Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler THE BRAIN SCIENCE BEHIND MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS - AND HOW TO BEGIN!!! John Yates, PhD | Health | Self-Help | Inspire
If you've ever wondered about the brain science of meditation, and how to begin, then do we have The Mind Illuminated show for you!
Today I'll be talking with Culadasa, also known as John Yates, PhD, a meditation master in the Tibetan and Theravadin Buddhist traditions, a former professor of psychology and neuroscience and the author of an amazing book on Meditation , the Illuminated Mind.
And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science to dive deep into meditation!
Meditation and the Brain Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include:
- What's the importance of our connection to the land?
- What did he learn from his early childhood that affected his spiritual growth and desire to later learn about the brain?
- What did he learn from his mother about different world views?
- How did he end up in and out of seminary – and later on to a PhD for the brain?
- What did Maharishi and the Beetles have to do with anything?
- Why do we meditate?
- What is the higher goal of meditation?
- What do monkeys and elephants have to do with meditation?
- What exactly is meditation doing for the brain?
- What are the ten stages of meditation?
- What is a meditation object?
- How does a meditation object help the mind?
- What is the true meaning of mindfulness?
- What does mindfulness do for the brain?
- What is the essence of mindfulness?
- How does mindfulness help one's life?
- How do we move past the difficulty of beginning to meditate?
- How do we make it easier to meditate?
- What are the changes going on to the brain throught he process?
- What is the problem of forgetting and mind-wandering?
- How do we overcome impatience and cultivate joy?
- What does it meant to develop mental power?
- What in the world's the zen lurch?
- What is meditative joy?
- What is a cessation event?
- What are insight experiences?
- What does compassion have to do with anything?
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Culadasa, aka John Yates, PhD on Meditation, Mindfulness & the Neuroscience Behind It!!! Health | Fitness | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Inspirational | Motivational | Guided | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire
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