Michael Sheehy

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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new paper of mine - "Dreaming oneself awake: Psychological flexibility, imaginal simulation, and somatic awareness in Tibetan #Buddhist #dream yoga"

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Webinars - iscrsociety.org

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 -
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check out our new CIRCL, Contemplative Innovation + Research Co-Lab - studying contemplative practices & experiences via myriad lenses :

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What is Contemplation? An Interview with Michael Sheehy - Journal of Contemplative Studies Michael Sheehy is Research Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Contemplative Sciences Center at University of Virginia where he is Principal at CIRCL Contemplative Innovation + Researc...

Read more about what @mclsheehy.bsky.social sheehy has to say about what #contemplation is here!
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my interview as part of the What is Contemplation? series

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