Sean Fargo, Author at Tiny Buddha

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Sean Fargo is a former Buddhist monk and the founder of MindfulnessExercises.com, a platform offering free and professional mindfulness resources to over 20 million people worldwide. He has trained thousands of teachers through his Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification and previously served as a mindfulness trainer at Google. Sean’s mission is to help people teach mindfulness authentically, with heart, presence, and purpose.

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How to Start Teaching Mindfulness (Even if You’re Still Learning)

By Sean Fargo

Sponsored by MindfulnessExercises.com

A few years ago, I was meditating in silence beneath the canopy of a forest monastery in Thailand, questioning everything.

I had left my job, relationships, and most of what I knew to live as a Buddhist monk in the Ajahn Chah tradition—eating one meal a day, sleeping little, and sitting with discomfort, doubt, and the rhythms of the natural world.

But the hardest part wasn’t the mosquitoes or the hunger.

It was this: I was afraid to teach what I was still learning.

Maybe you’ve felt this too—that deep yearning to guide others in healing, in …