Explorations through Inner Space

Psilcybin, along with other serotonergic psychedelics, acts in large part by stimulating 5-HT2A receptors in the brain. Tune in to hear what happens next :)

A little riff on mindfulness, for your new years listening enjoyment 🙏

This is an oldie but perhaps a goodie? It's a talk I gave at the Downtown Yoga Festival, in the YogaEx session, called "Where Yoga Meets the Road: The Yoga of Compassion & Kindness (aka the real reason to do your yoga every damn day)". Felt cute, might delete, lemme know what you think. Sharing here because who doesn't need some age-old wisdom from 2000+ yrs ago.

Embodiment is your first person experience of the body, in this world. It’s a subjective sense of wholeness, a sense of being “at home” and at one with who you are. Inhabiting the body is not just a matter of being aware or scanning the body -- embodiment is actually living within your body, being present, and being aware not just of the body, but as the body. The body is your instrument of experience, including perception, thought, emotion, sensation & action. It is your gateway to the here and now, because your body is always in the present moment. You use your body to do everything, and it’s the only way you can feel anything right now. How you’re constructed is in your body: your history, everything you’ve done, and everything you’re capable of.

Mindfulness meditation gives us our brains the street smarts to self-regulate our awareness so that we can keep our attention on the immediate experience with openness, curiosity, acceptance. So let's talk about it.