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The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard is a short daily podcast offering stillness, clarity and spiritual grounding - a moment of calm in a busy, noisy world.
Hosted by Brother Richard, a Capuchin Franciscan friar and meditation teacher, each episode draws on the Christian monastic contemplative tradition, one of the oldest continuous meditative practice in the world. With warmth, simplicity and deep humanity, Brother Richard offers reflections and guided meditations shaped for modern life…
Episodes
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Blessing Meditation: Receiving the Good with Gratitude
In this meditation, I explore the meaning of blessing within the contemplative tradition. To bless something is to recognise and name the goodness already…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Cellular Healing Meditation: Visualising Light and Renewal
In this meditation, I return to the contemplative imagery of breath and light, using a visualisation of golden light as a symbol of renewal, peace and healing…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Recollection Meditation: Gathering the Scattered Mind
In this meditation, I explore the ancient contemplative practice of recollection. The word itself means to collect again. Within the monastic tradition, it…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Big Toe Meditation: Training the Power of Attention
In this meditation, I explore a simple but surprisingly powerful way of strengthening attention: bringing awareness to one very small part of the body. Many…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Lectio Divina Meditation: The Kingdom of God Is Within You
In this meditation, we continue our occasional series exploring Lectio Divina, the ancient monastic practice of meditating with scripture and sacred text…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Reset Meditation: Recovering the Form
In this meditation, I return once again to the foundational relaxation form that underpins our contemplative practice. Just as a martial artist repeats basic…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation Master: Saint Francis de Sales on Stress
In this meditation, I return to one of our meditation masters, Saint Francis de Sales, and his wonderfully practical teaching about stress and contemplative…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Sunset Meditation: Letting the Day Go
In this meditation, I explore the image of sunset as a pathway into rest, stillness and contemplative awareness. In previous meditations we have worked with…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Elijah Meditation (Part 1): The Storm
In this meditation, I begin a new series inspired by the story of the prophet Elijah and his retreat to the cave. For centuries, Elijah’s experience there has…
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Touchstone Meditation: Finding Your Anchor
In today’s guided meditation, Brother Richard introduces Touchstone Meditation, a simple practice that uses a familiar everyday object as an anchor for…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Movement Meditation: Bowing with Awareness
In this guided meditation, Brother Richard continues the Movement Meditation series by exploring the ancient contemplative practice of bowing with awareness…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
A Meditation on the Vastness Within
In this guided meditation, Brother Richard invites us to shift our sense of perspective — not by contemplating the vastness of the universe around us, but by…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
How to Observe Your Emotions Without Judgement
In this guided meditation, Brother Richard explores how we can become more aware of our emotions without suppressing them, judging them or becoming overwhelmed…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
A Simple Meditation to Find Stillness
In this guided meditation, Brother Richard returns to the foundations of meditation with a simple practice for finding stillness in the midst of a busy and…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation Master: St. Francis de Sales and Letting Go of Anxiety
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard returns to the Meditation Master series with the teaching of St. Francis de Sales, one of the great…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Gratitude Meditation 3: The Gift of Choice
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard continues the Gratitude Meditation series by reflecting on a gift we can easily overlook: our ability to…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Breathwork Meditation: Pausing Between Breaths
In this guided meditation, Brother Richard explores a simple breathwork practice: introducing gentle pauses into the natural cycle of the breath. The breath is…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Thought Awareness Meditation: Where Do My Thoughts Come From?
In this guided meditation, Brother Richard explores an ancient contemplative practice: learning to notice not only our thoughts, but where those thoughts…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Cooling Meditation: Calming Body and Mind
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard explores how breath, awareness and gentle visualisation can help the body settle into a greater sense of…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Recovering the Form: Returning to Inner Stillness
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard returns to the essential practice of Recovering the Form—the simple foundations that allow meditation to…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Blessing Meditation: Praying in the Four Directions
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard explores the ancient practice of blessing the four directions, inviting us to pray not only for ourselves…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation on Animals: Lessons in Presence and Connection (Repost)
In this meditation, I guide you into a reflective practice on the lessons we can learn from animals. Animals offer a simple but profound example of presence…
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Hand Meditation (Repost)
In this meditation, I guide you through a simple hand meditation, an ancient contemplative practice that brings awareness into the body through gentle movement…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Gratitude Meditation: Saying Grace in Everyday Life (Repost)
In this meditation, I guide you into a simple practice of gratitude, drawing on the tradition of saying grace. We begin by reflecting on the importance of…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Breath, Heart and Mind for Calm Focus (Repost)
In this meditation, I invite you to explore three simple anchors for awareness: breath, heart and mind. We begin by settling into posture, allowing the weight…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Who Are You, God? What Am I? (Repost)
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Self-Love Meditation: Placing Love at the Centre (Repost)
In this meditation, I guide you into a simple practice of placing love at the centre of your relationship with yourself. Drawing on an ancient contemplative…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation on a Flower (Repost)
In this meditation, I invite you to reflect on the quiet wisdom of creation through a simple meditation on a flower. We begin by settling into stillness and…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditating with the Elements (Repost)
In this meditation, I reflect on the wisdom of St. Francis of Assisi, a master of contemplative awareness who saw all of creation as interconnected. Francis…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Breathing with the Present Moment (Repost)
