Joakim Vindenes on Virtual Reality (#103) By Jacob Kyle Posted on January 28, 2020 #Psychology#Research About the Guest Joakim Vindenes is a PhD Candidate at the University of Bergen, Norway, where he is researching VR technologies. At his spare time, he runs Matrise’s a blog focused on the intersections of VR, Consciousness, Science & Philosophy. Matrise has lately increased in popularity and discusses VR technology in relation to topics such as psychedelics, Hinduism, Existentialism, Meditation and Non-dual states. In this Episode, We Discuss: How can we make interactions with VR meaningfulVR as a support for contemplative practiceThe parallel between VR and Hinduism as an understanding of the world as dharmaUsing VR to define reality – Who are we with all these possibilities? What would we like to experience? Wouldn’t we prefer to have surprises in life?Therapy facilitated by VR to expand healing possibilitiesThe potential for both positive and negative effects of VR and how we will have to make personal and existential choices about how to use this technology Take the podcast with you Subscribe in your favourite app Read more like this #Cultures #Practice #Psychology Ancient and Modern Ritual: A Creative Approach to Working with Grief, Loss, and Change Creative healing methods, including ritual therapy, offer us ways to address all kinds of grief: subtle to catastrophic, known and unknown, recent and historical. By Samantha Black #Grief #Practice #Psychology #Spirituality What is Grief? Grief refers to the emotions we experience around a loss. By Samantha Black #Interdisciplinary #Research Joe Loizzo on The New Mind-Body Research & the Yogic Science of Integration (#158) This episode is a taste of a deeper dive with Dr. Joe Loizzo in our upcoming 30-hr Certificate Program, “Buddhist Psychology in the Nalanda Tradition,” co-presented with the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science. By Jacob Kyle #Practice #Psychology #Yoga #Yoga Teacher My Decalogue of a Decade I started attending classes because I had reached a place in my studies where I needed personal feedback about the experiences I was having. I took group classes for about one year before being approached to teach. I was completely ignorant of the culture of yoga building in the West and its historical context in the East. I was only interested in the practice as a psychology… as a way of spotting and shifting patterns of thought and behavior. By Kerry Porter TARKA Journal Discover our latest issues or become a monthly subscriber to access all digital and/or print content. Tarka #06: On Spiritual Citizenship Tarka #05: On Queer Dharma Tarka #04: On Death Tarka #03: On Ecology Tarka #02: On Illusion Tarka #01: On Bhakti Tarka #0: On the Scholar-Practitioner