#28 - Mindfulness on the Brain - Dr. Rael Cahn

In this episode the noted neuroscientist & and mindfulness researcher Dr. Rael Cahn compares and contrasts the impact of long term mindfulness meditation practice and the acute effects of the psychedelic drug psilocybin on perception, attention and brain activity. We also discuss awareness practices, transcendence, binaural beats, how meditation works in the treatment of depression and addiction, and the future of mindfulness and psychedelic research. Dr. Rael Cahn is an MD/Phd and assistant clinical professor with the USC Department of Psychiatry. He also has extensive personal experience as a meditation practitioner and mindfulness teacher. His research dives deep into the neuroscience of meditation and altered states of consciousness.   Follow us on Instagram @WolfInTune  https://www.richardwolf.net/ Read "In Tune: Music As The Bridge To Mindfulness"  https://tinyurl.com/tz67aqm 

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Emmy Award winning composer, multi-platinum music producer, USC mindfulness teacher and author Richard "Wolfie" Wolf invites us to take a deep look at the special relationship between the worlds of music, meditation and mindfulness.“Wolf In Tune” shows how these connections can help musicians and music fans alike fend off the “Four Horseman of the Musical Apocalypse”: anxiety, depression, addiction and suicide. Wolf interviews artists, musicians, music executives, and mindfulness experts to discuss helpful coping mechanisms for high-stress lifestyles and how music can be a bridge to a more expansive awareness and a more harmonious way of life.