Aligned Mind

How do you love someone you don't like? And what if that someone is yourself?
How can you be thoroughly independent AND be deeply interconnected to others?
How is it freedom from suffering requires a radical acceptance of suffering?

Join me and UCLA MARC in exploring these and other life and practice dilemmas in MAPs III: Reconciling Paradox with Mindfulness. 6 Saturdays Live on Zoom!

MAPs Class Schedule - UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center - Los Angeles, CA MAPS, mindfulness, mindful awareness, awareness, mindful meditation, meditation, practices

Mindfulness read & practice book club! Dr. Rick Hanson's "Buddha's Brain" provides an accessible review of the brain science that validates the changes coming from mindfulness, kindness, and compassion meditations, and much more. Join me for a great start to your weekend! Click the link to learn more:
http://www.aligned-mind.com/maps-ii

Now more than ever we need to develop the skills of empathy and compassion:

RSA ANIMATE: The Empathic Civilisation Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has sh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk--XN4ozr8&ab_channel=Goalcast

One Of The Most Inspirational Speeches From Gangsters | Father Gregory Boyle | Goalcast Father Gregory Boyle's work as the founder of Homeboy Industries has greatly impacted the lives of so many. His hilarious and inspiring story reminds us all ...

This TED Talk is uncommonly raw, real, and awe-inspiring:

What Almost Dying Taught Me About Living, by ted.com "The hardest part of my cancer experience began once the cancer was gone," says author Suleika Jaouad. In this fierce, funny, wisdom-packed talk, she challenges us to think beyond the divide between 'sick' and 'well,' asking: How do you begin again and find meaning afte...

Q: How do you manifest acceptance while engaging life? A: Mindfulness and the embrace of dialectics! Many people, however, misunderstand this...

Despite understanding the concept of mindfulness, people are applying it incorrectly, research finds Mindful awareness is about both accepting and engaging with life's challenges, and that's what popularized concepts of mindfulness tend to miss, new research has found.

Explore the nature of consciousness with n=1 experiments: Mindfulness Meditation.
Exploring UCLA MARC's unique methodology combining Buddhist wisdom and modern neuroscience.
6 Saturdays 9am - 11am on Zoom beginning Nov 6th.
Instructor: Brian Shiers MA CMF LMFT

http://www.aligned-mind.com/maps-i

What do neuroscience, psychedelic psychology, Buddhist mind science, and indigenous wisdom say about the greatest scientific mystery of all time - consciousness? Find out in this livestream documentary Nov 10th!

Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness | TRICYCLE - ONE NIGHT FOR CONSCIOUSNESS | AWARE ONE NIGHT LIVE STREAMING EVENT ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1OTH 7:30 PM EST/4:30 PM PST Live post-screening discussion moderated by Jack Kornfield, features Directors Frauke Sandig & Eric Black; Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., Director, Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research; and Monica Gagliano, Pro...

Part 1 of Father’s Day: Yoga + Sound Bath on the beach!

Gabor Mate' is a preeminent physician, psychiatrist, and trauma / addiction expert, and a new FREE online film reveals his work that is extraordinarily important right now. Starts tomorrow through Monday - watch anytime for FREE:

Can our deepest pain be a doorway to healing? - Wisdom of Trauma Watch The Wisdom of Trauma Movie Premiere on June 8-14, Featuring DR. GABOR MATÉ Plus a 7-day teaching series on trauma with leading experts!

My bill for electric power averages $11-20 every month. It's because of solar panels. We have to fight to prevent So Cal Edison and other companies from taxing it away from being a viable economic (and ecological!) alternative. Please read on, and if you agree, send a message!

Save California Solar Even as power outages, fires and spiking energy bills rip through California, utilities are lobbying to block rooftop solar.

https://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Right-You-Brian-Shiers/dp/B08SHWXQ9H

Watch Is Mindfulness Right for You? online - Prime Video This insightful and informative documentary explores the popular world of Mindfulness from the perspective of four people who study and teach it.