Tag: health
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4 documents that probably need your attention too.
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” ― Isaac Asimov Kelly and I are preparing for our next road trip in a couple of weeks.We thought it was about time to button up four important things that until now we have left in a perpetual state of half-arsed incompletion. 1. Will. 2.…
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Physiological benefits of slow breathing.
It is no coincidence that most of the world’s spiritual and contemplative disciplines involve some form of breathing focused practice. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the scientific literature concerning the beneficial effects of slow breathing on our physiological systems. Including: Enhances ventilation efficiency and arterial oxygenation via alveolar recruitment, and distension and reduction…
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Video: The Solution.
Craig Bierly is a 71 year old who has been travelling solo the US in his camper van in order to better explore the country via mountain bike. He has now covered 49 states and over 38,234 miles (he logs everything on a spreadsheet). Craig made the decision to adopt this simple life of personal…
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The big problem with Big Pharma.
A fascinating and disturbing discussion between Lex and Dr John Abramson around the manipulative and arguably deceptive practices of Big Pharma in the US. Evidence-based medicine is only as veridical as the quality of evidence it is built on. Peer-reviewed studies & practice guidelines relied on by healthcare providers are only as useful as the…
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I’ll see you on the other side of sesshin.
Well Im about to go off grid for a week. I will be attending the yearly sesshin (an intensive 7 day meditation retreat. Sesshin literally means: touching the heart-mind) with the Black Mountain Zen group. The retreat is being held at a beautiful location beside Lake George just outside of Canberra. I’m all packed for…
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Podcast: Gratitude.
Another deep dive podcast from the Huberman Lab exploring the empiric, evidence based benefits of developing your own gratitude practice. The regular activity of ‘counting your blessings’ or writing down a list of things you are grateful for in your life is now fairly well recognised as a wellness tool. But it turns out the…
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A Dutch study on NDE.
A Near-Death Experience (NDE) is a form of non-ordinary experience that can be summarised as: “the reported memory of a range of impressions during a special state of consciousness, including a number of special and universal reported elements such as an out-of-body experience, pleasant feelings, seeing a tunnel, a light, deceased relatives, a life review,…