How Meditation Works & Science-Based Effective Meditations | Huberman Lab Podcast #96

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Please make video on overthinking.

I love that you pointed out how the need to repeatedly redirect one’s thoughts during meditation is a good indicator of an effective meditation practice. I think many of us, myself included tend to see this as a sign of failure when it is in fact a sign of developing one’s neuroplasticty. I needed to hear this. Thank you 🙏

This guy is a solid speaker. He is on point from start to end. A lost art

Started meditating for 10 minutes to 15 minutes a day, every single morning, and my social anxiety, overall anxiety have dropped so much. Now I am able to just breathe and focus on the awarness inside my body and just relax so quickly that it somehow became natural to me now. I can also get into focus mode so quickly , within 5 minutes off my 90 minute session I am already focused and into the flow state. Definitely a life changing practice. Thank you for shining a light into it.

I was able to get myself through the worst 4 days of my life doing just this. Thank you for your teachings I love learning from you

Thanks for putting this amazing work together and making it accessible to everyone. I practice medication regularly, have been to Vipassana 10 days retreat etc. But this podcast gave me a whole new perspective today, thank you 👍🙏

These episodes by Huberman are massive. So much information, so well explained, so interesting. This is way better than Netflix, or surfing withouth purpose on social networks. Information, knowledge, this is gold man. I get so enthusiastic seeing and hearing these podcasts, I almost want to pursue a career in Medicine, or just getting knowledge man. Thank you Dr. Huberman.

Huberman is prolly one of the people I trust the most. I realized that on that cannabis episode, and every episode reinforces this intuition I have. He goes above and beyond to provide an unopinionized, unmitigated and well-orginized array of facts, which is VERY rare nowadays. His work's just pure gold.

7 months ago I learned I have terminal cancer. Meditation has always been important. I loved this video. I use various "tools" for different types of meditating such as music, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Tingshas, and prayer, among others. I also have a variety of reasons for meditation other than just health issues; mindfulness, self awareness, raising level of conscious. I have no fear of dying. I know where I am going and whom I will be with. My desire is to have an exceptional positive path towards my death. To be with it and not against it. I never went through the 5 stages of grief. My initial reaction was acceptance. What A wonderful place to be.

Andrew, "A wandering mind is an unhappy mind" brushes right up against Buddhist and Advaita Vedantic (Hindu) thought, that any form of desire leads to suffering/unhappiness. In his beautiful translation of the Ashtavakra Gita, Dr. Thomas Byrom wrote ( in the chapter titled "Mind") "When the mind is attracted to anything it senses, you are bound. When there is no attraction, you are free....embrace nothing, reject nothing." Also, Daniel Goleman and Richie Davidson (Altered Traits) have always paralleled the study of brain physiology with their own personal experiences of Eastern thought and practice. It is wonderful to see the connections here. Just wonderful. Thank you so much for this.

After meditating for a month, it brought so much calm and centeredness. I could enter a situation with room to breathe and think clearly. Life changes and toxic personalities derailed my practice, and I’m back to feeling claustrophobic—enclosed and overwhelmed by my senses, thoughts, surroundings. Going back today! The Calm App is my source for mediation. 🖤☁️

I am from India and has been practicing different kinds of meditation for about 2 decades. I used to switch practices in pursuit of that single perfect meditation technique. This talk convinced me that all the good techniques together is a good technique. I am amazed to see that all the knowledge on meditation is condensed in just a two and hafl hour talk. Hearing this talk with attention is itself a meditation.

Thanks! It’s amazing we live in a world where I can listen to a Stanford professor anytime I want and for free!

I am italian, I am 21 and I can't explain how much I am gratefull to have the possibility to access these amezing contents. These informations can really change people's life for the better. Thank you Dr. Andrew

Been meditating for 20 years since having spine surgery (hit by a drunk driver). Meditation has helped me recover from injuries faster. Since I run every week. It helps me be more connected to my body. I usually meditate and then stretch. And I'm more aware of what muscles might be tight or usually have my muscles relax more. Last July, I caught 3 variants and developed a lung infection which left me stuck in bed for 45 days. I developed Long Covid Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia from being bed bound. I had to start from zero with my workouts but the decades of Meditation 🧘‍♀️ I believe helped me heal my Autonomic Nervous System Faster. My EP from the Hospital also thinks that Meditation and being an athletic has helped me recover. I wish more people with Long Covid understood how powerful Meditation as another tool for recovery. I'm not aware of any studies other than observations from my specialist. But most people that have PoTS are not doing well and I believe Meditation (coupled with diet of unprocessed , getting morning sunlight, slowly working out with gradually increasing weights) could expedite recovery.

I am 65 years old and I have learned so much from your podcast. I have been meditating for about five years now but, your podcast has given me a great enhancement to my practice! Thank you so much!

As someone who meditates regularly but without any formal training, this was incredibly valuable.

This is one of my favorites podcast. I have discovered that doing breathwork for 15 minute's before my meditation is awesome to drop in to a meditated state easily.

Can definitely attest to the more meditations you have under belt the less you need to do it. After 4 years almost daily meditation, i get all the benefits of what used to take over an hr in about 20 minutes, without the rollercoaster of anxiety and fog that used to come with it. If its rough at first, its because youre forced to revisit a lot of repressed crap and it comes out physiologically. Dont get discouraged by rough meditations, if it feels like it sets you back, its a good thing. It takes work, just like exercise