Heart Haven Meditations
Weekly meditations to calm your mind, connect to your heart, and take refuge in love. These practices draw from neuroscience, wisdom traditions, and teachers such as Adyashanti, Tara Brach, Pema Chodron, Joe Dispenza, Andrew Holecek, Carl Jung, Byron Katie, Thomas Merton, and Jack Kornfield. Tess Callahan, Ed.M., MFA, is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and author of the novels APRIL & OLIVER and DAWNLAND. Tess invites you to attune to your own creative powers through intimate inner listening. You can find her novel writing at: https://tesscallahan.com/. Heart Haven Meditations is also on YouTube. Relax and enjoy!
See our sister podcast: Writers at the Well: Author Interviews with Tess Callahan: https://open.spotify.com/show/4GmIB2rgarR6eCA0CYSv2p?si=VPm7PpWHSS2760KUgXYdfg
DISCLAIMER: Although meditation can nurture spiritual growth, deepen wisdom, and enhance wellbeing, it is not a substitute for professional psychological or medical healthcare or therapy. We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred by you acting or not acting as a result of listening to any of these recordings. You acknowledge that you use the information provided at your own risk. Do your own research. Do not drive or operate potentially dangerous equipment while listening.
Episodes
82 episodes
Dr. Samra Zafar on Attuning to the Voice of Love
Internationally renowned speaker, physician, and author Dr. Samra Zafar speaks with Tess about her new book Unconditional: Break Through Past Limi...
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Episode 81
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1:08:39
Calm Clarity: Guided Meditation
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 ot...
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Episode 80
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31:14
Interview with Writer Manda Scott: Shamanic Practice, Creative Vision & Systemic Change
Award-winning novelist, teacher, and podcaster Manda Scott talks with Tess Callahan about her shamanic spiritual practice, her new Thrutopian novel ANY HUMAN POWER, an...
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Episode 79
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1:06:45
Interview with Writer Alan Watt: Evolving through Meditation and Writing
Novelist, screenwriter, and founder of LA Writers' Lab Alan Watt tells host Tess Callahan his extraordinary experience of recovering a childhood memory through meditation. This memory from infancy, prever...
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Episode 78
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50:08
Heart Alchemy Meditation
Drawing from ancient wisdom traditions and inspired by Ram Dass, this timeless meditation invites you to bathe in liquid love, release sadness and loneliness from your heart, and become an instrument for peace, light, and love. The meditation b...
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Episode 77
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25:16
Can Life Meditate Us? A Talk on the novel DAWNLAND
Friends, this episode is a departure from my usual offerings. I will return to meditations and occasional interviews after my mini book tour, but today I'm talking about my novel DAWNLAND, and what IT has to do with meditation, particularly the...
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Episode 76
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9:47
Creativity as Divine Play: Talk & Meditation on Lila
Creativity flows when our hearts and minds are open, and tightens when we grasp onto particular ideas of outcome. It tends to hide from us when we take ourselves too seriously. Lightness of spirit is key. "Lila" is a Hindu term that has many la...
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Episode 75
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16:52
Open Awareness Ocean Expanse Meditation
Open awareness is a non-referential meditation, meaning you don’t use any reference point such as the breath or the body to keep your mind focused. Those focal points are useful as first, but as you progress, they can hold you back. In open awa...
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Episode 74
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21:25
Interview with Writer Mar'ce Merrell: Bridging the Gap Between the Impossible and the Possible
Join novelist, essayist, and canoe adventurer Mar’ce Merrell as she unpacks her spiritual and creative toolbox, sharing how she uses meditation to move through stuck places in life and on the page.&nb...
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Episode 73
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1:11:53
Tranquil Shamatha Short Version
This is a shorter version of Episode 71 "Tranquil Ocean Shamatha," with a bit less instruction. Shamatha or “peaceful abiding” helps stabilize the mind by cultivating a steady awareness of the object of meditation, in this case, the breath. You...
