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The Mindfulness Movement

When I returned from India, I came back with a conviction that meditation wassomething...

When I returned from India, I came back with a conviction that meditation was
something very important for Western psychology and
neuroscience to embrace and a fervent aspiration to
pursue research in this area

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When I returned from India,
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I came back with a conviction
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that meditation was something very important
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for Western psychology and neuroscience to embrace
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and a fervent aspiration to pursue research in this area.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:22
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

Follow the emotionally compelling story of four main characters who reveal their personal hardships and explain how mindfulness transformed their lives.
But it was made very clear to me - The Mindfulness Movement 00:12
But it was made very clear to me
When I first met the Dalai Lama in 1992, he challenged me. - The Mindfulness Movement 00:05
When I first met the Dalai Lama in 1992, he challenged me.
He said, "You've been using tools of modern neuroscience - The Mindfulness Movement 00:09
He said, "You've been using tools of modern neuros...
"Why can't you use those same tools - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
"Why can't you use those same tools
And he said, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:20
And he said,
[Narrator] What Richard and others - The Mindfulness Movement 00:13
[Narrator] What Richard and others
We first began to look - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
We first began to look
These were individuals who spent years training their mind. - The Mindfulness Movement 00:05
These were individuals who spent years training their mind.
Sure enough, when we did those studies, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:09
Sure enough, when we did those studies,
What we're looking at here is a representation - The Mindfulness Movement 00:15
What we're looking at here is a representation
The moment we're lost and recognize it, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:08
The moment we're lost and recognize it,
And one of the nodes in the salience network - The Mindfulness Movement 00:11
And one of the nodes in the salience network
Those parts of the brain are critical - The Mindfulness Movement 00:06
Those parts of the brain are critical
Then what happens is we want to reorient our awareness, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:17
Then what happens is we want to reorient our awareness,
And so we then direct attention back to the breath - The Mindfulness Movement 00:07
And so we then direct attention back to the breath
And the sustaining also involves the prefrontal cortex. - The Mindfulness Movement 00:06
And the sustaining also involves the prefrontal cortex.
If you want to lay down and be careful that you-- - The Mindfulness Movement 00:10
If you want to lay down and be careful that you--
And it's through continued practice - The Mindfulness Movement 00:06
And it's through continued practice
[reflective music] - The Mindfulness Movement 00:12
[reflective music]
To be aware of a thought as it arises and falls, - The Mindfulness Movement 00:13
To be aware of a thought as it arises and falls,