Waking Up with Sam Harris - Mindfulness Meditation (9 minutes)

This is a 9-minute mindfulness meditation, led by Sam Harris. In 2018, Sam created the Waking Up app to be the resource he would’ve wanted when he started meditating three decades ago.

Waking Up is free for anyone who can't afford it—so, if you'd like to listen to more meditations like this one, there's no reason not to try out the app.

Waking Up not only teaches the theory and practice of mindfulness—in a way that’s completely free of New Age fluff or religious dogma—but also acts a guide to living a better, more fulfilling, more examined life.

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[streetlawyer]

He didn't tell me when to stop. I've been here for 5 hours

[ipjdhRwP]

It automatically played the Joe Rogan episode with Sam afterwards and it starts with Joe going HARRIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" and freaked me out lol

[mr_hppd]

Notice the tinnitus ringing in your ears, let the hiss from your damaged hearing remind you of peaceful ocean waves...

[abraxian]

That clever bastard, making us meditate longer without realising it had ended.

[RainwriterMusic]

I didn't even realize the meditation was done, lol. Thanks Sam. :)

[marz]

this one guided mediation is the one that ALWAYS does it for me. Love that theres no music, no crazy fantasy visualizations.. just super simple and you fade away and don't even realize he stopped talking.

[TwistedFaith]

How wonderful it is to have a guide that doesn't muck it up with spooky nonsense.

Thank you, Sam Harris.  Thank you very much.

[whalekit]

I can't tell for how long have I been sitting here after the video have ended.

[SoroushTorkian]

It's cool how mindfulness alternates between types of focus. Like being aware of a thought but coming back to a focus point then letting the mind go back to the thought then bringing it back to the focus point. It's like weightlifting for focus with rest periods between sets.

[awakenspaces]

This is one of my favorites on youtube. Its not some beautiful person sitting crossed legged under a waterfall, or a ride in outer space. This is a true guided meditation. Added to my Favorite's guided meditations playlist. Thank you!

[ianpeggdotcom]

After years of meditative practice and having listened to hundreds of different guided meditations, nobody has helped to bring clarity to my practice in the same way as Harris. His style has helped me to unlock the full potential of meditation and he does so in such a straightforward way without any of the hocus pocus that so many other practitioners rely on.

[nickreece]

It's so refreshing to have a guided meditation with no droning synthesizer track. As a beginner, the chord changes always take me out of the moment.

[dalinim]

I always return to this 9 minute meditation routine when I am overwhelmed by work/stress. It works wonders.

[navo]

I am not the only one who kept waiting for him to tell me to stop and half hour later 😂 feeling refreshed!! Thanks Sam

[MicahBuzanANIMATION]

The world would probably be a less crazy place if we learned this stuff in school.

[pietart]

At the beginning of the guide I had so many thoughts, ruled by negative emotions all over me. Towards the end, there was only one thing that I wanted to remember, that I have to thank you Sam for bringing me back to the calm state I longed to be back in, for years. Words simply do not do justice to how much I appreciate this experience.

[mettapresentnow]

Sam is one of the people who inspired me to share my mindfulness journey.
I started deeply looking into meditation as someone who struggles with a constantly wandering mind since early university days. Some days are easy but most days are incredibly hard to be present constantly, especially as a student. But Sam's podcast and audio on meditation has genuinely helped me become a better person and more importantly actively try to be a mindful person. Especially within a secular discourse.
Days are not easy but its the littles steps consistently that count!

[none]

This is helpful beyond description. Thank you so much Sam! As ex-muslim, you're definitely one of the people I look up to.

[Stravalnak]

Fantastic, thank you Sam. Took me only 50 minutes to realise the video ended. 10/10 will listen again.

[CalebPendergast]

When he described meditation as the practice of being aware of consciousness, it clicked for me. So useful