OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation

About OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation

Breathe deep, relax…and learn about art. Getty’s first video podcast encourages you to engage with works of art mindfully, wherever you are. Part art history, part mindfulness meditation, each episode focuses on one work of art and uses it as an inspiration for meditation and reflection. Learn about Edvard Munch’s time on Norway’s coast then imagine the blue light of his Starry Night traveling through your body, releasing tension as it goes. Or take inspiration from Van Gogh’s Irises to bring new awareness to your senses. Long-time museum educator and meditation practitioner Lilit Sadoyan translates her work leading mindfulness meditation tours at the Getty Museum into a podcast that fits into your daily routine. Can’t get enough? Between episodes, catch Lilit’s interviews with fascinating guests like a planetary climate scientist, a sleep historian, a mountain climber, and an art conservator. Conducted as part of the research process, these casual conversations provide new insights into the week’s artwork and meditation theme.

Publisher

Getty

Category

arts · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 May 2026

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

9 of 27 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Introducing: If Objects Could Talk

   Host Sarah E. Johnson explores the history and creation of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt's sculpture, The Vexed Man, offering insights into alabaster sculpting and managing vexation.

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   3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Deeper Dive: A Dance Critic on the Less Glamorous Aspects of Ballet

   Host Lilit Sadoyan interviews New York Times dance critic Gia Kourlas about the less glamorous realities of ballet and the theater experience.

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   1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Patience Meditation with a Degas Dancer

   Host Lilit Sadoyan guides listeners through a patience meditation inspired by Edgar Degas's "Waiting," exploring physical and emotional sensations.

Inside a recent episode

Introducing: If Objects Could Talk

Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The stone itself has aged and settled over the centuries and turned a touch more yellow. The lines in the material enhance the lines of my face. Two and a half centuries. I think it suits me. I was made to join a great time of intellectual curiosity called the Enlightenment Era. Should you need to picture it further, think powdered white wigs on men, corsets and billowing skirts on women, heeled shoes on everyone, and horse-drawn carriages for travel. The Enlightenment was when people got very serious about understanding things, science, reason, Asking questions and pursuing the answers. Coffee houses, newspapers, and literary salons, places where people could mingle, debate, and share new ideas, flourished during this time. […]

Who has been a guest on OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation

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• Gia Kourlas
• Amelia Butler
• Michelle Liu Carriger
• Chani Nicholas
• Shoukei Matsumoto

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

32 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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