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.
These meditations are open to people of all faiths, and to those with none. No belief is required - only a few quiet minutes and a willingness to pause, breathe and be present, whether taking a pause during the day or winding down before sleep.
Brother Richard belongs to the Capuchin community in Dublin, Ireland, where a life of prayer and meditation has been practiced every day for over 400 years. This podcast carries that living tradition forward, translating ancient wisdom into a form that speaks to contemporary experience. To find out more about the Capuchins’ work visit: https://capuchindaycentre.ie/
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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.
These meditations are open to people of all faiths, and to those with none. No belief is required - only a few quiet minutes and a willingness to pause, breathe and be present, whether taking a pause during the day or winding down before sleep.
Brother Richard belongs to the Capuchin community in Dublin, Ireland, where a life of prayer and meditation has been practiced every day for over 400 years. This podcast carries that living tradition forward, translating ancient wisdom into a form that speaks to contemporary experience. To find out more about the Capuchins’ work visit: https://capuchindaycentre.ie/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, Brother Richard guides listeners into the practical beginnings of meditation - how we arrive, how we sit, and how we prepare ourselves for stillness.
He explores the importance of taking our seat with intention, the role of posture in supporting the breath, and how meditation is not a struggle with the self, but a gentle act of presence. Brother Richard explains different sitting postures, from kneeling to sitting on a chair, and how the body - legs, trunk, diaphragm and breath - works together to support awareness.
The episode also introduces ritual action: small, intentional gestures that help mark the transition into meditation, including the use of sound as a signal of beginning and ending.
This episode offers a moment of calm, whether you are pausing during the day or winding down before sleep, helping you build a sustainable and compassionate meditation practice.
00:10 — Beginning always beginning
00:30 — Taking our seat
00:55 — Setting intention
01:45 — Meditation as divine encounter
02:10 — How we sit
02:50 — Posture and alignment
03:15 — Kneeling and alternative postures
04:02 — Sitting on a chair
04:22 — Feet and soles on the ground
04:55 — The legs
05:15 — The trunk
05:47 — Avoiding compression of the breath
06:25 — A thread from the crown of the head
07:03 — The solar plexus
07:35 — Finding ease in the breath
08:15 — Building and restoring the body
08:40 — The diaphragm and deep muscles
08:54 — Breathing into the belly
09:20 — Ritual action
10:10 — Examples of ritual
10:35 — A heavenly helper
11:22 — The bell as a ritual signal
12:20 — Recap
13:05 — Deeper awareness
13:20 — What it feels like to be here
13:30 — Your deeper gesture
13:52 — Closing bell
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