Richard Davidson has 2 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 7 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 29 ratings. The most-rated is Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body.
Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
Summary
Two New York Times best-selling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain. In the last 20 years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your relationship to your achievement level. Unveiling here the kind of cutting-edge research that has made them giants in their fields, Daniel Goleman and Richard J Davidson show us the truth about what meditation can really do for us, as well as exactly how to get the most out of it. Sweeping away common misconceptions and neuromythology to open listeners' eyes to the ways data has been distorted to sell mind-training methods, the authors demonstrate that beyond the pleasant states mental exercises can produce, the real payoffs are the lasting personality traits that can result. But short daily doses will not get us to the highest level of lasting positive change - even if we continue for years - without specific additions. More than sheer hours, we need smart practice, including crucial ingredients such as targeted feedback from a master teacher and a more spacious, less attached view of the self, all of which are missing in widespread versions of mind training. The authors also reveal the latest data from Davidson's own lab that point to a new methodology for developing a broader array of mind-training methods with larger implications for how we can derive the greatest benefits from the practice. Exciting, compelling, and grounded in new research, this is one of those rare books that has the power to change us at the deepest level.
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The Mindfulness and Meditation Summit: Volume 1
Summary
Six acclaimed meditation teachers and visionaries show us how to transform ourselves, our communities, and the world. If we want to make positive outward changes in the world, we need to start making changes in our inner lives as well. It's a truth that more and more of us are realizing. But where to begin? According to thought leaders and neuroscientists across the globe, there's no better place than with mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness is a "baseline" of awareness and nonresistance available in any situation. And through mindfulness meditation, we can rewire our neural pathways to better manage our emotions, amplify attention, make wiser decisions, and improve our relationships. What does this have to do with changing the world? If we're full of fear or anger or experiencing "burnout", we can't be fully effective in helping others. But with mindfulness and compassion on your side: You lay a foundation of calm. You amplify compassion for others and yourself. You gain insight into "unsolvable" problems, both personal and social. You begin to experience who you are as part of a greater, interconnected whole. All of these shifts then create a ripple effect that affects your family, friends, workplace, and community. Join us for Mindfulness and Meditation: Volume 1 to learn with these inspiring presenters: Jack Kornfield, PhD, on "Mindfulness as Loving Awareness" Bonus meditation: “Connect with Loving Awareness and Compassion Through the Body" Alice Walker on "Meditation as a Doorway to Joy and Liberation" Elisha Goldstein, PhD, on the path "Toward Sustainable Happiness" Bonus meditation: "Relax Your Nervous System" Richie Davidson, PhD, on "Meditation and the Science of Altered Traits" Ruth King on becoming "Mindful of Race" Krishna Das - "Keep Singing: Chanting as a Meditative Path" Bonus practice: "Mantras for Arriving in the Moment" Note: This program is a compilation of presentations that were originally offered via the internet, so some sound inconsistencies may be present. These talks were presented at the Mindfulness and Meditation Summit, hosted in 2018 by Sounds True, and may be listened to in any sequence. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Jack Kornfield, PhD, Alice Walker, Elisha Goldstein, Ruth king, Richard Davidson, and Krishna Das (P)2019 Sounds True