by Rick Hanson | Mar 13, 2007 | Train Your Brain
by Rick Hanson, PhD and Rick Mendius, MD Introduction This class is about a foundational psychological skill: awareness of your body. And it’s interesting that this skill is also fundamental to most contemplative practices. Awareness of the body has been a fundamental...
by Rick Hanson | Mar 13, 2007 | Brain Basics, Neurodharma
© Rick Hanson, PhD and Rick Mendius, MD, 2007 One could rightly ask: How can intangible thoughts affect tangible matter (i.e., the brain)? This question is at the heart of the longstanding “mind-body problem,” and related questions include: How can mind arise from...
by Rick Hanson | Mar 10, 2007 | Brain Basics, Neurodharma
Introduction Any form of psychological development – and its epitome in refined contemplative practice – requires two fundamental activities/skills/functions: Being with what is (both subjective and objective, internal and external, mind and matter) Working with...
by Rick Hanson | Mar 4, 2007 | Brain Basics, Neurodharma
#1 The mind and the brain are mainly (and perhaps entirely) a single unified system. Almost every – and perhaps every – subjective state is correlated with an objective, material brain state. Other than a transcendental factor – call it God, Spirit, Energy, or by...
