The Awareness Podcast

Some days, you just don't feel like yourself.
Your mind won't slow down. Your body feels tired. Something someone said is still bothering you. Maybe you're feeling anxious, overwhelmed, emotional, or unsettled, and you can't quite explain why.

And somewhere in the middle of it all, a thought appears:
I've lost my peace.

I need to get back to myself.

I should be handling this better.

But what if nothing has gone wrong?

In this gentle guided meditation for inner peace, emotional overwhelm, and difficult days, Jody Agard invites you to stop trying to change how you feel and recognize the quiet Presence that has never been disturbed by any experience.

This isn't about forcing yourself to think positively, calming every thought, or turning a difficult moment into something more spiritual.

It's about allowing this very human experience to be exactly as it is.

Through spacious silence and gentle non-dual self-inquiry, you'll explore the simple recognition of I AM, the open Being in which every thought, feeling, sensation, and movement of life is already appearing.

Sadness may appear.
Uncertainty may arise.
The body may be uncomfortable.
The mind may be busy.
Life may not look the way you hoped it would.

And still, what you are remains whole.

You don't need to find your way back to Presence, or try to hold onto peace.
This moment is allowed to be exactly as it is.
Because the quiet, open Being that you are has never gone anywhere.

As you move through the rest of your day, let feelings move. Let moments be imperfect. Let yourself laugh, cry, feel tired, or experience whatever is here.
None of it takes you away from what you are.
You are here. You have always been here. And nothing has gone wrong.
👉🏼 An invitation from the Center for Awakening & Pure Presence Conferences:
Life is always changing — our relationships, our roles, our circumstances, even the way we see ourselves. But is there something within us that doesn’t change?
This November, 28 global wisdom teachers come together for a unique three-day gathering centered on one timeless question: ‘WHO AM I?’
Discover what remains steady beneath life’s changing circumstances, and how that recognition can transform the way you meet yourself, others, and the world. November 13th through 15th, live online and *free* to attend.
➡️ Learn more and reserve your spot.
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This podcast is brought to you by the Center for Awakening, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the journey of awakening to our true nature — and the natural peace and happiness that is always present. Explore courses, events, and resources at: centerforawakening.org

What if, for the next 30 minutes, nothing was being asked of you?
You don't have to quiet your mind or have to become peaceful.
You can simply be here.

In this spacious guided meditation for deep rest, inner peace, and Pure Being, Jody Agard invites you to step out of the constant effort of doing and recognize the quiet resting place that is already here.

The mind is allowed to be busy.
Thoughts can twist and turn.
Feelings and sensations can arise.

The human character can have its experience.
None of it prevents you from being what you already are.

Through gentle non-dual self-inquiry and extended periods of silence, you'll be invited to notice something extraordinarily simple:
Breathing is happening.
The heart is beating.
Sounds are appearing.
Sensations are moving.
Seeing and hearing happen naturally.
Life is simply living itself.
And before you do anything, change anything, or understand anything...
You are here.

This isn't about finding a peaceful state and trying to hold onto it.
States and thoughts come and go.
Feelings move and the body changes.
Life continues.

But the simple Being that you are does not require effort.
It doesn't need the mind to cooperate.
It is already here. Already at rest.
And this quiet resting place doesn't disappear when the meditation ends.
It is here as your eyes open.
As the body moves.
As sounds are heard.
As you return to work, relationships, responsibilities, and the ordinary movements of your day.
Life continues to live itself.
And you remain as you are.
👉🏼 An invitation from the Center for Awakening & Pure Presence Conferences:
Life is always changing — our relationships, our roles, our circumstances, even the way we see ourselves. But is there something within us that doesn’t change?
This November, 28 global wisdom teachers come together for a unique three-day gathering centered on one timeless question: ‘WHO AM I?’
Discover what remains steady beneath life’s changing circumstances, and how that recognition can transform the way you meet yourself, others, and the world. November 13th through 15th, live online and *free* to attend.
➡️ Learn more and reserve your spot.
Support the show
Continue your spiritual awakening journey with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Find out more here. 
Listen + Subscribe
Stay up to date and tune in at centerforawakening.org/podcast ... You can also access the Awareness Podcast on your favorite podcast app and on the CFA YouTube Channel.
This podcast is brought to you by the Center for Awakening, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the journey of awakening to our true nature — and the natural peace and happiness that is always present. Explore courses, events, and resources at: centerforawakening.org

What happens when pain, physical symptoms, or changes in the body begin demanding your attention?

When the body is struggling, it can be difficult not to become consumed by it.

How long will this last?
What if it gets worse?
How am I supposed to keep living my life while this is happening?

In this deeply personal guided meditation for physical pain, fear, and difficult symptoms, Jody Agard shares from the midst of her own experience with ongoing pain and changes in her vision.
This isn't a meditation about pretending the body isn't hurting, denying symptoms, ignoring the body's need for care, or telling yourself that pain is “just an illusion.”
Instead, Jody offers a gentle invitation to look more deeply:
Is what is happening in the body... what I am?

Through spacious silence and gentle non-dual self-inquiry, you'll explore what happens when an experience becomes an identity, when pain becomes my pain, when fear becomes my fear, and when something appearing in the body begins to feel as though it is happening to a separate me.

The body may need care. And sensations may be intense. Fear may arise.
And nothing about this meditation asks you to push any of it away.
Instead, you're invited to notice the quiet Presence that knows the entire experience.
Does this Presence have an age?
A diagnosis?
A history?
Is Presence itself afraid, or is fear appearing within it?
Is Presence itself in pain, or is pain being known by that which is completely untouched?

