TEDxCollegeHill - Catherine Kerr - Mindfulness Starts With the Body: A View from the Brain
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Director of Translational Neuroscience, Contemplative Studies Initiative Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Family Medicine. Why does mindfulness meditation begin by focusing on the breath? Does mindfulness-based somatic awareness (cultivated through attention to breath, body sensations) change the brain? Catherine Kerr received a B.A. from Amherst College, and a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University. Before arriving at Brown, she was at Harvard Medical School where her original focus was on developing innovative approaches for investigating placebo effects. Currently, her work focuses on using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and other tools to investigate brain mechanisms underlying body-based attention and healing in mindfulness and other mind-body practices such as Tai Chi.
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15 minutes and I've grasped the concept of mindfulness and what it can do for you.Obviously i now require practice but if i could give her 100 thumbs up I would.
Great little talk
As a long time meditation lover, nurse, Kabat- Zinn admirer, I just want to tell you how cool and smart your presentation is. I watched it a couple of years ago and it popped up today on my Utube stream and meant even more today. Thank you for your work. You are awesome!
She passed away in 2016. I was devastated to hear it. She was doing some amazing research.
Immensely important for me. I have a degree in History and I'm currently a student of Cultural Anthropology in Venice. This stuff about rediscovering old texts and finding their scientific value with today's instruments is awesome for me. It's great to see that somwhere else in the world someone is going in this direction too, and in such some interesting topics! Thank you Catherine Kerr and your team for your immense contribution! Let us know further developments of the Contemplative Studies Initiative and these studies!
This is important and inspiring. There is real "translation" happening, from neuroscience to everyday life. I am puzzled about comments that critique the presentation. My suggestion: don't look at the video, just /listen/ to it. I think you'll find it beautifully coherent.
Jane Thrailkill I agree
Beautifully Coherent!
This lady's really cool. She's telling people about research and trying to help people who are suffering.
Will watch this again! And so sad to learn this: Catherine Kerr (1964-2016) passed away on November 12th 2016, at the age of 52, succumbing to a bone marrow cancer that she had for over two decades.
That's because those people are usually the first to need that kind of thing but everyone can benefit from it.
Great talk indeed!!! Thank you for uploading and to Catherine for such great explanation on mindfulness!!!
Amazing, amazing talk! Especially the last two sentences!
Very informative. Worth listening.
Thank you. I have meditated with zen and mindfulness techniques for endless years with moderate to little results and struggled horribly to get anywhere. It wasn't until I discovered something called the Gurdjieff Work and S.N. Goenka's articulation of meditation that I consistently felt that I was on to something. Sensation is fundamental. The breath is simply a point of focus to return to. Observing my mind only had me more in my head. Counting was a nice trick but stopped working early on.
As a Feldenkrais Method practitioner this makes a lot of sense.
Very Crisp and Informative.. Thanks for this
Mindfulness is a good way to start your day. Very informative video... Thank you!
I've been doing it for years. I find it very interesting. My point still stands.
She passed on tragically... can someone continue her work please...
Thanks for your talk, I enjoyed your explanation and am extremely curious to see how further tests pan out.
Really interesting information. Excellent video on brain dynamics as they relate to mindfulness. Have not heard of this perspective before; added to what I know from the more highly viewed Ricard and Davidson videos.
this is short, insightful, n scientific. very helpful, thnx for sharing!
Good to see that the medical establishment is finally starting to recognise the benefits of hypnosis and self - hypnosis when used for for health promoting reasons rather than stupid stage shows. They still have a way to go but it is gradually scientifically validating much of clinical hypnosis.
It's a great talk on mindfullness!
Really interesting information. Excellent video on brain dynamics as they relate to mindfulness. Have not heard of this perspective before; added to what I know from other popular videos about the brain and meditation.
Such a great talk! Love it :)
Mam can I use earplugs during mindfullness breathing meditation
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Focusing on Body and Breath
1:58 Exercise
4:25 Sensory observation
Thanks!
thank u
Ten points practice is similar to the body-scan meditation, for those wondering.
See now this is interesting science. This is the kinda stuff I watch TED talks for.
I'd like to know how this information can be applied not to Pathology, but to peak performance. How can positive psychology use this information to make people even more happy, more successful.
Read an Eckhart Tolle book, he's been saying this same thing for years.
Thanks, great presentation!
Is there any thing called outer experience? If not, then what is inner experience?
This is what the Feldenkrais Method® does with "resetting baseline" in attending to sensory changes, using the skeletal system as a clear and consistent marker for mapping the a self-image for movement and ease. In my classes, I often talk about turning the throttle down-- which often results in resetting the entire system. I would love to see more of your research!
This explains why THT ~ Two Hands Touching works.
Also check out Adyashanti.
I don't want a alpha wave sent to the tip of my toes. I want a alpha wave sent to my vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch. Does doing this exercise on the toes open the floodgates to the other senses? Anyone know?
