Michael Sheehy

Can Dreams Help You Solve Problems? Researchers wonder whether the dreaming state might be doing more than you realize.

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
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Also online!

Michael Sheehy @ Well of Being Special guest Michael Sheehy joins Eve for a practice and a conversation on the science and experience of non-dual awareness.

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

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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.

Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Waking: Tibetan Buddhist Imaginal Practices This workshop explores imagination/the mind across the thresholds of sleeping, dreaming, and waking in Tibetan Buddhist contemplation.

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 -

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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....

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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 :

Sleep, Dreams, and Virtual Reality | Contemplative Sciences Center The CSC research team seeks adults aged 18-70 to participate in a study exploring contemplative experiences in Virtual Reality (VR), sleep health, and cognitive flexibility.

for those in the UVA area - or Chicago - we are recruiting for our VR meditation & dreams study in the CIRCL lab this spring :

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Dream x Engineering Symposium A gathering of world leaders in sleep and dream science exploring how we can influence dreaming with precision to improve well-being, accelerate learning, and treat clinical conditions.

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 :

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YouTube video by Mathematical Consciousness Science Michael Sheehy: A Buddhist Nondual Model of Consciousness

talk of mine from a recent consciousness science workshop:

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Trouble focusing? These UVA experts can help You can slay the distraction monster. But you’re going to have to work on it.

an interview i did recently w/ UVAToday on cultivating sustained & balanced attention through contemplative practice :

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SENSEmaking: A Symposium on Contemplative Technologies | Contemplative Sciences Center

program for symposium launched today :

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SENSEmaking: A Symposium on Contemplative Technologies | Contemplative Sciences Center Join us for SENSEmaking, a two-day public symposium exploring contemplative practices, immersive technology, and the senses. The symposium is an incubator of ideas and experiences designed to catalyze...

October 9-10, University of Virginia - come join us :)

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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...

Ep311: Neuroscience of Yogic Death Practice  - Dr Tawni Tidwell, Dr Michael Sheehy, & Dr Julian Schott. — Guru Viking This trialogue continues a series of discussion exploring the latest interdisciplinary research into tantric completion stage practices such as yogas of dream, sleep, and death.

podcast episode #2 with friends on the yogic death of tukdam :

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Ep305: Neuroscience of Dream Yoga - Dr Michael Sheehy, Dr Tawni Tidwell, Dr Julian Schott Podcast Episode · Guru Viking Podcast · 05/09/2025 · 1h 32m

podcast I did recently w/ friends on my dream yoga research:

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super, thanks for reading!

What if we learned contemplation like we do arts or sports? - Journal of Contemplative Studies When I was a child, I was introduced to contemplative practices that changed my life. Starting in the fourth grade, I regularly walked to my grandmother’s house after school. I vividly recall walking ...

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

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Tomorrow Talks: Virtual Reality Meditation: The Way of the Future? June 11th | 6 - 8 pmContemplative Commons, 403 Emmet Street S.Meditation is getting a firmware update. In this delightfully mind-bending session, a contemplative sciences scholar, a tech-savvy invento...

we’ll be talking about our Virtual Reality research at UVA in June :

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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.

Auction of ancient Indian gems ‘imbued with presence of Buddha’ condemned Sotheby’s sale of Piprahwa gems, excavated after burial with Buddha’s remains, denounced as perpetuating colonial violence

pretty remarkable :

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

Buddhism, Emptiness & Idealism: A panel with Bernardo Kastrup, Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl, Michael R. Sheehy, Andrew Holecek Tue 29th Apr 2025, 1pm – 3pm EDT (UTC -04:00)

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

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join us for the Contemplative Sciences Center benefit concert this Saturday :

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What is Contemplation? - Journal of Contemplative Studies What is contemplation? How do different contemplative traditions – religious and secular, historical and modern – understand practices and experiences of contemplation? Given the incredible diversity ...

have you read interviews in our What is Contemplation? series @jcontemplatives.bsky.social

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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.

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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!

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Contemplative Research Fellow in Cognitive Science in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia Apply for Postdoctoral Research Associate, Contemplative Research Fellow in Cognitive Science job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at Univer...

come work w/ us in the CIRCL lab - we’re hiring a postdoc in cognitive science to conduct contemplative research :

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