CBD 2024: Interactive Workshop: Deepening Meditation for Experienced Practitioners with Roger Walsh, MD, PhD

Meditation is one of the world’s oldest and most popular spiritual practices. It is now also the world’s most popular and researched psychotherapy, with a wider array of demonstrated psychological, physical, and spiritual benefits than any other therapy or spiritual practice.

While meditation can offer numerous benefits, progress is usually slow and requires considerable time and patience. However, there are a small number of meditations which—for people who have already developed basic contemplative skills—can relatively quickly deepen and enrich one’s practice. This workshop will draw from multiple contemplative traditions to offer such meditations.

Roger Walsh MD, PhD, DHL, is a professor emeritus of psychiatry, philosophy, and anthropology at the University of California, whose research focuses on topics such as meditation, psychological well-being, wisdom, and the psychological roots of our global crises. His books include Essential Spirituality as well as The World of Shamanism, and his research and writings have received over twenty national and international awards. He is a student and researcher of contemplative practices, an authorized lama in Tibetan Buddhism, and cohost of the podcast Deep Transformation: Self-Society-Spirit with listeners in over 170 countries, www.deeptransformation.io. His more curious careers include having been a circus acrobat, and having had an extremely brief and unsuccessful career as a standup comedian.