The Huberman Lab Podcast discusses neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health. We also discuss existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. His laboratory studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance. For more than 20 years, Dr. Huberman has consistently published original research findings and review articles in top-level peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, Neuron, and Current Biology. He is a regular member of several National Institutes of Health review panels and a Fellow of the McKnight Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Huberman regularly consults for technology development companies, professional athletic organizations, and various units of U.S. and Canadian Special Operations.
Science-Based Meditation Tools to Improve Your Brain & Health | Dr. Richard Davidson
Dr. Richard Davidson, PhD, is a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a pioneer in the scientific study of meditation. We discuss how meditation changes your brain and body, how just 5 minutes daily can improve focus, stress resilience and your overall health, and we cover different types of meditation. We also address common myths such as the idea that meditation is to "clear your mind." And we discuss common challenges with meditation and how to overcome them. This episode offers both the science and the practical tools to build a consistent meditation practice to improve your mental and physical health and help you flourish.
The episode show notes are available at hubermanlab.com.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Richard "Richie" Davidson
(00:03:33) States of Mind vs Traits
(00:09:06) Wakeful Brain Activity vs Deep Sleep
(00:11:55) Sponsors: David & Eight Sleep
(00:14:31) Brain Activity Across Sleep, Wakefulness, Meditation & Insight
(00:19:27) Mediation & Sleep Compensation?; Meditation Timing & Liminal States
(00:23:05) Types of Mediation, Shifting from Thinking to Being
(00:28:32) Self-Monitoring, Undistracted Non-Mediation, "Stickiness"
(00:35:30) Tool: Beginning Daily Meditation, "Richie's 5 Meditation"; Health Benefits
(00:39:39) Meditation Practice History, Kindness & Nurturing Goodness
(00:45:07) Sponsor: AG1
(00:46:31) Beginners, Expect Chaos in Mind, Exercise & Lactate Analogy
(00:52:47) Tool: Beginning Mediation, Embrace Anxiety; Meta-Awareness, Flow
(00:57:51) Creativity; Capturing Thoughts, Unconscious Mind
(01:03:03) Meditation for Kids; Flourishing, Tool: Parent & Teacher Meditation
(01:10:12) Sponsor: Joovv
(01:11:34) Beyond Stimulus & Response
(01:14:22) Meditation Need; Gaining Insight Into Mind, Transcendence
(01:18:00) Contemplating Death, Long-Term Meditation
(01:21:33) Richie's Meditation Practice; Tools: Pairing Meditation, Appreciation Practice
(01:26:07) Consistency, Balancing Discipline vs Surrender
(01:29:52) Social Media & Validating Existence, Digital Hygiene
(01:37:31) Meditation & Impulsivity; Discipline & "No Go's", Phone
(01:42:08) Physical Discomfort & Pain During Meditation; Retreat Practice
(01:46:50) Phone Detox, Self-Control
(01:52:07) Sponsor: Waking Up
(01:53:29) Overcoming Resistance, Making Peace With Your Mind
(01:58:37) Meditation & Connectivity; Consistency, Prayer; Sleepiness; Meta-Awareness
(02:05:49) Tools: Pillars of Flourishing; Appreciation Practice, Loving-Kindness Practice
(02:15:39) Awareness & Insight, Tools: Outside View; Task Connection
(02:19:43) Cultivating Flourishing, Familiarity with Resistance
(02:25:23) Psychedelics, Guides, Clinical vs Non-Clinical Use
(02:32:15) Neuromodulation & Meditation, Sleep; Tool: Pre-Sleep Meditation
(02:37:25) Open Monitoring Meditation & Creativity
(02:41:12) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter
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