Yet another facet of Tyson … Yup, I’m a Neil de Grasse Tyson groupie.
An astrophysicist who moonwalks better than Jacko – is there anything Neil deGrasse Tyson can’t do? Watch our modern-day Carl Sagan bust out some serious moves on the dance floor.
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The work Kabat-Zinn has done re: mindfulness and chronic pain is wonderful.
Our Latest Radio Show + Podcast: Opening to Our Lives: Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Science of Mindfulness (» download mp3)
“It doesn’t actually take any more time to say good-bye or hug you know, your children or whatever it is in the morning when you’re on your way to work. But the mind says, ‘I don’t have any time for this.’ But actually that’s all you have time for, is this because there’s nothing else than this…So when your four year-old can’t decide which dress she wants to wear, that’s not a problem for you, unless you make it a problem for you. That’s just the way four year-olds are. And the more we can sort of learn these lessons the more we will not be in some sense running towards our death, but in a sense opening to our lives.”Scientist and author Jon Kabat-Zinn has changed Western medicine through his work on meditation and stress. He’s clinically demonstrated the benefits of ancient traditions of mindfulness and meditation. And he’s adapted these for people who are healthy or living with chronic illness, for Olympic athletes and corporate cultures.
In this week’s On Being podcast, Jon Kabat-Zinn offers wise perspective on inhabiting the ordinary and extreme stresses of our lives. Technology may function 24/7, he points out, but our minds and bodies do not. He has practical and spiritual tools accessible to everyone — for slowing down time and “opening to our lives.”And, for this week’s show, our host Krista Tippett recommends reading:
Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
by Jon Kabat-ZinnThere are a couple of minutes in this podcast in which we hear Jon Kabat-Zinn conduct an introductory meditative experience for employees at Google. This spiritual technology is immediately effective and at the same time an engagement for a lifetime. It is about “coming to our senses” in the fullest sense of that phrase. This book explores these ways of living in more depth.
The ceaselessly talented Debbie Millman remembers pioneering astronaut Sally Ride, who passed away earlier this year, in this beautiful visual essay for The New York Times. The artwork is made of felt letters painstakingly hand-stitched on felt fabric.
Awesome question. Nice answer - I love his answer.
Second grader asks Neil DeGrasse Tyson an amazing question, and the answer is mind-blowing!
Unf! Tyson is such a boss.
Its been a long time since Ive posted any science stuff (wtf is that about?). Here’s a little something I found to be great! Described in the threads before me, its worth taking a look at.
Also, it bears repeating that you must always nurture your childs curiosity about nature and The Universe. This kid had a great question and it was met by Dr. Tyson with the appropriate response. He now has a gained sense of self confidence and may ask better and better questions as he goes throughout life, as a result. Never discourage your childs curiosity. We need free thinkers. We need more scientists.
Would you weigh less if you jumped in an elevator? Gravity, the normal force, and Newton’s Second Law of Motion, explained in a lovely animation from TED.
For all of us who wanted to be astronauts at one time or another!
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