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Have you ever had the opportunity to talk with a true master in the realms of mindfulness and meditation? Over the years, I’ve read books and learned from various experts, but none with today’s level of mastery.  Today’s guest, Shinzen Young, has practiced and taught meditation for over 50 years and is considered to be a true master. He is the co-director of the SEMA (Sonication-Enhanced Mindfulness Acquisition) Lab doing neuroscience research at the University of Arizona, and author of one of the most practical books I’ve ever read on the subject: The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works. In a conversation I’ve been looking forward to for a long time, Shinzen and I dive deep into what makes a mindfulness practice so valuable, overcoming limiting beliefs and setbacks, and what you should do to make your next practice even better. KEY TAKEAWAYS How to develop the fundamental attention skills that allow us to succeed not just in meditation, but in life. Why it’s so important to establish and maintain goals to have an effective, meaningful, lifelong meditation practice. Why meditation is not the whole story for human happiness - and the negative effects it can have on people.  What happened when Shinzen procrastinated and had to return an advance to a major publisher after failing to deliver his first book.  Why Shinzen recommends you do more of what you’re already doing in your mindfulness practice - and do it better. Get The Full Show Notes To get full access to today's show notes, including audio, transcript, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit HalElrod.com/354 Subscribe, Rate & Review I would love if you could subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage other people to listen and allow us to grow as a community. The bigger we get as a community, the bigger the impact we can have on the world. To subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on iTunes, visit HalElrod.com/iTunes.

How does the student become a gifted teacher, leader and role model for others?CHEK Professional Michael Holt describes how he got there through his work with spiritual teachers (including Paul) and the power of meditation in this very contemplative Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Michael’s work at Savage and Saint and his work with men’s groups at Tribe Men’s Community. Find out more about him Instagram too.Show NotesMichael and Paul compare their bad ass histories. (6:16)Martial arts: The cultivation of an intelligent body. (13:36)“There is no option not to practice something.” (24:31)The most courageous calling for men. (33:32)How Michael gravitated to meditation and what he’s learned from his mentors. (52:16)Meditation is not unlike giving your mind a chew toy. (1:07:39)Michael describes his relationship with Shinzen Young. (1:16:14)Confronting the existential questions. (1:27:29)Enlightened people can be ferocious and grumpy. (1:35:45)Using cold as a concentration accelerant. (1:45:26)Paul’s impact on Michael’s work and life. (1:54:56)Moving closer to your purpose. (2:04:17)Making art: Adding life to life. (2:16:01)Michael defines manhood: Vulnerability as strength. (2:26:05)Plant medicines aren’t a shortcut to figuring out you. (2:34:21)Osho and Rudolf Steiner agree on their approach to students. (2:47:03)ResourcesThe Filipino Martial Arts technique known as KaliArchetype Cards by Caroline MyssMetta meditationThe work of Dr. Daniel Brown and Henry MillerScience of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works by Shinzen Young Dreams, Death, Rebirth: A Topological Odyssey Into Alchemy’s Hidden Dimensions by Steven RosenStreams of Wisdom by Dustin DiPerna and Ken WilburPaul is now accepting applications to the CHEK Academy. Click here to apply today!Thanks to our awesome sponsors: Organifi (save 20 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout), Paleovalley (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code chek15 at checkout), BiOptimizers (save 10 percent on your purchase by using the code paul10 at checkout), Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK15 at checkout), One Farm CBD Oils (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK at checkout) and Essential Oil Wizardry (save 10 percent on your purchase by using the code living4d at checkout).

You may be following a path toward enlightenment through mindfulness, but do you have a practice? What does having a practice actually mean?Discover the important differences with Paul and noted mindfulness teacher and neuroscience research consultant Shinzen Young in this very contemplative Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Shinzen’s work at his website and on Twitter.Show NotesThe universally important thing Asia did better than any other part of the world, according to Shinzen. (4:56)The creation of modern science. (10:03)Why the number 4 is significant. (17:11)Looking at a practice from two points of view. (27:50)Comparing ordinary and extraordinary happiness. (34:55)Defining contemplative-based psychospiritual growth. (42:20)Four dimensions of happiness. (50:55)Why Shinzen uses the word practice rather than meditation. (54:37)Concentration, clarity and equanimity. (1:02:32)“Most human beings will not experience extraordinary happiness until the very end of their lives, if then, unless they have a practice.” (1:11:17)The beneficial co-evolution of modern science and contemplative practice is what the mindfulness movement is really about. (1:26:00)How human history could radically change for the better within a century. (1:30:16)Why Shinzen uses the word equanimity. (1:44:58)The four parameters of a mindfulness practice. (1:56:44)ResourcesScience of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works and Break Through Pain by Shinzen Young The work of Richard Feynman, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Walter RussellMad MenA Brief Tour of Higher Consciousness and Stalking The Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness by Itzhak BentovUnified MindfulnessBrightmindShannon entropyThanks to our awesome sponsors: Organifi (save 20 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout), One Farm (use the code CHEK to save 15 percent on your purchase at checkout), Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchase when you use the code CHEK15 at checkout) and BiOptimizers (save 26 percent on BiOptimizers' Upgraded Digestion package of products Paul uses by using the code CHEK10 at checkout).

