Dave Vago's guest appearances

Dave Vago

Present Moment: Mindfulness Practice and Science

The Map of Everything Podcast

The Contemplative Science Podcast

Janice Marturano

Rick Hanson

Judson Brewer

Marc Lesser

George Mumford

Elisha Goldstein

Donald Altman

Toni Bernhard

Jason Siff

Greta Christina

Mark Coleman

Ronald Epstein

Linda Lehrhaupt

Loch Kelly

Jeena Cho

OwlTail

How can we define meta-awareness? Today’s episode is a deep dive into all things connected to non-dual awareness, led by cognitive expert Dr David Vago. We explore flow states, brain-body environment dynamics, concentration practice, meditation, depression, compassion… Packed with cognitive research, varying perspectives of ‘self’ and references to the work of Benjamin Libet and previous guest Evan Thompson, David presents a fascinating insight into how to define the secondary interpretation of our experience.------  This podcast has a single purpose: to help its listeners integrate the practical lessons of contemplative life. If you enjoyed the episode and you’re interested in finding out more, check out ⁠⁠‘Training For Humanity’ ⁠⁠- M3CS’s exclusive short courses, including Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance, as well as Maintaining a Mindful Life.  Use CODE CONTEMPLATIVE10 for 10% off.

How can we define meta-awareness? Today’s episode is a deep dive into all things connected to non-dual awareness, led by cognitive expert Dr David Vago. We explore flow states, brain-body environment dynamics, concentration practice, meditation, depression, compassion… Packed with cognitive research, varying perspectives of ‘self’ and references to the work of Benjamin Libet and previous guest Evan Thompson, David presents a fascinating insight into how to define the secondary interpretation of our experience. ------ This podcast has a single purpose: to help its listeners integrate the practical lessons of contemplative life. If you enjoyed the episode and you’re interested in finding out more, check out <a href="⁠https://www.monash.edu/trainingforhumanity⁠" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">⁠⁠‘Training For Humanity’ ⁠⁠</a>- M3CS’s exclusive short courses, including Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance, as well as Maintaining a Mindful Life. Use CODE CONTEMPLATIVE10 for 10% off.

Flow States and Meta-Awareness: w/ Dr Dave Vago

Dr. Dave Vago is a cognitive neuroscientist researching the brain while meditating and former Senior Researcher and current Fellow with the Mind and Life Institute working with the Dalai Lama. And, he's an all-around interesting guy. We talk about some of his research findings on meditation and how meditation has been used historically by humans probing the nature of mind. We discuss how the mind affects the body and specifically how mental states might bring about physical disease, how the "self" is a process more than a concrete entity, and how we might re-write our habitual patterns of mind using techniques like mindfulness meditation. He shares findings about how the brains of expert meditators experience pain differently by not adding the emotional story to the sensation itself. And, we talk about the exciting promise of psychedelics to help transform the way we treat depression and anxiety, PTSD, addiction, and much more. The mind, consciousness is where every experience we ever have takes place- it is our experience. And that makes this episode relevant to anything else we talk about. If you'd like to bring greater awareness to your own mental patterns and learn to rewrite them, give this episode a listen and it will be a great starting point. Follow us on Instagram at @mapofeverythingpodcast, check out our website at www.mapofeverythingpod.com, and make sure to subscribe to get each of our weekly episodes!

Dr. Dave Vago is a cognitive neuroscientist researching the brain while meditating and former Senior Researcher and current Fellow with the Mind and Life Institute working with the Dalai Lama. And, he's an all-around interesting guy. We talk about some of his research findings on meditation and how meditation has been used historically by humans probing the nature of mind. We discuss how the mind affects the body and specifically how mental states might bring about physical disease, how the "self" is a process more than a concrete entity, and how we might re-write our habitual patterns of mind using techniques like mindfulness meditation. He shares findings about how the brains of expert meditators experience pain differently by not adding the emotional story to the sensation itself. And, we talk about the exciting promise of psychedelics to help transform the way we treat depression and anxiety, PTSD, addiction, and much more. The mind, consciousness is where every experience we ever have takes place- it is our experience. And that makes this episode relevant to anything else we talk about. If you'd like to bring greater awareness to your own mental patterns and learn to rewrite them, give this episode a listen and it will be a great starting point. Follow us on Instagram at @mapofeverythingpodcast, check out our website at <a href="http://www.mapofeverythingpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.mapofeverythingpod.com</a>, and make sure to subscribe to get each of our weekly episodes!

02 Mapping the Meditative Mind, Mind-Body Connection, and Rewriting Mental Patterns w/ Dr. Dave Vago

Thorsten Barnhofer

Amit Bernstein

Thorsten Barnhofer, Amit Bernstein, and Dave Vago join us to talk about The science of mindfulness -- What do we really know and where do we go?

Episode 149 :: Thorsten Barnhofer, Amit Bernstein, Dave Vago :: The science of mindfulness