How To Figure Out What You Actually Need Right Now  | Meditation with Sebene Selassie

How To Figure Out What You Actually Need Right Now | Meditation with Sebene Selassie

October 12, 2025 13 min
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🤖 AI Summary

Overview

This episode features a guided meditation by Sebene Selassie, focusing on how to tune into your inner wisdom and identify what you truly need in the present moment. Sebene provides practical steps to connect with your body’s innate wisdom and navigate life with greater clarity and kindness.

Notable Quotes

- Your body holds more wisdom than you might realize. The more you practice listening to these subtle cues and trusting what you feel, the clearer this inner knowing becomes.Sebene Selassie

- What do I need right now? Don’t search for an answer with your mind. Just let the question settle and listen with your body.Sebene Selassie

🧘‍♀️ The Power of Inner Listening

- Sebene emphasizes that many people struggle to tune into themselves due to external noise and self-doubt.

- Meditation can help quiet the mind and connect with the body’s sensory experiences, which hold an innate wisdom.

- By practicing mindfulness, individuals can meet life’s challenges with greater clarity and kindness.

🌀 Practical Steps for Connecting with Inner Wisdom

- Sebene guides listeners to find a comfortable position and focus on their breath and bodily sensations.

- She encourages turning inward and noticing where attention naturally goes—whether to the heart, belly, or another area.

- Listeners are invited to ask themselves two key questions:

- What do I need right now?

- What wants to emerge in my life?

- Responses may come as words, images, or feelings, and Sebene advises trusting the first instinct before the mind begins to edit.

🌿 The Role of the Body in Decision-Making

- Sebene highlights the body as a source of wisdom, often providing answers that the mind cannot.

- She suggests paying attention to physical cues like expansion, contraction, or changes in breath to assess the truth of an inner response.

- This practice helps build trust in one’s intuition over time.

🌟 Cultivating a Daily Practice

- Even a few minutes of daily meditation can strengthen the ability to listen to inner knowing.

- Sebene reassures listeners that this wisdom is always accessible and doesn’t need to be earned—it simply requires slowing down to hear it.

- She concludes by encouraging gratitude for this capacity and the potential it holds for personal growth.

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📋 Episode Description

Listening to your body… easier said than done? Sebene Selassie is here to help. 

All this month, we’re sharing custom guided meditations from our teacher of the month, Sebene Selassie exclusively available at DanHarris.com. Like any good drug dealer, the first taste is free – so today, we’re giving you a sample of what you can expect for the rest of the month.

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Get ready for another Meditation Party at Omega Institute! This in-person workshop brings together Dan with his friends and meditation teachers, Sebene Selassie, Jeff Warren, and for the first time, Ofosu Jones-Quartey. The event runs October 24th-26th. Sign up and learn more at eomega.org/workshops/meditation-party-2025.

Tickets are now on sale for a special live taping of the 10% Happier Podcast with guest Pete Holmes! Join us on November 18th in NYC for this benefit show, with all proceeds supporting the New York Insight Meditation Center. Grab your tickets here!

 

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