Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind and Life XXV: Contemplative Practice and Health: Laboratory Findings and Real World Challenges” on October 20, 2012. Dialogue with His Holiness and Matthieu RicardSPEAKERS: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Matthieu Ricard Follow-up discussion to Session Two. MODERATOR: Al Kaszniak INTERPRETER: Thupten Jinpa PANELISTS:Richard J. DavidsonClifford SaronBruce McEwen …
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Mind & Life XXV – Part 8
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind and Life XXV: Contemplative Practice and Health: Laboratory Findings and Real World Challenges” on October 20, 2012. Session Two – Laboratory Research The Brain on Stress: Importance of the Social Environment for Brain and Body HealthSPEAKER: Bruce S. McEwen The brain is the central organ of stress and …
Mind & Life XXV – Part 7
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind and Life XXV: Contemplative Practice and Health: Laboratory Findings and Real World Challenges” on October 20, 2012. Session Two – Laboratory Research Life in the Lab: The Shamatha Project as a Model For SPEAKER: Bridging the Lab-Life Gap Clifford Saron Meditation is often mischaracterized as an effort to …
Mind & Life XXV – Part 6
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind and Life XXV: Contemplative Practice and Health: Laboratory Findings and Real World Challenges” on October 20, 2012. Session Two – Laboratory Research From Life to Lab: Early Adversity, Brain Circuitry, and the Emergence of Well-BeingSPEAKER: Richard J. Davidson Newborns enter the world enveloped in profoundly varied environments. The …
Mind & Life XIII – Session 5
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Five – Integration & Final ReflectionsSPEAKERS:Wolf SingerRalph Snyderman In this session, Drs. Singer and Snyderman will reflect on the major themes elucidated during the various presentations and dialogues. MODERATOR: Bennet …
Mind & Life XIII – Session 4
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Four – Clinical Research II: Meditation & Physical HealthSPEAKERS:David S. ShepsJohn F. Sheridan As scientific research establishes that many “physical diseases” are modulated by psychological processes such as stressful life …
Mind & Life XIII – Session 3
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Three – Clinical Research I: Meditation & Mental HealthSPEAKERS:Helen S. Mayberg, M.D.Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D. With the advent of MBSR and more recently, MBCT (mindfulness-based cognitive therapy), meditative practices have …
Mind & Life XIII – Session 2
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Two – Possible Biological Substrates of MeditationSPEAKERS: Robert M. SapolskyWolf Singer Modern scientific knowledge of how stress affects the brain and body and how the brain can become re-organized to …
Mind & Life XIII – Intro, Opening Remarks, and Session 1
Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8, 2005. Introduction & Opening RemarksSPEAKERS:R. Adam EngleEdward D. MillerJohn J. DeGioiaHis Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Session One – Meditation-Based Clinical Interventions: Science, Practice and Implementation SPEAKERS:Ajahn AmaroRichard J. Davidson Jon Kabat-Zinn …
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