This is not about escaping the human experience. It's an invitation to stop asking the human experience to define what you are.
Beneath every label, diagnosis, sensation, fear, and story remains the effortless Being that has never come or gone.
The open Presence.
The Infinite I AM.
👉🏼 Interested in going deeper?
You can read the books, listen to the teachers, and understand the spiritual concepts — yet still find yourself caught in the same fears, self-doubt, and familiar patterns. In her new four-part series, Awakening to Truth: An Embodied Realization, Helen Hamilton offers a practical path from understanding the teachings to experiencing these truths for yourself. Through meditation, contemplation, and self-inquiry, you’ll learn how to break free from conditioned thinking, discover a greater sense of freedom and inner peace, and bring that realization into your relationships, responsibilities, and everyday life.
  ➡️ Learn more and reserve your spot.
Support the show
Continue your spiritual awakening journey with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Find out more here. 
Listen + Subscribe
Stay up to date and tune in at centerforawakening.org/podcast ... You can also access the Awareness Podcast on your favorite podcast app and on the CFA YouTube Channel.
This podcast is brought to you by the Center for Awakening, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the journey of awakening to our true nature — and the natural peace and happiness that is always present. Explore courses, events, and resources at: centerforawakening.org

What if healing isn't about fixing what's broken, but recognizing that what you truly are has never been broken at all?

So often, we approach meditation and healing with an agenda. We want the uncomfortable feeling to leave. The mind to become quiet. The body to feel different. The circumstances to change. We imagine peace will arrive once something about this moment has been corrected.
But what if nothing needs to leave for peace to be here?

In this spacious guided meditation for inner peace, wholeness, and spiritual healing, Jody Agard invites you to let this moment be exactly as it is.
Sounds and sensation can appear.
Thoughts can come and go.
Even silence itself appears and is known.

Rather than trying to change what is appearing, you'll gently turn toward That which knows it all — the boundless Pure Presence, Being, the Infinite I AM that does not come and go with experience.

This meditation isn't asking you to deny the human experience or convince yourself that everything feels good. Everything is included. Nothing needs to be pushed away, and nothing needs to be held onto.
Healing, from this perspective, is not making the person become whole.
It is recognizing what has never been anything else.
Already here.
Already whole.
Already free.
Nothing needs to be added to what you are.
👉🏼 Interested in going deeper?
You can read the books, listen to the teachers, and understand the spiritual concepts — yet still find yourself caught in the same fears, self-doubt, and familiar patterns. In her new four-part series, Awakening to Truth: An Embodied Realization, Helen Hamilton offers a practical path from understanding the teachings to experiencing these truths for yourself. Through meditation, contemplation, and self-inquiry, you’ll learn how to break free from conditioned thinking, discover a greater sense of freedom and inner peace, and bring that realization into your relationships, responsibilities, and everyday life.
  ➡️ Learn more and reserve your spot.
Support the show
Continue your spiritual awakening journey with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Find out more here. 
Listen + Subscribe
Stay up to date and tune in at centerforawakening.org/podcast ... You can also access the Awareness Podcast on your favorite podcast app and on the CFA YouTube Channel.
This podcast is brought to you by the Center for Awakening, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the journey of awakening to our true nature — and the natural peace and happiness that is always present. Explore courses, events, and resources at: centerforawakening.org

How often do we wake up and immediately ask the body, mind, or emotions to tell us who we are?

I'm tired.
I'm anxious.
I'm sad.
I'm in pain.
I'm peaceful.

But before “I am this” or “I am that,” there is simply: I AM.

In this gentle guided meditation for self-inquiry, healing, and spiritual awakening, Jody Agard invites you to explore what remains when you stop consulting the body, thoughts, and emotions for information about what you truly are. Beginning with a simple experience of waking up tired and noticing the thought “I'm tired,” Jody asks a deeper question: Who is this “I” that's tired?

The body may experience fatigue. Emotions may move through. Thoughts may arise. Pain, anxiety, sadness, restlessness, or even happiness may be present.
None of it needs to be denied or disappear.

Through spacious silence and gentle non-dual self-inquiry, you'll be invited to notice that every sensation, thought, feeling, and bodily experience is already known, and then turn attention toward the knowing itself.

This isn't an invitation to deny the body or pretend difficult feelings aren't happening. The body and mind can have its experience. Feelings are allowed to move through. But before you claim any of it as me, pause.

What is already here?
What you truly are does not become more whole when the body feels good or less whole when the body struggles. Beneath every description and before every thought is the simple, formless Presence of I AM.
👉🏼 Interested in going deeper?
You can read the books, listen to the teachers, and understand the spiritual concepts — yet still find yourself caught in the same fears, self-doubt, and familiar patterns. In her new four-part series, Awakening to Truth: An Embodied Realization, Helen Hamilton offers a practical path from understanding the teachings to experiencing these truths for yourself. Through meditation, contemplation, and self-inquiry, you’ll learn how to break free from conditioned thinking, discover a greater sense of freedom and inner peace, and bring that realization into your relationships, responsibilities, and everyday life.
  ➡️ Learn more and reserve your spot.

Support the show
Continue your spiritual awakening journey with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Find out more here. 
Listen + Subscribe
Stay up to date and tune in at centerforawakening.org/podcast ... You can also access the Awareness Podcast on your favorite podcast app and on the CFA YouTube Channel.
This podcast is brought to you by the Center for Awakening, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the journey of awakening to our true nature — and the natural peace and happiness that is always present. Explore courses, events, and resources at: centerforawakening.org