autonomic nervous system – Jeff Sutherland

Digestable #24: Calm Yourself, Sleep Supplements, Adventure Club Report, Canada’s Indiana Jones, Currents vs Wind

Hi all! I’m back with another edition of Digestable, the short, weekly email where I share information, ideas, and what’s new with me. My summer hiatus was filled with adventures we need to talk about, like a road trip in Quebec and Ontario, summiting Achilles Spire, a header on a bike jump that resulted inContinue reading “Digestable #24: Calm Yourself, Sleep Supplements, Adventure Club Report, Canada’s Indiana Jones, Currents vs Wind”

Memorization for Meditation and Mindfulness

“The mind pumps out thoughts like the heart pumps out beats.” Unfortunately I can’t recall where I first ran into this comparison of the mind to the heart, but it has stuck with me. There is oft cited research by Dr. Fred Luskin of Stanford University, that on average, we have 60,000 thoughts per day.Continue reading “Memorization for Meditation and Mindfulness”