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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Upaya Dharma Podcasts - Zen Brain, Parts 11-15 of 19

Here is the third installment of podcasts from the Zen Brain workshops at Upaya Zen Center - one more to come. Great stuff.

Zen Brain Part 11 of 19 (July 2010)

Speaker: Laurie Leitch
Recorded: Saturday Jul 31, 2010

Laurie Leitch leads a guided meditation and then she presents “Meditation, Trauma and Suffering.” The talk includes: zen practice and the emerging science of alleviating suffering and resiliency in the face of trauma.

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Zen Brain Part 12 of 19 (July 2010)

Speakers: Shauna Shapiro & Susan Bauer-Wu & Roshi Joan Halifax & Laurie Leitch & Jim Austin & Al Kaszniak
Recorded: Saturday Jul 31, 2010

Zen Brain faculty answers questions from the audience.

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Zen Brain Part 13 of 19 (July 2010)

Speaker: Shauna Shapiro
Recorded: Saturday Jul 31, 2010

Shauna Shapiro leads a guided meditation.

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Zen Brain Part 14 of 19 (July 2010)

Speaker: Al Kaszniak
Recorded: Saturday Jul 31, 2010

Al Kaszniak presents on the suffering of time hunger. The talk includes attention, multitasking and the brain. Our attentional capacity is limited and multitasking demands rapid attention switching and leads to increased errors. Al continues to explain meditation as attentional education. Topics also include explanations of focused attention meditation and open monitoring meditation.

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Zen Brain Part 15 of 19 (July 2010)

Speakers: Shauna Shapiro & Susan Bauer-Wu & Roshi Joan Halifax & Laurie Leitch & Jim Austin & Al Kaszniak
Recorded: Saturday Jul 31, 2010

The faculty addresses questions. Comments include the role of looking up and out at the trees and the role of the bottom up approach of softening trauma.


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