CZ 079: Toby Sola, Co-Founder & CPO at BrightMind Meditation
Catching Z's: The Millennials Guide to Mindfulness
English - September 23, 2019 10:59 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSpirituality Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture meditation mindfulness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Toby Sola dove into meditation in his teens when he was introduced to some contemplative practices through a neighbor who was willing to share them with him. Lyme Disease then caused him to dive even deeper into a meditation practice in a time in need. I loved this conversation because you can tell how long he's been practicing and how deeply he's experienced the benefits of meditation. We chat about:
His first introduction to meditation through a neighbor that was into shamanistic practices
How Lyme Disease caused him to dive deeper into meditation
How having Lyme Disease caused him to understand how to separate your thoughts from your physical experience
What sweat lodges are
Shinzen Young’s philosophy
How Shinzen Young influenced him early on and how that lead to him working with him on BrightMind
How Brightmind designed their app to be comprehensive but not complicated
How as a tech company focused on mindfulness he looks at the iterative process
Toby’s research on effective pedagogies of meditation and the results from that
His guided meditation of focusing on sounds
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