Adult ADHD ADD Tips and Support Podcast - Meditation Practice. This podcast is an audio companion to the book "The Drummer and the Great Mountain - A Guidebook to Transforming Adult ADD / ADHD." In this episode, we'll do a deep dive into meditation for ADHD. We'll answer the question, "Why Meditate?",  explore three specific meditation techniques in detail, and cover some tips on maintaining a satisfying meditation practice. Links Mentioned in this Episode: ARTICLE: "The Hunter-type" A Holistic Approach to Managing Adult ADHD by Warren Goldie BOOK: Waking Maya by Warren Goldie STUDY: ADHD and Meditation WEBSITE: Shinzen Young BOOK: The Science of Enlightenment - How Meditation Works by Shinzen Young WEBSITE: Centering Prayer by Fr. Thomas Keating BOOK: A Mindfulness Prescription for ADHD by Lidia Zylowska MD APP: Insight Timer   Don't see a player? Click this link to download the MP3 file. If you have an Apple device (iPhone/iPad), you can download the podcast (and subscribe) for free at this link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/adult-adhd-add-tips-support/id988935339 Visit the podcast web page to listen to all 74 episodes: http://www.drummerandthegreatmountain.com/adult-adhd-add-podcast If you're enjoying the music on our podcast, be sure to visit Bahman's website to hear his entire catalog of albums! For more info, visit: http://www.DrummerAndTheGreatMountain.com  

Welcome to the Season One Finale of the Soulspace Podcast! On this episode, we talk to Shinzen Young about mindfulness within the context of the modern meaning crisis. Shinzen is a renowned meditation teacher and neuroscience research consultant. We met with him in Toronto after he had just finished leading a meditation retreat. Shinzen first became fascinated with Asian culture as a Jewish teenager growing up in Los Angeles in the 1950s. As he likes to describe himself: “I'm a Jewish-American Buddhist teacher who got turned on to comparative mysticism by an Irish-Catholic priest and who has developed a Burmese-Japanese fusion practice inspired by the spirit of quantified science.” We discuss happiness, enlightenment and his current new project which involves using brain stimulating technology that may dramatically accelerate meditation gains. He is the author of The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works.   Shownotes http://www.soulspacepodcast.com/2019/07/21/episode26 (http://www.soulspacepodcast.com/?p=1935)   'You Are Simply', Poem by Thal Mohammed Music by Hoiking Fung https://youtu.be/5Ph3oJ125sc   Connect info@soulspacepodcast.com https://www.instagram.com/soulspacepod/ (https://www.instagram.com/soulspacepod/) https://www.facebook.com/soulspacepod (https://www.facebook.com/soulspacepod) https://twitter.com/soulspacepod (https://twitter.com/soulspacepod)   About Adrian Choo & Thal Mohammed explore modern spirituality and life's profound questions with fellow seekers. Through stories, lessons and practices, this show helps listeners deepen their inner work and move towards a more meaningful life. Music produced by Hoiking Fung.

Welcome to the Season One Finale of the Soulspace Podcast! On this episode, we talk to Shinzen Young about mindfulness within the context of the modern meaning crisis. Shinzen is a renowned meditation teacher and neuroscience research consultant. We met with him in Toronto after he had just finished leading a meditation retreat. Shinzen first became fascinated with Asian culture as a Jewish teenager growing up in Los Angeles in the 1950s. As he likes to describe himself: “I'm a Jewish-American Buddhist teacher who got turned on to comparative mysticism by an Irish-Catholic priest and who has developed a Burmese-Japanese fusion practice inspired by the spirit of quantified science.” We discuss happiness, enlightenment and his current new project which involves using brain stimulating technology that may dramatically accelerate meditation gains. He is the author of The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works.   Shownotes http://www.soulspacepodcast.com/2019/07/21/episode26   'You Are Simply', Poem by Thal Mohammed Music by Hoiking Fung https://youtu.be/5Ph3oJ125sc   Connect info@soulspacepodcast.com https://www.instagram.com/soulspacepod/ https://www.facebook.com/soulspacepod https://twitter.com/soulspacepod   About Adrian Choo & Thal Mohammed explore modern spirituality and life's profound questions with fellow seekers. Through stories, lessons and practices, this show helps listeners deepen their inner work and move towards a more meaningful life. Music produced by Hoiking Fung.