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Episode 72
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15:06
Tranquil Ocean Shamatha Meditation
Shamatha, which means “peaceful abiding” or “tranquility," is the foundational meditation of Buddhist practice. It helps stabilize the mind by cultivating a steady awareness of the object of meditation, in this case, the breath. You can d...
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Episode 71
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27:40
Lovingkindness 10-minute Metta
Lovingkindness, also known as "metta," is a Buddhist practice of cultivating good will and positive regard toward yourself and others. The practice invites us to expand the good will of our hearts to reach ever widening circles, extending to lo...
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Episode 69
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9:56
Interview with Sculptor/Poet Don Freas: Meditation and the Creative Leap
Join sculptor and poet Don Freas, author of In-Between: Creativity Set Free and Swallowing the World: New and Selected Po...
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Episode 70
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1:06:11
Lovingkindness Deep Immersion
Metta is a Buddhist practice of cultivating good will and positive regard toward yourself and others. A Pali word, metta means lovingkindness. The practice invites us to expand the good will of our hearts to reach ever widening circles, extendi...
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Episode 68
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28:19
NDE Guided Visualization
A rerecorded, remastered version of Episode 41, this guided visualization is based on a near-death experience described by Carl Jung in his memoir Memories, Dreams, and Reflections. Jung experienced this vis...
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Episode 67
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33:38
Waking Dream Guided Meditation
Inspired by the work of Carl Jung, this practice of cultivating a "waking dream" helps you to access the wisdom of your subconscious. In Jungian psychology, this technique is called “Active Imagination." Episode 6 of this podcast offers a simil...
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Episode 66
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31:39
Heart Coherence Meditation 3: Healing
This is the 3rd of three progressive meditations inspired by Dr. Patrick MacManaway’s book Cultivating Your Light Body. It builds on the strength and stability developed in the first and sec...
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Episode 65
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28:03
Heart Coherence Meditation 2: Synchronizing
This is the 2nd of three progressive meditations that build on each other, though each can also be done separately. They are inspired by practices taught by Dr. Patrick MacManaway in his...
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Episode 64
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27:32
Heart Coherence Meditation 1: Tuning In
This is the first of three progressive meditations that build on each other, though each can be done separately. Inspired by a practice taught by Dr. Patrick MacManaway in his book Cultivating Yo...
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Episode 63
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24:34
New Beginnings: Affirmations for Inner Sovereignty
Inspired by Byron Katie, Al-Anon, and 12-Step, these simple affirmations encourage a fresh rewiring of old conditioning. Mak...
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Episode 62
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7:20
Through the Veils to Your True Essence: Guided Visualization
It's easy to forget who we really are, to rush through life without pausing to experience our true essence. Yet when we take this pause, we gain clarity, groundedness, and wisdom from which to respond to life wisely rather than reactively. Eckh...
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Episode 61
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23:05
Bedtime Gratitude Meditation
Slip into sleep bathed in the golden light of gratitude. Collect and savor three small moments from your day. Studies show that a simple practice of gratitude can improve well-being, increase resilience, strengthen relationships, and reduce str...
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Episode 61
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9:43
Yoga Nidra Luminous Deep Sleep
This luminous Yoga Nidra practice invites your body into deep restorative sleep while your mind, like a night-blooming flower, opens to formless awareness. Based on a similar meditation offered by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati, this includes ...
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Episode 60
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1:01:15
Random Gratitude: Talk
Studies show that a practice of gratitude greatly enhances overall wellbeing. This talk offers a simple on-the-spot way to bring yourself into a state of grace, of flow, of alignment, whenever you need it in the midst of your day. I learn...
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Episode 59
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7:53
Trust Your Journey: Talk
Friends, I'm taking a short break from posting meditations as I work on a deadline for my novel, DAWNLAND, due out next year. During this hiatus, I will post short talks from time to time when the spirit arises, inspired by whatever I happen to...
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Episode 58
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3:54