Andrew Holecek is a renowned author and humanitarian who teaches internationally on spirituality, meditation, lucid dreaming, and the art of dying. He has studied sleep yoga, bardo yoga, and other traditional practices with living masters in India and Nepal. Andrew’s books include Dreams of Light, Dream Yoga, and Reverse Meditation. His work has appeared in Psychology Today, Parabola, Lion’s Roar, Tricycle, Utne Reader, Buddhadharma, Light of Consciousness, and many other periodicals. He hosts the popular Edge of Mind podcast and is the founder of the Night Club community, a support platform for nocturnal meditations. Learn more at andrewholecek.com.

Andrew’s new book is I’m Mindful Now What: Moving Beyond Mindfulness to Meet the Modern World.

Topics:

• 00:00 – Introduction
  
• 01:26 – The Mindfulness Revolution
• 02:10 – Beyond Mindfulness: Exploring Deeper Practices
• 08:20 – The Importance of Integrating the Body
• 08:48 – The Concept of Spiritual Bypassing
• 09:11 – Embodiment in Meditation
• 18:43 – Reverse Meditations: Transforming Pain
• 21:55 – The Four Steps of Reverse Meditation
• 35:45 – The Role of Awareness and Distraction
• 42:23 – The Illusion of Desire and Happiness
• 43:12 – The Power of Meditation and Mindfulness
• 44:47 – Understanding True Happiness
• 45:39 – The Essence of Healthy Reductionism
• 48:24 – Introduction to Nocturnal Meditations
• 01:00:54 – The Ultimate Goal: Lucid Living and Dying

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