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Heart Haven Meditations

Heart Haven Meditations

By: Tess Callahan
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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 novel APRIL & OLIVER. 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!© 2023 Heart Haven Meditations Spirituality
Episodes
  • Drift Off Peacefully: A Sleep Meditation with Ocean Waves
    Dec 1 2025

    This is a guided relaxation meditation for promoting restful sleep. If possible, aim for a dark, quiet, cool sleeping environment. The meditation invites you to recall a moment of gratitude from you day, followed by a full-body relaxation scan, and a short round of 4-7-8 breathing (inhaling for four seconds, holding for seven, and exhaling for eight). Then, you release your breath, letting the body breathe naturally as you visualize the heart and mind mingling. The main focus is on surrendering the mind to deep, peaceful sleep. The session ends with five minutes of ocean wave sounds. I hope you enjoy.

    Audio by Eric Fischer.

    Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.

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    Host: Tess Callahan
    Substack: Writers at the Well
    Interview Podcast: Writers at the Well
    Meditations on Insight Timer
    Meditations on
    YouTube
    Tess's novels:
    https://tesscallahan.com/
    Music (unless otherwise noted above): Christopher Lloyd Clark
    Audio Editing: Eric Fischer

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    DISCLAIMER: Meditation 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 this recording. Use the material provided at your own risk. Do not drive or operate dangerous equipment while listening. The views expressed in this podcast may not be those of the host or the management.

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    23 mins
  • Awakening Practice 30: Beyond Your Wildest Imagination
    Nov 24 2025

    This is the final episode of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. It recaps the previous meditations and encourages you to challenge yourself to see the face of God in all people, all places, all animals, and all situations. Awakening is not for the faint of heart, but it leads us to experience life in ways beyond our wildest imagination.

    The 30 practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 30. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy.

    Audio by Eric Fischer.

    Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.

    Support the show

    Host: Tess Callahan
    Substack: Writers at the Well
    Interview Podcast: Writers at the Well
    Meditations on Insight Timer
    Meditations on
    YouTube
    Tess's novels:
    https://tesscallahan.com/
    Music (unless otherwise noted above): Christopher Lloyd Clark
    Audio Editing: Eric Fischer

    By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show.
    Thank you for listening!


    DISCLAIMER: Meditation 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 this recording. Use the material provided at your own risk. Do not drive or operate dangerous equipment while listening. The views expressed in this podcast may not be those of the host or the management.

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    9 mins
  • Awakening Practice 29: Releasing Yourself from the Past Through Forgiveness
    Nov 17 2025

    This forgiveness practice is number 29 of a 30-part meditation series inspired by Adyashanti. When you forgive someone else, you release yourself from them. When you forgive yourself, you release yourself from the past. Forgiveness is about letting go. While feelings as they arise have a right to be felt and anger can often be justified, persistent states of hatred, rage and resentment are corrosive to our wellbeing. They are hindrances on the path to insight. Here you are invited to forgive as a way of freeing yourself.

    These practices build on each other, so you can listen consecutively, but if there is one in particular that speaks to you, feel free to stick with it. Based on the teachings of Adyashanti, they can be used alone or as a companion to his audio series, The 30-Day Wake Up Challenge, or his book, The Direct Way: 30 Practices to Evoke Awakening. This meditation correlates to Day 28. In some cases, the meditations are also loosely inspired by the teachings of Andrew Holecek, Pema Chodron, and Eckhart Tolle. I hope you enjoy.

    Audio by Eric Fischer.

    Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.

    Support the show

    Host: Tess Callahan
    Substack: Writers at the Well
    Interview Podcast: Writers at the Well
    Meditations on Insight Timer
    Meditations on
    YouTube
    Tess's novels:
    https://tesscallahan.com/
    Music (unless otherwise noted above): Christopher Lloyd Clark
    Audio Editing: Eric Fischer

    By tapping "like" and "follow" you help others find the show.
    Thank you for listening!


    DISCLAIMER: Meditation 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 this recording. Use the material provided at your own risk. Do not drive or operate dangerous equipment while listening. The views expressed in this podcast may not be those of the host or the management.

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    12 mins
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