at: www.samrazafar.com. Samra's huge heart and depth of wisdom are evident in this fascinating conversation. Enjoy! Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||
| Calm Clarity: Guided Meditation | 05 Dec 2024 | 00:31:14 | |
In moments of personal or collective anxiety it is easy to feel thrown. This meditation offers an opportunity to cultivate calm clarity through attuning to your heart. Life requires us to walk through many portals, some more challenging than others. Hard times allow us to discover who we are, to find our mettle. This meditation invites you to open to whatever life presents you in this moment, to feel the weather in your heart, to be curious. When we allow the inner waters to become still, we find the clarity we need to respond to life with wisdom and agency. The track begins with a 6-minute introduction. The meditation starts at 06:20. Enjoy! Host: Tess Callahan By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show. | |||