New Science, Ancient Wisdom and Highest Happiness
Join Dr. Rick Hanson, author of the books Neurodharma and Buddha’s Brain, as he shares how modern science and ancient wisdom show us how to cultivate inner peace and happiness in today’s increasingly complex world.
Rick Hanson, PhD is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His six books have been published in 30 languages - with over one million copies in English alone. His free newsletters have 215,000 subscribers, and his online programs have scholarships available for those with financial need. He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. An expert on positive neuroplasticity, his work has been featured on CBS, NPR, the BBC, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974 and is the founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. His most recent book Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness. His podcast is Being Well with his son Forrest Hanson
His Website is RickHanson.net
YOGA HOUR TEAM COMMENTS:I learned a lot from the program today with Dr. Hanson. I love how he teaches about the physical brain and how it changes for the good with our regular, steady practice. In his book Neurodharma he tells us about the seven qualities that he sees in all awakened people. He reminds us that we all have those seven qualities within us and we may be aware of some of them to a certain degree or not. Dr. Hanson offers practices that support us in developing, growing and nurturing these qualities. I loved the "Feeling Safer" meditation that he led us through. We all have anxiety to some degree or another and this guided meditation supports us in calming that down. He said we all have a neurological system that is designed to learn. We just need to decide what we are going to learn. Will it be learning and incorporating all the negative that comes at us or will we learn to let go of the negative and embrace the positive qualities of life? We have a choice. It was great having Rick Hanson on the program again.
DR. TRUJILLO’S COMMENTS: What a joy it was to have Dr. Rick Hanson as a guest again on The Yoga Hour. I loved our discussion of the seven qualities that awakened people share, and how we all can find and build these qualities within ourselves by steadying the mind, warming the heart, resting in fullness, being wholeness, receiving nowness, opening into allness, and finding timelessness. His deep knowledge of neuroscience and his ability to make it easily understandable for non-scientists feels like a gift to me and to our listeners. I particularly enjoyed his meditation on “Feeling Safer” and was glad that he shared that during our conversation.