How do you handle high-stress environments? If you struggle to maintain composure and react with anger or frustration, you might benefit from a mindfulness practice. Developing focus and poise allows you to perform at your best, even under difficult circumstances. And this kind of mental acumen is crucial for men in demanding careers. Erik Leslie is the creator of SatiMind, a customized mindfulness training program for corporations, hospitals and healthcare professionals, athletes, law enforcement and the military. He is committed to helping organizations leverage mental focus to create resilient and high-performing teams. Erik earned his graduate degree in Performance Psychology from the University of Denver and is a certified mindfulness teacher through the University of Massachusetts Medical School.  Today, Erik joins Emerald to explain how enduring a serious car accident led to his current work in mindfulness and meditation. He explores the connection between optimal performance and alignment with purpose, discussing why he considers mindfulness to be the ultimate mental skill. Listen in for Erik’s insight around developing your own mindfulness practice and learn how mental focus can help you undo negativity bias and retrain your brain to respond rather than react! What You Will Learn Erik’s insight around molding your pain into a purpose How a serious car accident led to Erik’s work in mindfulness How alignment with purpose impacts your performance How Erik is redefining hard work as ‘effortless effort’ Erik’s story of healing on a spiritual level after his accident How Erik found the tools to develop a meditation practice Why Erik considers mindfulness the ultimate mental skill How mindfulness programs can change organizational culture Erik’s tips for developing a mindfulness practice Focus on heartbeat or breath (1 minute/day) Identify 3 things you’re grateful for each day The value in undoing negativity bias with positive emotions The difference between reacting vs. choosing a response How Erik applies mindfulness to the creation process Connect with Erik Leslie SatiMind Erik’s Website Connect with Emerald GreenForest Creative Age Consulting Group Emerald’s Website Emerald on LinkedIn Emerald on Twitter Emerald on Instagram Email: listeners@menonpurposepodcast.com Resources Ken Wilber The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works by Shinzen Young Jon Kabat-Zinn University of Pennsylvania Authentic Happiness This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.

