
Ep. 6: How to Establish a Meditation Practice
No se pudo agregar al carrito
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
-
Narrado por:
Acerca de esta escucha
So now we know all about meditation but in this episode we want to try and understand how to actually establish a meditation practice. So Ash and Alice turn to the US TV anchor Dan Harris. Dan used to think meditation was bullshit but now he is something of an evangelist. He tells his story and explains that maintaining a meditation practice is hard but if you can do it it really does have long-term benefits.
©2018 Audible, Ltd. (P)2018 Audible, Ltd.Excited to get started
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Fantastic content!
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
As for the series itself, it is overall excellent with some high points and a couple subpar guests it gets through with appropriate skepticism and humor. Robert Wright is always wonderful (even trotting out the old Matrix story), and I would listen to him or Alice talking for hours. Hopefully he does her podcast Tea with Alice at some point. Then the background on Burmese meditation is fascinating, told through personal experience by one host and an excellent historical overview by the other. That stood out as something a generic meditation podcast would not have.
I would have liked some more honest exploration of Ash’s failure to cultivate a meditation practice. The discussion of it as a habit and comparison to exercise was very helpful, and is a natural lead in to the series on habits.
I would say the basketball discussion is humorous but entirely skippable, and the Newshour anchor at the end is likewise nothing special. They do a good job of keeping any guests who are self-promotional or boring from taking too much time though, and the way the show is edited has consistent humor and a realistic mindset.
Then the actual overview of meditation as social science fodder is excellent as well. I think it might be a bit credulous, but it’s pretty hard to say for sure without the actual science and a lot of statistics homework. It is telling that the scientists all seem to come to their work on meditation from a personal conviction or experience.
Great find and I hope there are more of these coming from Audible!
Alice Fraser is a treasure and should do more series on Audible
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Great and inciteful!
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
And I'm starting!!
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Wait, that's it?
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.