An attendee at the “Neuroscience of Meditation” event recently published an article on Divine Caroline detailing her experience with meditation. The article also details her experience at the DtaS event. Personally, I found the article deeply touching…I encourage everyone to check it out.
Here’s a brief excerpt:

After a break, I explained to Goldin that I had experienced the same results. I told him that my boyfriend, who had practiced mindfulness meditation for almost four years and had initially benefited, ultimately had a hard time with meditation in the end. I told …

About a year ago, Berkeley became the first city in the nation to regulate nanoparticles. The legislation requires any manufactured nanoparticle to be reported to the city. The law is aimed at small nanotechnology startups that are springing up all over the Bay Area. To be clear, this law only requires companies to report the development on nanoparticles. Nanoparticles are used in a myriad of products, everything from sunscreen to solar cells.
The motivation? Nanoparticles can pass directly into cells, with potential harmful effects.
How dangerous are these little particles? No one …

Dr. Philippe Goldin, our November speaker on the Neuroscience of Meditation, is looking for healthy controls in an upcoming study. More info below.
We are looking for healthy controls (no history of any psychiatric conditions) with these criteria: age can be +-2 years in either direction. We pay controls $200 for about 6-7 hours of assessment.
45 y.o. caucasian man, Masters degree
43 y.o. caucasian man, Masters degree
43 y.o. african-american man, Bachelors degree
28 y.o. Indian man, Masters degree
25 y.o. pacific islander (filipino) man, some college
46 y.o. caucasian woman, some college
49 y.o. caucasian …