Podcast

Evan Thompson Evan Thompson joins us to speak about his book, Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy. What happens to your self, when you sleep, or are unconscious? Are we really simply the manifestation of ongoing processes, interacting as they arise and pass, as both Buddhism and contemporary science seem…

Today we have three guests, Florence Meleo-Meyer, Bob Stahl, and Lynn Koerbel, speaking about their new book A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook for Anxiety. There is a growing body of research suggesting that mindfulness practices can help offset some of the difficulties arising from stress related illnesses. As we learn more about the processes involved…

Beth Navon Executive Director Beth Navon joins us to speak about the Lineage Project, Mindfulness Practices For Youth At Risk. More and more we’re find that secular contemplative practices are being introduced into school systems, and having a positive impact on the behavior and performance of our children. Not all kids have the same opportunities,…

Jason Siff Jason Siff joins us to speak about his new book, Thoughts Are Not the Enemy: An Innovative Approach to Meditation Practice. One of the most common misconceptions about meditation is that, as soon as you start, your thoughts will stop. Even when this misconception is clarified, there may still be the lingering goal…

Jessica Morey Mindfulness is proving to be transformative to people’s lives, helping build awareness about themselves and the world around them. They’re able to loosen the grip of unskillful behaviors, while nurturing those that benefit themselves, and others. Imagine for a moment, what would it be like to get this solid foundation of practice as…

Eric Loucks Eric Loucks speaks with us today about the correlations between mindfulness, and cardiovascular health. Many of the studies about mindfulness today focus on the effects of an intervention, what happens when a typically small group of people go through a mindfulness program, in relation to one quality being studied. But there is research…

Kellie Edwards Kellie Edwards joins us from Australia to talk about her program, Mindfulness 4 Mothers. For many of us, it helps to have a more rigorous structure to our practice. But, that can be challenging amid other daily life activities, like school, work, and perhaps the most under-rated full time, no pay job there…

Rebecca Crane Rebecca Crane joins us to speak about competencies for mindfulness teachers. Mindfulness programs are very popular right now, building upon a decades long foundation built by a very limited set of experienced teachers. These professionals have dedicated their lives to this particular discipline, and the interconnected aspects of quality and integrity so critical…

Juan Santoyo Juan Santoyo joins us to speak about the paper Effortless awareness: using real time neurofeedback to investigate correlates of posterior cingulate cortex activity in meditators’ self-report. We talk a lot on this podcast about the scientific research on mindfulness, bringing as guests the authors of some of the most cutting edge work in…

Dr. Patricia Jennings Our guest today, Dr. Patricia Jennings, speaks with us about her upcoming book Mindfulness for Teachers: Simple Skills for Peace and Productivity in the Classroom. I have a prediction. In a different podcast than Present Moment, one of the guests suggested that mindfulness was on the way out, that it wasn’t going…