Guided Meditations & Talks

Last Updated on February 17, 2026 by Matthew Sockolov

This is a ten minute guided walking meditation focusing on mindfulness of the body. Walking meditation is a powerful practice that helps us build mindfulness in a new posture, bridge the gap from meditation to daily life, and give a way to bring some energy into our practice.

More about walking meditation: https://oneminddharma.com/walking-meditation/

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Last Updated on February 17, 2026 by Matthew Sockolov

This guided meditation is a ten minute body scan practice. We move through the body slowly, paying attention to each part of the body with mindfulness and awareness.

Read more about body scanning at https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/blog/body-scan

30 Day Meditation Challenge: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/meditation-challenge

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Last Updated on February 16, 2026 by Matthew Sockolov

This is the third in our series on the Noble Eightfold Path. This week’s talk investigates the practices of sila, or ethics. We’ll cover Wise Speech, Wise Action, and Wise Livelihood.

These are three factors that leave us without remorse or regret in meditation, and help us to live in harmony with ourselves and our communities.

30 Day Meditation Challenge: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/meditation-challenge

Online Sitting Group: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/sit

Post on the Noble Eightfold Path: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/blog/noble-eightfold-path

Post on the Five Precepts: https://oneminddharma.com/the-five-precepts/

Post on Wise Speech: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/blog/wise-speech

Suttas mentioned: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn45/sn45.008.than.html

https://suttacentral.net/an5.198/en/sujato

https://suttacentral.net/thag21.1/en/sujato

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This is a quick 10 minute guided mindfulness meditation. We’ll cultivate mindfulness with some open awareness practice, noting what arises and passes in our experience.

We start with a period of checking in with the body, sounds, and mental state just to arrive where we are. We then move into a more open practice using noting. With mindful noting, we simply note whatever experience we are having.

The noting helps us to identify and be present, but not get sucked in. Remember that any time the mind wanders off, to come back with gentleness and kindness!

30 Day Meditation Challenge: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/meditation-challenge

Free Weekly Podcast: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/podcast

Online Sitting Group: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/sit

Bestselling Book: https://oneminddharma.com/book/

Practice Mindfulness in Everyday Life: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/blog/mindfulness-everday-life

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Last Updated on January 31, 2026 by Matthew Sockolov

We’re continuing into our investigation of the Noble Eigthfold Path today. We’ll start with the section on wisdom, looking at Wise View and Wise Intention.

These two factors of the path form our understanding and inclination on the path. Cultivating Wise View means seeing experience clearly. This especially relates to the nature of the Four Noble Truths, karma, and dependent origination.

Wise Intention is the cultivation of wholesome intentions, an inclining of the mind toward liberation rather than suffering. The three traditional pieces of Wise Intention are the intention of renunciation, the intention of goodwill, and the intention of harmlessness.

We can think of Wise View as an understanding of the current situation, and Wise Intention as the orienting toward a direction to move forward. These two factors work together to build wisdom in our path.

We will continue next week with a discussion on the factors of ethics.

30 Day Meditation Challenge: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/meditation-challenge

Online Sitting Group: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/sit

Post on the Noble Eightfold Path: https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/blog/noble-eightfold-path

Post on Wise Intention: https://oneminddharma.com/right-intention/

Dahmmacakkappavattana Sutta: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.than.html

Sammaditthi Sutta: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.009.ntbb.html

Wildmind Article on Intention: https://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/the-power-of-intention

Watch this Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bildKuY4Rr8

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