The Machinery of the Body
How could one benefit from conceptualizing the physical body as a machine?
No Self, No Problem
This week, I want to flip things around a bit. We’ll still be talking meditation but from a more psychological, subjective perspective which, in my opinion, is really where the rubber meets the road. We can beef up our hippocampal circuits and reduce our “amygdaloid hair trigger” all we want, but it’s not until we’ve actually had some of the psychological experiences that meditation has to offer that we can really acknowledge and embody the benefits.
Your Brain on Meditation
This week, we’re going to summarize the findings that look at the changes that can happen within your brain both during, and after you begin a meditation practice. It’s useful to know because it not only adds an objective layer of research-backed science that may help incentivize those of you who tend to value objective facts, it can deepen your practice and awe of what it is to experience. Not to mention that it’s also beyond cool to read about all the cognitive changes that are well within your grasp.