In this meditation, I invite you to breathe with the present moment, allowing the breath to become a steady anchor for awareness. In our tradition, the breath…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation on Your Birth: A Reflection on Life and the Present Moment (Repost)
In this meditation, I guide you into a reflective practice on the reality of your own birth, not as a story, but as a moment of coming into existence. We begin…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation on Mortality: Welcoming Sister Death (Repost)
In this meditation, I guide you through the final part of St. Francis’ Canticle of the Creatures, reflecting on what he calls “Sister Death.” Rather than…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Progressive Relaxation Meditation: Tensing and Releasing the Body (Repost)
In this meditation, I guide you through a simple practice of noticing, tensing and relaxing different parts of the body. Many of us carry tension without fully…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Compassion Meditation: The Inner Smile (Repost)
In this meditation, we explore the ancient contemplative practice of the inner smile — a way of cultivating inner warmth, gentleness and peace at the centre of…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Resting in Loving Presence (Repost)
In this meditation, I invite you to rest in loving presence, allowing yourself to be attended to just as you are. We begin by exploring what rest truly means…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Gratitude Meditation: Cultivating a Thankful Heart
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard continues his Gratitude Meditation series by exploring how gratitude naturally grows from attentive…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Begin Again Meditation: The Freedom of the Present Moment
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard reflects on one of the great insights of the contemplative tradition: we are always beginners. Inspired by…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation in a Time of Anxiety (Repost)
In this meditation, I reflect on how meditation can support us during periods of anxiety, stress and emotional overwhelm. Very often, when anxiety enters our…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation on the Natural World: The Wisdom of the Beasts
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard continues his Meditations on the Natural World series by reflecting on the wisdom of the beasts of the…
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Meditation Master: Robert Lax and the Inner Garden
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard reflects on the wisdom of the poet and meditation teacher Robert Lax, who wrote: "Cultivation is the…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Self-Compassion Meditation: Becoming the Beloved
We often find it easier to show compassion to others than to ourselves. In this gentle Christian meditation, Brother Richard invites you to discover the…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Light Meditation: Created, Inner and Divine Light
In this meditation, we reflect on one of the oldest and richest symbols in the Christian contemplative tradition: light. Beginning with the light that…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Recovering the Form: Returning to the Basics of Meditation
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard returns to the basic form of meditation—the simple, foundational practice that underpins every…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Bone Breathing Meditation: Deepening Inner Awareness
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard introduces the ancient contemplative practice of bone breathing—a powerful visualisation that deepens…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Body Awareness Meditation: Deepening Your Anchor in the Body (Repost)
In this meditation, I guide you into a simple practice of deepening your awareness of the body as an anchor into the present moment. We begin by checking in…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation on the Natural World: The Wisdom of Birds
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard continues his Meditations on the Natural World series by reflecting on the wisdom of birds and the…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Gratitude Meditation (Part 2): The Gift of Creation
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard continues his Gratitude Meditation series by turning our attention to one of the greatest gifts we have…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation Chant: Maranatha (Come, Lord)
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard explores the ancient practice of sacred chant through one of the oldest prayers in the Christian…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation Master: Robert Lax and Present Moment Awareness
In this meditation, Brother Richard introduces Robert Lax—the poet, mystic and close friend of Thomas Merton—whose quiet spirituality centred on paying loving…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Guardian Angel Meditation (Part 2): Guidance and Spiritual Protection
In this guided Christian meditation, Brother Richard continues his Guardian Angel Meditation series, exploring the ancient Christian understanding of angels as…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Reset Meditation: Recovering the Basic Form
In this meditation, we return to the basic form of contemplative practice—the simple method that lies at the heart of the Christian meditative tradition…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Light Meditation: Resting in Divine Light
In this meditation, we reflect on one of the most enduring images found throughout the world's spiritual traditions: light. From the opening words of Genesis…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Reset Meditation: Recovering the Basic Form
In this meditation, we return once again to the basic form of contemplative practice—the simple, foundational method that helps us cultivate awareness…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Lectio Divina Meditation: May They Be One
In this Lectio Divina meditation, we reflect on one of the most profound prayers of Christ: "May they be one as we are one." Lectio Divina is the ancient…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Movement Meditation: Using the Breath and Hands to Deepen Stillness
In this meditation, we explore how gentle movement can become part of our contemplative practice. While meditation is often associated with complete stillness…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Inner Sun Meditation: Awakening the Light of Awareness
In this meditation, we return to the ancient image of the inner sun — the light of awareness that rises within us through breath, attention and presence…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Jesus Prayer Meditation (Part 3): Breath, Name and Mercy
In this meditation, we return to the ancient Christian contemplative practice of the Jesus Prayer, deepening the connection between breath, sacred name and…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Natural World Meditation: The Wisdom of the Waters
In this meditation, we continue our journey through the natural world by reflecting on the wisdom of the waters and the creatures who dwell within them. The…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Reset Meditation: Recovering the Form
In this meditation, we once again return to the foundational form of contemplative practice — the basic relaxation meditation that grounds and renews the whole…
- The Daily Meditation with Brother Richard
Meditation for Anxiety and Fear (Repost)
In this meditation, I invite you to sit gently with experiences of anxiety and fear. One of the quiet strengths of a daily meditation practice is that, over…