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Jackie Cantwell, sound meditation practitioner, guides you to deliberately think about what's weighing on your mind for tomorrow, then release that tension through a series of inhales and exhales. Jackie Cantwell is the director of Medi Club and musician for The Big Quiet, a mass meditation movement that gathers thousands of people for large-scale moments of quiet around the world (including for Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour with WW).

Jesse Israel was a successful music executive running his own label when debilitating anxiety and panic attacks forced him to step back and seek help. When he found meditation, it inspired him to switch gears in a big way. He founded The Big Quiet, a mass meditation movement that gathers thousands of people for large-scale moments of quiet around the world (including for Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour with WW).

Think of five things you're grateful for and five things you're looking forward to today - one can even be simply the sun on your skin. Soak in these good feelings and use this frame of mind to set an intention for your day.

At 54, Lisa Stewart set out to regain the fearless girl she once had been, riding her horse, Chief, 500 miles home. Hot, homeless, and horseback, she snapped back into every original cell. On an extraordinary homegoing from Kansas City to Bates and Vernon Counties in Missouri, Lisa exhausted herself, faced her past, trusted strangers, and stayed in the middle of her frightened horse to document modern rural America, the people, animals, and land.

Immerse yourself in a guided breathwork exercise that leads you into a detailed body scan over music featuring chimes, an ocean drum, and the harmonium-like shruti. The experience creates the ideal blend of focus and relaxation to help you become more centered and calm at the end of the day.

Sometimes, waking can feel like surfacing from deep underwater. The overlapping notes in this piece seem to come from that place, and like the dawn, they dissipate the cool mist of sleep.

Become mindfully awake as you sharpen your focus on each of your senses. Deep breaths and the music of shruti and chimes underscore this guided meditation.

Relax before bed with sound meditation practitioner Jackie Cantwell, as she guides you in a deep-breathing meditation over the soothing sounds of an ocean drum and vibrating crystal bowls. Jackie Cantwell is the director of Medi Club and musician for The Big Quiet, a mass meditation movement that gathers thousands of people for large-scale moments of quiet around the world (including for Oprah’s 2020 Vision Tour with WW).

Even if you know the benefits of meditation, actually starting can feel daunting. This brief and easygoing introduction from Jesse Israel, founder of The Big Quiet, breaks it down - and shows you how effortless starting your own practice can be.

Start your day with an enveloping sense of joy, love, and clarity as you imagine yourself filled with positive light and grounded in your strength.

Ride the momentum of a guitar galloping through a golden haze while the sustained tones from a violin soar above you.

Float into wakefulness with these fuzzy, minimalist, and mesmerizing tones that evoke a feeling of welcome solitude and introspection.

Ease into the day with the high, sweet sound of string instruments that evoke the feeling of walking through a misty forest at daybreak.

Visualize your life as a series of different rooms, and see each room filled with the powerful golden light of your own self-compassion and fullest potential. Let go of your doubts and fears and start the day experiencing your best self.

Let the harmony of crystal bowls and ocean drums gently pull you from sleep and into a guided body scan that reminds you how everything is connected.

Reverberating guitars give a feeling of renewal, and the high sound of string instruments create images of tender yellow-green buds shooting from the earth.

Begin your day in a state of calm contentment as you use your imagination to create a vividly detailed seashore at sunrise, where gentle breezes rustle the palms and full-body breaths center you.

There's no avoiding stress in life, but there's a better way to counteract it (which will also improve your sleep). In this brief educational piece, Jesse Israel, founder of The Big Quiet, shows you how meditation is the yin to stress' yang.

She needs a protector, and he needs… a nanny for his goat? After publicly breaking things off with her boyfriend, Rose struggles to find help when he won’t let go. When his behavior escalates, she flees to her father—and the handsome sheriffs—in Grimm County, North Carolina, hoping one of them can keep her safe. Nick hates the fame that the Grimm County Lawmen show brings to his life. After a tough childhood, he clings to his privacy just as tightly as he does to the animals living on his farm. But after meeting the town's beautiful new resident, the heat of his attraction starts to...