After drawing the awareness of the audience to sensation, snapping seemed more called for than the traditional clap to mark the end.
I have a crush on her brain.
Please get in contact or read books of Vanessa Van Edwards.With your knowledge and her training you can become one of the best coaching of the world.
This is very similar to what an hypnotist does to 'hypnotize' a subject.
Her voice is kinda soothing.
Possibly.
Mmm, interestenig: combining the meditation approach with the rationalistic (De)cartesian approach of science...
Also check out Echart Tolle and Osho :)
When was the last time you cried?
***** Humanity
***** Beautiful.
See, people like you give me faith in humanity.
We're all a bunch of brilliant, unique, confused, fragile beings roaming around this football wondering why....? that sometimes we forget to cry, or how to cry. Slowly yet surely evolving into emotionless robots, a result of our living lie. "Don't cry! You're a big boy now. Don't cry! Just curtsey and bow. Don't cry! Because Simon Says not to. Don't cry! Find something else to do!" -a father to his son
I'm assuming you're a woman, considering men don't use that many smileys. But why not? Smileys show expression. Fun, happy, sad, angry, cool expressions!
I guess my point is, men are just as fragile and shy as females, yet we are portrayed to be fierce, masculine, hulky beasts roaming around this planet programmed to serve and protect the country, families and society as a whole. Sometimes we just wanna cry. One day, we'll die for it (eg: school massacres by teen boys, higher male suicide rate than female, suicide bombers are men/boys, etc)
Perhaps your father was a victim of such stereotype? :(
(i'm sorry for your loss)
if i may have offended you in any way, i am terribly sorry. It's just this convo got me thinking.... and I did shed a couple of tears as well :)
Common Unity Years ago. I think it could become a problem.
Extremely important message BUT I had to close my eyes because the constant conducting was distracting.
lay down on the floor and don't change for 6 hours, no sleeping.. that will teach ye, to start with ;) & elizabeth behnke did nice academic work on phenomenology and soma-sensitive healing practicing, bye now
Yea, you probably wouldn't find it interesting.
these talks about mindfulness all seem to be very "heady" IE overly intellectual with an emphasis on science rather than helping people know how to do it. period.
Extremely worthwhile info, tho presented in ... an inexpert manner. Dr. Kerr presents research findings showing that meditation strengthens ability to concentrate, emotional flexibility, and other traits. I think you will find this talk of value If you can overlook her delivery full of "Um.. OK... Guys OK ... Alright... unclear-pronoun unclear-pronoun." If you cannot overlook her delivery style, there are many more polished talks on meditation. If YOU plan to teach or lecture, watching this talk can help you see how a teacher's off-the-cuff delivery lessens the clarity of very worthwhile info.
NOTE TO ALL OF US. Television, the net, the churches, and government offices are of full of stunningly glib, beautiful people with presentation skills that dazzle and info that makes people dumber. We should applaud Dr. Kerr in this: she is working to make us smarter. She's on our side.
the throat clearing was messing with my mind. and her clothing choice too. what?
here is a woman giving free helpful advice for the wellbeing of the human race and you want to criticize her ?????
Yes
:)
Lisa Asbell her clothing was real and her throat clearing is real. What planet are you from?
That the looks of the presenters dampens your enthusiasm about meditation? That's right. Stick to your guns!
i think your judgmental mentality is your real obstacle.
I tried to pay close attention to what she was saying. Absolutely no teaching method present there !
She lost me for 20 seconds; My mind couldn't take in all those complex terms that she was using.
As Einstein put it : if you can't explain it simple enough, you didn't fully understand it.
It is clear that she isn't a good ambasador for science (like Neil De Grasse is..)
Pardon my English
There are things, that cannot be explained so that everybody gets it the first time. Sometimes it needs time, and if you´re really interested go to a mindfulness course, or start doing some kinda formal meditation practice. (I love Einstein, but all the slogans of wise men shouldn´t be taken too literally.)
I've just read this article where she is interviewed. It's quite clear to me that she understands very well how science is supposed to be handled. And she doesn't like it when science is misrepresented. Especially by overly positive articles that make false claims. So perhaps instead of wanting her to explain it more simply, we should put effort in learning the terms she is putting forth.
Because these "complex" terms usually make it more easy to communicate. Because they can encapsulate a whole bunch of words in just one word. It's the reason why we make up words for things, so we don't have to explain the whole theory behind it every time.
In that way words are a bit like functions in programming.
i like how mystical they pretend this is
it's just learning to relax
all these ppl sound like they are 2 min away form telling everyone "and you can fly"
I'd be a lot more enthusiastic about meditation if everyone I've ever seen talk about it didn't look like a weird catlady.
This talk sucks she should be better at explaining things. She is trying to make a pot pourri of things