Kitty girls, squirrel friends and soul siblings! We just hit 20,000 downloads on the podcast. Thanks for the love! Are you ready to sashay your way along the trails with me? Honey, we're talking about Flagstaff, Arizona, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, serving you trail realness. As I make my pilgrimage to Taos, New Mexico, this episode is a journey packed with adventure, and conversations on fear. I'm here with PART TWO. According to Pema Chödrön, we're not here to conquer fear darling, oh, no, we're here to embrace it (wholeheartedly), to lean into it, to make fear our fierce companion. Flirt with ..read more

LIVE from Santa Fe, New Mexico | Conversations On Fear by Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher ..read more

This is the second year I'm celebrating the New Year at the Spring Equinox. I thought March 25th, being the full moon and all, would be the perfect beginning. Do you know about my Guided Meditation Starter Kit? I'll tell you about it. Don't just take my word for it, Bryce Orvin recently left me a comment after practicing one of the guided meditations: "What a soothing, gentle introduction to making sit happen. Your love resonates with every soft word, encouragement, and thoughtful soundscape. Thank you Alexander for sharing the gifts you’ve developed and the powerful peace you have cultivated ..read more

Watch the CNN interview, explore pictures from my World AIDS Day Keynote (2011), and learn more about Dime Stories (today's reading) → blessyourvirus.com ..read more

Winter's Edge: My Melancholy and a Public Service Social Worker Announcement by Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher ..read more

In this episode I talk about my Midwinter Melancholy and how music is at the top of my "treatment plan." I read an essay I wrote in 2002 applying for an international Summer practicum in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria). It's called, MUSIC LESSONS. I got the internship and had an epic summer (circa 2002). I finish the episode offering you a blessing from John O'Donohue entitled: As A Child Enters The World. Explore my Spring Wise Circle and Piano Recitals at viralmindfulness.com ..read more

Snotty tales of mucus, textiles (my new bedding) and cashmere of course. I've emerged from a January whirlwind. Let's start with the cold/flu/covid which drop kicked me into bed for seven days. Thank Goddess I bought new flannel sheets and two down pillows (with Mulberry silk cases) in December. I'll share a juicy quote from Katherine May's WINTERING and details about Midwinter Wise Circles which start the week of February 17. viralmindfulness.com ..read more

Make sit happen under the stars of nighttime in Yosemite National Park ..read more

Make sit happen under the stars of an early morning in Yosemite National Park ..read more

I'm not sure forgiveness is real. I like to think of it as a riddle. May this guided meditation encourage ideas related to "forgiveness." It's a process, not a decision or an event. You don't have to forgive everyone. Here are the three phrases we'll work with: 1. I forgive you for the harm you have caused 2. Knowingly or in ignorance, you were suffering and lost 3. I forgive you ..read more