Posts by Ted Meissner
Episode 161 :: Sarah Barab :: Naked Mind
Sarah Barab Film maker Sarah Barab joins us to speak about her film project, Naked Mind. Many of us are fairly isolated in our practice of Buddhism. Our direct, face to face sessions may be local, or at least within our own country. And, as such, how our fellow Buddhists in other countries practice, and…
Read MoreEpisode 160 :: Brad Fullmer :: Insight Timer
Insight Timer Meditator and mobile application developer Brad Fullmer joins us to speak about his application, Insight Timer. Meditating is not always easy bliss, it can be challenging in a variety of ways. We struggle to step off the powerful locomotive that is our train of thoughts, and bring our attention to the present moment.…
Read MoreEpisode 159 :: Dr. Cathy Kerr :: Somatosensory Attention and Alpha Rhythms
Cathy Kerr Dr. Cathy Kerr joins us again to speak about her new paper, “Mindfulness starts with the body: somatosensory attention and top-down modulation of cortical alpha rhythms in mindfulness meditation.” What is it that happens when we meditate? We know what some of the effects are, we know how it makes us feel, but…
Read MoreEpisode 158 :: Phie Ambo, Sigrid Dyekjaer, Richard Davidson :: Free The Mind
Phie Ambo Today we have a round table discussion with film producer Sigrid Dyekjaer, director Phie Ambo, and researcher Dr. Richard Davidson about the new film Free The Mind. We live in a very exciting time, especially as meditators. It is likely that we’ve experienced the benefits of a regular practice, we see how it…
Read MoreMarch 2013 Practice Challenge
We started 2013 with a January Practice Challenge, a whim of an idea on our FaceBook page. That not only prompted many readers to start a meditation practice, but to re-invigorate an existing practice that had been languishing (like my own!). In addition to energizing people already part of our online community, we had an…
Read MoreEpisode 157 :: Marc Lesser :: Know Yourself, Forget Yourself
Marc Lesser Today we speak with the CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute Marc Lesser about his new book Know Yourself, Forget Yourself: Five Truths That Will Transform Your Work, Relationships, and Everyday Life. Paradox is, at best, not the most comforting of places to put our minds. And yet we see it…
Read MoreEpisode 156 :: Mirabai Bush :: The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
Mirabai Bush Mirabai Bush speaks with us about The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. The ideas and practices of Buddhism are finding new ways of expression in today’s society. We see mindfulness, for example, in therapeutic contexts and in the workplace, contributing to the betterment of our culture and the world. Few people have…
Read MoreEpisode 155 :: Julian Marc Walker :: Devil in the Details
Julian Marc Walker Today we speak with yoga instructor Julian Marc Walker about his online book, Devil In the Details: 3 Keys To Thinking More Clearly About Spirituality. Secular Buddhism is, in many ways, suspended between two world views: that of the naturalistic and non-religious, and that of the faithful and religious. We often find…
Read MoreThe Psilocybin Research Team at Johns Hopkins needs your help.
Our friends Roland Griffiths and Katherine MacLean are looking for a bit of help with their research, if anyone would care to participate here’s the information about what they’re looking for. “We’re conducting an anonymous, web-based study to characterize difficult or challenging experiences that people sometimes have on psilocybin mushrooms (i.e. “bad trips,” whether the…
Read MoreJanuary 2013 Practice Challenge
In January of 2013, on a whim we started the Practice Challenge. Every day, we posted on FaceBook something to try, something to think about, or something to encourage everyone in their practice. On the suggestion of our friend Ben Fleury-Steiner, we’ve collected the posts and are sharing them here in one spot. Thanks again…
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