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...