Learn How To Meditate In Seven Days - by Insight Timer

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Learn How To Meditate In Seven Days

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This free course is for those who are completely new to meditation. Over the next 7 days, you will explore the breath, the mind, the body and your emotional states. The meditations in this course will help you learn to calmly focus and concentrate your mind and bring your full awareness to something specific such as being more compassionate, more kind, or help in overcoming life’s difficulties. After learning a number of techniques, you will walk away ready to continue your practice using whichever method suits you best.


Meet your Teacher

This is a free course offered by Insight Timer to help you master the basics of meditation. A special thanks to our guiding teacher, Sarah Blondin, and musicians Slow Meadow, Eternell, Cris Coleman, and Swami Madhura. These are just some of the 12,000 meditation teachers and musicians here on Insight Timer who have collectively published more than 100,000 free guided meditations and music tracks, creating the largest free meditation library on earth.

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7 Days

1.7m students

4.8 stars

12 min / day

Health & Happiness

English


Lesson 1

All You Do is Breathe

First things first: where to start with meditation? Your breath. Your first lesson is a gentle breath exercise, which encourages you to simply notice the sensation of breathing and how it feels in your body.

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Lesson 2

Here and Now

In our second lesson you will learn to focus on the external environment and the role of your senses to help bring you into the here and now.

Lesson 3

Witness Your Thoughts

In our third lesson you will be trained to not just witness your thoughts, but actively detach from them. The aim of this lesson is to bring you inward and to increase focus and attention.

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Lesson 4

Mind-Body Connection

This lesson explores the mind / body connection, encouraging you to focus on how it feels to be in your body. We’ll pay particular attention to areas of tension and tightness by walking you through a gentle body scan.

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Lesson 5

Exploring Emotions

This lesson will teach you to name and identify the thought and feeling (physical sensations) attached to certain emotions. This can help us better understand the roots of our feelings and change our reactions.

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Lesson 6

Power of Intention

This lesson encourages you to consciously cultivate a feeling or state you wish to experience with the use of intention setting.

Lesson 7

Finding Inner Stillness

At its core, meditation is about guiding us to a place of inner stillness. In our final lesson we will learn to use a mantra as a simple technique to transcend thought and guide you to a place of stillness within.

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Recent Reviews

Melina

January 31, 2026

So much learning about gratitude for just being here and now and giving myself an opportunity to find peace. Thank you. Namaste.

Emerald

January 31, 2026

A simple and clear foundation for those who are new to meditation. Sarah's peaceful calm voice guides you through the 7 courses. A must practice for those trying to learn meditation.

Luis

January 18, 2026

Awesome! Even as someone familiar with meditation, I’d start here! Highly recommend! 10 outta 10!

Juzzy

January 17, 2026

Best instruction to meditation out there.

Karen

January 14, 2026

This is such an extraordinary course for those new to meditation, offering seven different styles so you can see which one fits you best. And what a voice that teacher has! Exquisite.

Tim

January 14, 2026

Excellent introduction

Ji

January 4, 2026

This has been the first guide for me. It's absolutely mesmerizing. Thank you so much!

Harshit

December 16, 2025

Helped me a lot, I already had meditated before, but this changed something for me, make it way easy and relaxing for me.

David

December 8, 2025

I really enjoyed this course and would like to do more work with this facilitator...I don't see her name anywhere...can someone tell me her name and where to find more content by her?

Andrea

December 5, 2025

This meditation made me want to continue practicing because it gave me a great big feeling of peace where I wanted to treat the world around me softly and gently as well as observe the world around me instead of overthink as I usually do.

Bruno

December 1, 2025

Very good, thank you very much.

Margaret

November 28, 2025

I have repeated the course that felt so beneficial. I will return to it again I think, I will also continue to further develop my practice with the many opportunites on this wonderful resource. Thank you

Alan

November 22, 2025

I'm learning alot. Did the hoe to meditate course twice to embed better the tools it gives.

Gabriela

November 20, 2025

I really love the way I connect

Karina

November 20, 2025

Don't think it's possible to learn in 7 days. Do you offer a more in depth course?

Richard

November 16, 2025

Even though I have meditated for years I feel this is one of the most complete and informative meditations I have ever experienced! Great job and thanks does not begin to express my appreciation! 🕊️💖🙏

Jean

November 13, 2025

I just love her voice, it is restful and peaceful.

Jenil

November 13, 2025

Very good trainer’s are

Rhonda

November 12, 2025

Such a great experience!

N9N3

November 11, 2025

Well done

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