Neuroscientist: 'You should Meditate every day' | Andrew Huberman

Andrew Huberman is an American neuroscientist and associate professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine who has made many contributions to the brain development, brain plasticity, and neural regeneration and repair fields.

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[tbobtbob]

I was 45 when I started meditating. A lifetime of ADHD symptoms were gone in 4-5 months. No more meds. I'm 53 now, and if I don't sit for about 3 weeks, all the symptoms of anxiety, forgetfulness and hazy consciousness start coming back.

[maxstewart]

I'm 21 and started meditating every day for 6 months straight, the happinest I've been in my life. Literally everything has improved, its not always fun but definitely worth it

[kirsty]

Meditation is the best thing you can do for yourself … it’s training your mind to switch off and bring more self awareness to the present moment the more you practice … the healthier you become by focussing on things that matter to you ❤

[aditiaher]

"Meditation" is the greatest antidepressant of our time. I am battling with depression, fear and anxiety from the last 10 years. As per my own experience nothing heals and repairs your mind better than meditation. ❤️

[gabrieljordan]

I started reading 2 years ago for a minimum one hour every night and noticed my mental health improved. I'll give this meditation thing a try and see if I can improve even more.

[anveya]

My experience.
As a beginner, all I did was start with 15 minutes of meditation twice a day, I didn't know that's all it's going to take to start showing results in just about a couple months. It's funny how the point is to not even do it for the result, but the process itself. Once you do it right, it will take care of everything around you as well.
For people who are confused, just sit with your back straight, close your eyes and lightly focus on your breath(this works because the breath is just there, has no meaning or feelings to it). You can try focusing on the triangle area below your nose, focusing on your breath going in and out or your stomach contracting and expanding due to the same. Let the thoughts come, and go. If you find yourself stuck in a story or deep thought, gently remind yourself about it and bring your attention back to your breath. Slowly you will get better at doing this. Initially you might feel some frustration or irritation about it all, but just get through the initial phase and you will be fine.
Last week I experienced weightlessness, almost as if I can't feel my body at all, but my mind is completely active. It was scary yet profound.

[tobiasdontmatter]

Top comment is talking about how his ADHD was cured by meditation. I can verify this as someone who was on meds from 8 to 21 now I’m 25 turning 26 so 4-5 years later and I no longer have any attention/motivation/impulse control issues. Meditation is the best life hack available to humanity

[mxicanpolice]

Huberman is so great, it’s really nice to see someone like him spreading good healthy tips for people

[justinumberger]

I always had a hard time with any of this because the first steps are: sit up straight, hands on your knees, both feet on ground, yada yada. I was so worried about doing it right and exactly how I was instructed that I wasn't able to ever relax or anything. Through trying many different activities/meditation practices the best way for me to get to this state of mindfulness is by getting comfortable in any way possible for you. Then doing something that will trigger your mind to throw a flag. One example, sitting or laying down in any way that is sustainable for 5+ minutes. Then tell yourself that you cannot move. You will almost immediately hear/feel the pushback from your brain and in that moment you will know that you are out of your head. You will feel sensations on your skin telling you to scratch, rub, move, and this is all your brain going crazy. But the beauty of it, you get to decide who is in charge. Other ways that I found achieve the same thing and shift my presence into the actual moment is, holding my breath and having my brain tell me that I need to breath. Also, while running/lifting weight and my brain telling me to slow down or that I am tired and I get to fight back and say, "yea but I got more in me". Honestly, as I'm writing this I do find it ironic that pain/discomfort in the present will allow you to escape the pain/discomfort in the past. All while also allowing you another chance to conquer the pain/discomfort and ultimately reshape your mind/perception of yourself and your capabilities. This might be too long for anyone to want to read but ended up being a seemly big breakthrough for me haha. Good Job, Justin!

[joshuarukes]

4:02 just started painting again. Haven’t in over 15 years. Quit smoking weed. Smoked for over 15 years straight. I noticed this when I was painting my thoughts go crazy and in a very strange order like he said. Painting is very meditative I think because you are so focused. I could really tell when I was doing it how random and fast my thoughts are going in a completely abstract order.

[sweetchinmusic]

I am grateful that the ancient wisdom of India and Hinduism (yoga and meditation) is appreciated and adapted all over the world now 🙏🏼

[nathananderson]

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my YouTube channel 9 months ago about self development. Now I have 1, 529 subs and > 1, 000 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.

[BatsyMOON]

It really helps, i had a bunch of problems and still have, with a lot of anxiety and depression, i started meditation a few years ago and it did wonders.
No matter how much Problems u have or how big they are, everyday meditation can give u the calmness and focus to stand against that.
without meditation i would have broke down years ago.
sry for my english, iam not native 😅
Everybody who read this, just try it.. it can change your life.
Blessings my friends 🙏

[mayurpatel]

I discovered this technique in my holy book “Bhagvad geeta”. It has a verse which describes how to focus the attention between the eyes and behind them. Love this lecture, it connects me more to my religion/culture ❤

[amyj.]

Dancing, sleeping, and walking in nature is the moments of intense meditation at its peak🥰

[fringbabyross]

Greatest thing I’ve ever done for healing my trauma. I’m a mental health therapist and have all my clients do it. Mindful presence gives so much power to come back when triggered into reversion of the wounded child.

[mojojojo]

I did inner engineering by Sadhguru and at the end of the meditation, we focus our attention on a point slightly above our eyebrows, nice to see a doctor validate that it is beneficial.

[freddiekarlsson]

I love this message. I can confirm that this is true, because this is something I realized and tried out myself. The more aware you are of your senses, the easier it is to control thoughts and the easier it is to control how you experience time.

[offthechainfitness]

Master tip, if you wish to block thoughts just listen, but listen, listen to whatever intently and at the point of listening thoughts can’t enter and if thoughts do enter then you’re not listening, try it, this is real meditation which doesn’t require effort, focus or concentration and you can do this anywhere.

[JohnAngelori]

So nice to hear more experts finally speaking about this. Helps take meditation and related disciplines out of the realm of the esoteric and into everyday life and language. Thanks. 🧘🏻‍♂