Meditation can help you learn to focus and encourage awareness in how we show up in the world, impacting mental and physical health, relationships, and more. It can lead to a higher purpose and confidence, as long as it's not taken to the extreme like getting addicted to plastic surgery.
The speaker shares his experience with open awareness meditation and how it helped him become friends with his panic, leading to it eventually disappearing. He goes on to talk about teaching this meditation practice and becoming an accomplished author and abbot.
In the upcoming episodes, the Huberman Lab podcast will have expert guest speakers with knowledge about the utility of mantras and intentions in meditation, including neuroscientists and clinicians. The podcast also covers distinct science-based tools on its three different platforms.
The practice of breathing in gratitude and breathing out fear can transform us into better leaders, friends, family members and happier, healthier people. This podcast explores how gratitude and courage can be cultivated through meditation and daily practice, even for those who do not consider themselves natural optimists.
The speaker describes a guided meditation practice that involves envisioning a safe space and a younger version of oneself, and uses visualization techniques to alleviate feelings of guilt or shame.
In this podcast, the guest discusses the impact of digital noise, such as smartphones and ads, on our ability to think for ourselves and how meditating can help us disconnect from these distractions and interruptions.
The ability to focus on one thing is important for great writers and scholars; meditation can help achieve complete focus through focusing on the breath or a singular idea.
The speaker talks about a Tibetan teacher who had done 65,000 hours of practice and discusses the benefits of consistent meditation practice in terms of gaining more mental space.
The podcast talks about a unique meditation technique, where one needs to imagine negative thoughts and feelings while inhaling instead of thinking happy thoughts.
Bob Roth shares his journey from being a competitive athlete to becoming a meditation teacher, discussing his work in the stress reduction clinic, the development of his awareness, and the practice of being a spiritual warrior.
Matthew Ricard, a Buddhist monk, has been officially declared as the happiest man on earth after scans of his brain showed the highest level of gamma waves, associated with attention, memory, learning, and happiness, ever recorded by science. Researchers have also found fewer signs of aging in his brain than his peers, more than 10 years after the initial studies were conducted.
This podcast episode discusses the benefits of guided meditation, prayer, and devotionals for introducing different thoughts and clearing the mind. The host also shares a metaphor about finding inner peace amidst the chaos of daily life.
The speaker shares his experience traveling through Asia and meditating with various monks. He emphasizes the importance of finding inner peace and detaching oneself from negative thoughts.
A person expresses difficulty in finding time for traditional meditation practices due to busy schedules, citing personal experiences with therapy and lack of free time.
This podcast discusses the benefits of meditation, including cultivating compassion and improving innate human qualities. The proper instruction for loving-kindness meditation is also explained, emphasizing that it's okay to have desires and not to be too hard on oneself during meditation.
Meditation or sitting down and thinking about the intention that one wants to pursue might not be for everyone but it can help in putting oneself in the perspective of achieving that goal and help solve problems; it can have a positive impact on the mind.
The podcast discusses the importance of morning meditation to avoid distractions and negative influences that come from social media and instead focus on improving oneself through self-help books and positive education.
Join us for a sound journey of repeated syllables as we explore the power of rhythm and repetition in meditation and mindfulness.
In this podcast, the benefits of mindfulness meditation are discussed and how it can improve mental health. Techniques for effective mindfulness meditation are also shared.
