New webpage for the AI + Human Flourishing Initiative at the Contemplative Sciences Center, UVA. The initiative investigates the bidirectional loop of how AI can enhance human flourishing, and how lived human knowledge can inform the human-AI interface. csc.virginia.edu/research/ai-...

Nice coverage of the recent Neuroscience-of-Consciousness article from the PhD dissertation of @karenkonkoly.bsky.social here in TIME magazine, with a photo showing how dreams help you put all the puzzle pieces of your life together time.com/7381398/can-...

next Wednesday evening in San Francisco, my friend Eve Ekman & I will be co-convening a conversation on the science & experience of nondual awareness : events.humanitix.com/michael-sheehy

www.universite-lyon.fr/nos-domaines... A Chinese student holding a Master’s degree in cognitive neuroscience and a strong interest in meditation research is eligible to apply for this PhD scholarship at the University of Lyon before February 23, 2026. Details are provided below.

Friends in the SF Bay Area: This March I'll be facilitating a workshop on my dream yoga & illusory form meditation research in Berkeley - would love to see you. Donation, in-person, registration is requested - www.eventbrite.com/e/lucid-drea...

We're hiring a Program Manager to join the Meditation Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to be in the thick of our efforts. You would work closely with us to drive our current projects forward.... ⤵️

Incredible opportunity for an upcoming researcher to work on this cutting-edge study on death experiences in meditation & psychedelics @ucsandiego.bsky.social w/ @fadelzeidan.bsky.social & his team :

for those in the UVA area - or Chicago - we are recruiting for our VR meditation & dreams study in the CIRCL lab this spring : csc.virginia.edu/news/sleep-d...

for those in the Boston area, interested in #dreams - I’ll be presenting our lab’s research on dream yoga & Virtual Reality at the Dream X Engineering Symposium @ MIT next weekend : dxe.framer.website

talk of mine from a recent consciousness science workshop: youtu.be/GmBO5jjof7U?...

an interview i did recently w/ UVAToday on cultivating sustained & balanced attention through contemplative practice : news.virginia.edu/content/trou...

program for symposium launched today : csc.virginia.edu/research/sen...

October 9-10, University of Virginia - come join us :) csc.virginia.edu/events/sense...

join us Oct. 9-10 for Sensemaking: A Symposium on Contemplative Technologies at UVA's Contemplative Sciences Center - registration open: csc.virginia.edu/events/sense...

podcast episode #2 with friends on the yogic death of tukdam : www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep31...

podcast I did recently w/ friends on my dream yoga research: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

essay of mine on contemplation as a skill set to cultivate like arts & sports, & cultural implications - syndicated by @jcontemplatives.bsky.social contemplativejournal.org/essays/sheeh...

we’ll be talking about our Virtual Reality research at UVA in June : www.tomtomfoundation.org/post/tomorro...

Read more from @mclsheehy.bsky.social as he explores the versatile life skills young people could learn from practicing routine #contemplative training by clicking the link in our bio! This idea was originally published as ‘What if we learned contemplation like we do arts or sports?’ on Psyche.

pretty remarkable : www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

love seeing films from Himalayan artists getting global circulation - movie from Bhutan played on an international flight :

looking forward to this discussion w/ @bernardokastrup.bsky.social & friends on #Buddhism & #nonduality : dandelion.events/e/f4awz

join us for the Contemplative Sciences Center benefit concert this Saturday : csc.virginia.edu/event/csc-be...

have you read interviews in our What is Contemplation? series @jcontemplatives.bsky.social contemplativejournal.org/what-is-cont...

thrilled that we have a new Tibetan reading room in the University of Virginia Library :

join us online w/in the hour :

The 2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced. The 2025 Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize has been announced. mpe-project.info/the-mpe-proj...

Olaf Blanke and I are pleased to announce the opening of a funded PhD position in cognitive and contemplative neuroscience at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center entitled "Neurophenomenological Study of Non-Dual Mindfulness Meditation and Its Impact on Self and Agency" Thanks for sharing this ad!

come work w/ us in the CIRCL lab - we’re hiring a postdoc in cognitive science to conduct contemplative research : jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/UO...

new paper of mine - "Dreaming oneself awake: Psychological flexibility, imaginal simulation, and somatic awareness in Tibetan #Buddhist #dream yoga" doi.org/10.1037/drm0...

an online webinar that i'll moderate on March 6th - will no doubt be a lively discussion about context & complexity in the study of contemplation @iscr.bsky.social - iscrsociety.org/webinars/

check out our new CIRCL, Contemplative Innovation + Research Co-Lab - studying contemplative practices & experiences via myriad lenses : csc.virginia.edu/research/circl

Read more about what @mclsheehy.bsky.social sheehy has to say about what #contemplation is here! contemplativejournal.org/interviews/w...

my interview as part of the What is Contemplation? series contemplativejournal.org/interviews/w...