Jeff Warren is a Meditation Teacher and Writer, he is the co-author of Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, and author of The Head Trip. Today we learn why introspective work should be taken as seriously as personal hygiene, how you can double the span of your life experience, what benefits occur when consistently practising meditation, and just why exploring our own consciousness is so difficult, yet rewarding. There are more connections in a single square centimetre of human brain tissue than there are stars in our galaxy; our inner universe is infinitely more vast than we will ever notice, and yet our unexamined daily experience of life offers very little to suggest that this is the case. Join me and Jeff as we discover why, and how to work around it... Further Reading: Jeff's Book with Dan Harris - Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics: http://amzn.eu/d/5zmmsEz Jeff's Website: http://www.jeffwarren.org/ Consciousness Explorer's Club: http://www.cecmeditate.com Cory Allen's Basics of Meditation Practise on Modern Wisdom: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-wisdom/id1347973549?mt=2&i=1000410359630 Sam Harris on The Meaning Of Life: https://youtu.be/srxDtefn740 Shinzen Young's - The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works: http://amzn.eu/d/hbZ9Nbj Sam Harris - Waking Up - Searching for Spirituality Without Religion: http://amzn.eu/d/gUdGubV What 10,000 Hours of Meditation Does to Your Brain: https://www.projectmonkeymind.com/2016/11/ph-d-happiness-10000-hours-meditation/ Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Julianna co-founded and runs UnifiedMindfulness.com. With 17 years of experience, she has trained thousands of people in groups and individually. Julianna was drawn to mindfulness 20 years ago, to manage severe anxiety and depression as well as the dramatic emotional ups and downs of life as a professional singer/songwriter. With over 100 weeks of immersive silent retreat training in both mindfulness and zen, Julianna has racked up 12,000 plus hours of formal practice time, rewiring her brain and creating a new normal for herself. The result is exponential growth and the ability to truly be of service to her clients. Contact Info Company: Unified Mindfulness Website: UnifiedMindfulness.com Facebook: Unified Mindfulness Sign Up: https://unifiedmindfulness.com/mindfulnessmode Most Influential Person Shinzen Young (A monk) Effect on Emotions It accentuates the positive, makes me a much happier person, and its made me much more able to process challenging emotions when they come up. So I'm much more resilient overall. Thoughts on Breathing The breath is a place that is often a good place for people to start. In fact, at the very beginning, before I was introduced to Shinzen, breath was the first place I started. I focused on the tip of the nose, but I like to teach people how anything at all can be a focus in meditation, because that frees people up. What we want is to motivate people. We want them to get engaged in this practice. So, I like to introduce people to a technique that right off the bat shows them how they can focus on anything. As long as they're developing skills of concentration, clarity, and equanimity, they are practicing mindfulness and are getting those benefits that research has shown they can get. Suggested Resources Book: The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works by Shinzen Young App: Brightmind Bullying Story I was bullied as a kid. When I was about twelve an incident happened where these two boys decided that I had done something at a birthday party, that I had said something that got someone into trouble. They decided that I needed to be punished for that. So for a month or two after that, every time they saw me in the halls, they would kick me as hard as they could. I was terrified. I changed my pattern so that I could avoid them. I rearranged the whole pattern of where I was going. To get from class A to class B, instead of just going up the stairs, I would go down to the basement and around, so I would miss the boys kicking me. I would go to school everyday and would think about the fact that I was going to have to see these boys. I really felt terrorized by them. The day that it finally shifted, was the day that I shifted. I dropped into a natural state that shifted everything. These [mindfulness] skills are naturally occuring. We all know what it's like to be in a heightened state of mindfulness. We've all had some kind of peak experience where there's a level of clarity there. Where we're deeply absorbed, we're concentrating fully. We have a sense of harmony or we have a sense of willingness for things to be as they are and that's the overriding experience. All we're saying with mindfulness is that you can strengthen that. You can experience it with greater regularity and greater depth. Looking back on that event [with the bullies], there came this moment where I didn't run from it any more. I became willing to turn toward it and I remember vividly. I chose the route where I knew I was going to pass them because it was the shortest route to my class and I didn't want to run anymore so I started up the steps. As they were coming toward me, I saw this kid, Bert. He was gearing up to kick me as hard as he could. I found myself saying, "ok you wanna kick me? Go ahead, kick me." In that moment he was totally nonplussed. He stopped and he never did it again. It was because of the way I went into it. I just went into it with an absolute fierce willingness that I was not going to be intimidated and that I was going to stand my ground. So whatever came out of my mouth, (go ahead and kick me), that wasn't the point. The point was that I managed to fully embrace where I was at and that strength of anchoring myself in my complete willingness. It just blew him out of the water.

Shinzen Young is an American mindfulness teacher and neuroscience research consultant with an extensive background in Buddhism and other traditions. As he puts it, “I’m a Jewish-American Buddhist teacher who got turned on to comparative mysticism by an Irish-Catholic priest and who has developed a Burmese-Japanese fusion practice inspired by the spirit of quantified science.” The author of The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works, he has collaborated with Harvard Medical School, Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Vermont. He leads residential retreats throughout North America and phone-based mini-retreats. We spoke about his personal background, his decades of teaching, the various forms of Buddhism and the adaptation of traditional practices to modern secular life. Learn more about Shinzen Young here: http://www.shinzen.org/about/

Shinzen Young is a renowned mindfulness teacher known for his live gatherings, where he uses a scientific, "algorithmic" approach to explain the many aspects of meditation. With Sounds True, he has published the decades-in-the-making book The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works. In the second half of an extensive interview on Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon and Shinzen talk about how to bring equanimity to both pleasurable and painful sensory experiences and how that has a purifying effect on consciousness. In order to ground this experience, Shinzen leads Tami and the audience on a guided practice to help give a "taste of purification." Finally, Shinzen shares a quick, powerful technique for starting on the path to enlightenment and something intensely personal—his happiest thought. (75 minutes)

Shinzen Young is a renowned mindfulness teacher known for his live gatherings, where he uses a scientific, "algorithmic" approach to explain the many aspects of meditation. With Sounds True, he has published the decades-in-the-making book The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon and Shinzen speak on his approach to mindfulness, including a method of breaking down sensory experience into easily parsed categories. They talk about the three core powers of focused attention—sensory clarity, concentration, and equanimity—and how mindfulness can free us of the impression that our selves are static and unchanging. Finally, Shinzen and Tami discuss the different ways in which we can understand the concept of enlightenment, including an in-depth consideration of what Shinzen calls "classical enlightenment." (66 minutes)