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Lahiri Mahasaya and the Parietal Lobe - Dr. Jill Taylor

Summary

, 13 min

How the parietal lobe defines where the body begins and ends, and how meditation moves past it, drawing on Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke and Andrew Newberg's research. Covers float tanks, Japanese saunas, Lahiri Mahasaya's shirtless meditation, and a "spaces inside of me, spaces outside of me" expansion exercise that follows HRV breathing.

In this video

Teaches
Parietal lobeExpansion
Discusses
Jill Bolte TaylorLeft hippocampusRight hippocampusSensory deprivation floatingLahiri MahasayaHRV ResonanceFour Proofs of Meditation
Mentions
SamadhiLeft and right brainTemporal lobeMind chatterAndrew NewbergJohn C. LillyDorsal Vagal ComplexParasympathetic nervous system

Key moments

00:00Lahiri Mahasaya and the parietal lobe00:37Jill Taylor's stroke and My Stroke of Insight02:20Broca's area: words in the left hippocampus, meaning in the right03:35Bypassing the chatter of the mind03:54The parietal lobe shows where you begin and end06:00John C. Lilly and the float tank06:57Hot Japanese saunas that overcome the body07:46Lahiri Mahasaya's shirtless meditation tradition09:30First heart rate variability and signs of interiorization10:50Technique: spaces inside of me, spaces outside of me11:59Recap: HRV first, then meditate shirtless like Lahiri Mahasaya