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Today it’s great to chat with Loch Kelly on the podcast. Loch is an author, meditation teacher, psychotherapist, and founder of the non-profit, Open-Hearted Awareness Institute. Loch teaches in a non-sectarian human being lineage using an adult education style based in the earliest non-dual wisdom traditions, modern science and psychotherapy. Loch’s work is to help people access awakening as the next natural stage of human development. He offers in-person retreats, workshops, and online video and audio courses and he has served on the New York Insight Teachers Council.

Topics

· Loch’s spiritual journey

· Loch discusses “awake awareness”

· Absorbed vs. panoramic flow

· Deliberate vs. effortless mindfulness

· The neuroscience of meditation

· How to tap into “pure being”

· Mindfulness for individuals with ADD/ADHD

· Loch discusses nondual theory

· How Loch defines “identity”

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28:T508,In this freeform episode Kelly dives into the science behind depression and how it impacts your brain, and how meditation can help to reverse these neurological changes and support you during depression, and finishes with her own personal tips for navigating depression. If you, or someone you know is struggling with depression here is a list of resources. Studies that were referenced in this episode are linked below Sara Lazar on how meditation changes the brain How meditation helps with depression (Harvard Health) Physical effects of depression on the brain Support Mindful in Minutes Join MIM on Patreon here -Get monthly bonus meditations and live practices, plus all episodes add free and intro free plus other perks on Patreon Order Kelly's Book here Meditation TT 40-Hour Medita