No Nonsense Meditation | Neuroscientist Steven Laureys Meets Buddhist Monk Matthieu Ricard

How can neuroscience unlock the secrets of meditation? Should we teach meditation to kids? Does meditation make your brain younger or increase neuroplasticity?
In Part 1 of this exclusive How to Academy conversation, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard meets neuroscientist Steven Laureys to answer all these questions and more.
Dr Steven Laureys is an award-winning neurologist and neuroscientist recognised worldwide as a leading clinician and researcher in the field of the neurology of consciousness. He is head of the GIGA Consciousness Research Unit and Brain Clinic of the University and University Hospital of Liège in Belgium and Professor at the CERVO Brain Centre in Laval University, Canada. He is the former president of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness and ion the past has spoken to Sam Harris, Sadhguru, Chris Williamson and Mathieu Ricard - and given a number of TEDx talks on consciousness, the damaged brain, coma and concussion.
Matthieu Ricard has been called the ‘happiest man on earth’. Born in France in 1946, son of philosopher Jean-François Revel and artist Yahne Le Toumelin, Matthieu Ricard is a Ph.D. in cell genetics turned Buddhist monk who has studied Buddhism in the Himalayas for the last 50 years. His books include The Monk and the Philosopher; The Quantum and the Lotus; and Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill. He has given TED talks on altruism and the habits of happiness, and has been featured on Action for Happiness, RSA, GQ, Study Buddhism, Talks at Google, Huffpost, Guido Ferrari, Mind & Life Institute, Max Pietsch, tvbourdo and Les Terriens.
Belle Donati is a news anchor and arts presenter. She helped launch NBC-Euronews in 2018, anchoring the new channel’s flagship breakfast show Good Morning Europe. Previously, Belle worked at France 24 English as an anchor, and has worked with Reuters, Al Jazeera English, ITV and BBC Radio 4.
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Great content but is only part 1 available? I have suscribed, where is part 2?

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