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Effort

Effort

Effort explores the balance between exertion and ease in mindfulness practices, emphasizing the importance of consistent, joyful, and mindful effort in achieving personal growth and well-being.

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Featured tracks

Browse featured tracks on effort from our library.

4.9guided•16 min•

Four Agreements Series Part 4: Always Do Your Best

Eileen Rose Miles

4.9guided•12 min•

Cultivating Spiritual Effort — Gently

Bodhipaksa

4.9guided•16 min•

Four Agreements Series Part 4: Always Do Your Best

Eileen Rose Miles

4.8talks•22 min

How Wise Effort Takes Us To Seeing Dhamma | 8th Oct 2023

Ajahn Anan

4.9guided•12 min•

Cultivating Spiritual Effort — Gently

Bodhipaksa

4.8talks•1 min

Not Pushing It

Anthony De Mello Legacy

4.8talks•5 min

The Hummingbird And The Fire - A Story Of Courage

Juli Hammersley

4.9talks•34 min

The Impact Of Our Energy - Weekly Energy Boost

Elisheva Balas

4.7talks•5 min

How To Learn More About The Human System

Sadhguru Jaggi

4.8guided•16 min

Balancing Effort With 3 Spectra Of Experience

Sean Oakes

4.8talks•3 min

Have Faith In Your Practice

Zachary Phillips

4.8guided•10 min

Tapas: Connecting To The Inner Fire Of Self-Guided Effort

Laura Goellner

Popular tracks

Browse free tracks on effort from our library.

4.6guided•9 min

Happiness Meditation

Georgie Browne

4.5guided•14 min

Mindfulness of Breathing Meditation

Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

4.8guided•16 min

Calm Anxiety By Becoming Present

Ellie Grace

4.5talks•10 min

Understanding the Workings of Negative Thoughts

American Meditation Society

4.4talks•13 min

Commitment, Balance and Intention

Wendy Ann Greenhalgh

4.8talks•4 min

So Far To Go? What If You're Already There?

Don Joseph Goewey

4.8talks•6 min

Not Being Anything

Ajahn Anan

4.7guided•7 min

Samadhi Introduction

Daniel Schmidt

4.6guided•14 min

Letting Go Of Obsessive Thinking

Patricia Johnson

4.9guided•16 min•

Trust Your Direct Experience - Rise & Receive

Sez Kristiansen

4.8talks•59 min

Right Attitude and Qualities of a Meditator - Advice to New Practitioners

Bhikkhu Jayasara

4.7talks•12 min

How To See The Benefit Of Genuine Rest

Dan Goldfield

4.8music•2 min

Solitude (Solo Cello)

Keith Tutt II

4.3guided•26 min

Discerning Mental Factors

Eric B

4.9talks•30 min

Heroic Effort Nurtured with Love

Ajahn Achalo

4.7guided•7 min

Imagining A World

Tony Brady

4.8talks•1 min

Workout Motivation

Amanda Sellers

4.6guided•2 min

How To Accept What You Cannot Change | Day 7/7

Rianna Hijlkema

On-demand courses

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COURSE

5

111 days

The Zen Path: 111 Small Steps To Awaken Your Inner Buddha

by Charles Freligh

Understand the true meaning of Zen with this 111-day journey of bite-sized stories, koans, practices, and more.

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5

11 days

The Trust Revolution: Free Yourself From Overthinking And Anxiety

by Shireen Chada

Master the Trust Code to transform anxiety into clarity, courage, and deep intuition.

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5

8 days

Standing Like A Tree (Foundations Of Qigong Standing Meditation)

by Markéta Foley

Explore Wuji Zhan Zhuang’s posture & energy, and develop a daily Qigong standing meditation practice.

COURSE

4.9

32 days

Learning Relaxation

by Luis Burgis

Systematic skill-development in letting go, relaxation, acceptance, contentment.

COURSE

4.8

10 days

Motivation Mastery: Make Hard Work The Goal To Remain Purposefully Driven

by Sensei Paul David

This course will help you stop chasing motivation and start building it from the inside out.

COURSE

4.8

6 days

An Awaken Creative Course: The Four Agreements For Creators

by Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch

For the artist and creator persevering toward their best creative expression.

COURSE

4.9

10 days

The Growth Mindset Reset

by Andrew Neel

Cultivate a growth mindset, turn failure into fuel, and build the unshakable resilience you need to thrive through life’s challenges.

COURSE

5

34 days

The Buddha’s Secret Teachings For Inner Peace, Happiness & Enlightenment

by Tony Myers

A journey into the Buddha’s authentic teachings to free your mind, open your heart, and awaken true peace, happiness, and freedom.

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5

10 days

Embodied Empowerment: Awakening More Agency, Personal Power And Possibility

by Aspen Marino

Using somatic frameworks and embodied movement practices to create more freedom in your life.

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7 days

The Seven Factors Of Awakening. Capacities And States That Drive Us To Awakening

by Stephen Fulder

Discover the Seven Factors of Awakening—mindfulness, joy, and calm—to guide your journey toward enlightenment.

Newest tracks

Browse the latest effort tracks from our library.

guided•10 min

The Paradox Of Effort – Letting Go Without Giving Up

Vincent Botto Jr

5guided•3 min•

When You Let Life Meet You Halfway

Meditaai | Camila & Pedro

5talks•21 min

A New Year, A New Mind, Through Practice | 9 Jan 2026

Ajahn Anan

5talks•7 min

Happy New Year 2026

Ajahn Anan

5talks•4 min

Where I’m Choosing Ease

Katharine Chestnut

4.8talks•7 min•

Effort Vs Aligned Effort

Dr. Kim Lye

talks•3 min

Get Started

Bodine Boling

4.8talks•17 min

Seeing The Harm In Sense Pleasures | 18 Oct 2024

Ajahn Anan

4.9talks•17 min

Can You Fake It Till You Make It With Enlightenment

Ajahn Achalo

talks•42 min

Letting Life Move Through You

Court Morgan

4guided•1 min

The Still Point Minute Self Compassion 4 Of 7 Effort

Sonia Iris Lozada

talks•19 min

Joyful Effort – The First Step

Judi Cohen

guided•8 min

Breath Awareness Practice - Joyful Effort

Judi Cohen

4.8talks•22 min

How To Not Waste Time | Online Retreat Oct 2024

Ajahn Anan

5guided•13 min

Meditation Wise Effort Breath Eightfold Path Mindfulness

Cary Brief

4.9guided•2 min•

Wisdom Of Shaltazar Oracle - 21 | Let Go Of Pushing

Jeffrey Eisen

4.9guided•15 min

The Excessive Warrior

David Gandelman

4.3talks•10 min•

Visions And Ideals

Hilary Lafone

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Teachers

Popular teachers exploring the topic of effort.

Georgie Browne

Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

American Meditation Society

Wendy Ann Greenhalgh

Ellie Grace

Eric B

Bhikkhu Jayasara

Daniel Schmidt

Patricia Johnson

Don Joseph Goewey

Ajahn Anan

Sez Kristiansen

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Keith Tutt II

Ajahn Achalo

Dr. Megan Kirk Chang

Ajahn Sumedho

Disenthrall (Fabio Florido)

Glenn Ambrose

Dan Goldfield

Karen Anderson

Stephen Schettini

Catherine Ingram

NeuroMeditation Institute

Rianna Hijlkema

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