Author / Teacher

Frank Ostaseski

Frank Ostaseski is a meditation teacher who cofounded the Zen Hospice Project. In 2004, he went on to create the Metta Institute to provide innovative educational programs and professional training to foster compassionate, mindfulness-based care.

Articles by Frank Ostaseski

A Meditation on Endings
Breathing Meditations

A Meditation on Endings

By drawing our attention to endings and our developed habits about the way we meet endings, we can learn how to step fully into our lives with appreciation and gratitude, says Frank Ostaseski. Read More

A Meditation to Welcome This Moment with Curiosity
Focus & Attention

A Meditation to Welcome This Moment with Curiosity

When we allow what is to simply be, we relieve ourselves of the suffering that can get heaped on top of our moments of difficulty. Frank Ostaseski leads this meditation to let curiosity lead the way. Read More

How to Bookend Your Day with Compassion
Guided Meditations

How to Bookend Your Day with Compassion

Frank Ostaseski offers two short contemplations, calling on the power of love and compassion. Read More

A 12-Minute Meditation to Welcome Everything
Guided Meditations

A 12-Minute Meditation to Welcome Everything

Frank Ostaseski offers six steps to open up to the present moment—whatever it may bring. Read More

Lean In to Love
Expert Interviews

Lean In to Love

In this interview with Barry Boyce, beloved teacher Frank Ostaseski shares how his years of mindfulness supported him after a series of strokes transformed his life. Read More

How Embracing Uncertainty Leads To Fulfillment
Magazine

How Embracing Uncertainty Leads To Fulfillment

When we hone our attention to the subtleties of impermanence that are inherent in every breath, we step into our lives with integrity, compassion, forgiveness, and love. Read More

Becoming More Curious and Less Critical
Magazine

Becoming More Curious and Less Critical

Meditation practice isn’t about transformation. It’s about learning how to get to know our lives more intimately and compassionately. Read More

Cultivating Fierce Open Receptivity
Magazine

Cultivating Fierce Open Receptivity

Being receptive to all parts of life—good, bad, neutral—introduces more choice into our lives. When we welcome everything we are less likely to rush to judgement and more likely to be informed by life. Read More

Finding Space to Love, Trust and Rest
Loving-Kindness & Compassion

Finding Space to Love, Trust and Rest

Meditation teacher Frank Ostaseski reflects on the relationship between recovery and mindfulness following a stroke. Read More

A Meditation for Opening Up
Breathing Meditations

A Meditation for Opening Up

Openness is a quality of being that helps us give space to things. Explore this meditation practice to let go of the familiar and become aware of spaciousness. Read More

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