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Featured on CNN, viralmindfulness.com, HIV Plus Magazine, The Gay HotSpot, and the cover of Positively Aware—my work as a mindfulness teacher and artist encourages you to discover your spiritual rhythm.I earned a Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Utah in…

Podcast · By Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher · English · Official site

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  1. Episode · Jul 27, 2026

    Sniff Your Pencils - What A Pencil Can Teach Us About Presence (opens the original)

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    What if one of the most powerful mindfulness tools isn't an app... ...but a pencil? In this playful and surprisingly moving episode, Alexander explores the unexpected wisdom hidden inside a freshly sharpened Blackwing pencil. Beginning with a little pencil ASMR (yes, really), he reflects on creativity, presence, handwriting, grief, sobriety, technology, and the growing need for an "analog renaissance" in an increasingly digital world. Drawing inspiration from the Blackwing Manifesto, Alexander a

  2. Episode · Jul 19, 2026

    Embrace Beauty, Brokenness and The Holy Ordinary (opens the original)

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    What if the sacred isn't somewhere else? What if it has been quietly waiting for us in ordinary moments all along? In this episode, Alexander shares an influential voice in his own spiritual life: writer, conservationist, and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams. Inspired by her newest book, The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary, this conversation becomes an invitation to slow down, reconnect with the natural world, and rediscover beauty during an era marked by uncertainty, distraction,

  3. Episode · Jul 8, 2026

    Sounds & Silence Only -- The Sound of Summer Companion Practice (From Boulder, Colorado) (opens the original)

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    Already listened to The Sound of Summer? This practice is for you. Several listeners asked for a version with fewer words and more space to simply breathe, chant, and practice. So here it is. Recorded live beneath the Colorado sky, you'll hear birdsong, fresh mountain air, and the gentle sounds of summer as we move through the traditional seed sounds of the seven chakras together. There is very little guidance; just enough to help you settle before we begin. Whether you choose to make the sounds

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