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How to pick your meditation style?

How to pick your meditation style?

  • See where you are on the perception spectrum. If you are an inward focused person focus on the outside. Do the opposite if you are focused in the outside. 
  • Recognise if you want to relax or you need to increase your focus.
  • Sit in meditation for at least 3 minutes/day to get any benefits. 

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Interoception & Exteroception: the spectrum of perception

Interoception & Exteroception: the spectrum of perception

Meditation is mainly focused on shifting your circle of attention to:

  • your inside world, where you focus on your breath, your heartbeat etc (interoception)
  • the outside, as your attention sets on sounds, smells etc. (exteroception)

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A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind

A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind

The Default Mode Network a collection of brain areas that are active when we are not doing anything. It generates mind wandering, shifting between the past, present or future. 

The concept gain prominence with a landmark study called "A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind...

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Life-long learner. Passionate about leadership, entrepreneurship, philosophy, Buddhism & SF. Founder @deepstash.

Dr Huberman looks at meditation as a brain scientists. Not a lot of philosophy, just some good ideas about modes of perception & the default mode network.

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  • Quit Social Media: all those notifications hurt your ability to focus and stay focused. Social media isn’t all bad but it’s definitely a bad habit.
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How to meditate

  1. Sit or lie comfortably.
  2. Close your eyes.
  3. Make no effort to control the breath; simply breathe naturally.
  4. Focus your attention on the breath and on how the body moves with each inhalation and exhalation. Notice the movement of your body as you breathe. If your min...

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