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Welcome to In The Flow, a podcast exploring the intersections between endurance sport and nutrition, mindfulness and sustainability, and beyond to fuel the flow of meaningful movement.

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ep. 12 | What I Learned in 100 Hours of Meditation

jackson long August 6, 2019

I share my thoughts on the practice of meditation, including my recent 10-day silent retreat experience, general benefits of meditation, and how its influenced my feelings about social media, athletic performance, and more.

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Topics covered:

-my background in meditation and how I decided to embark on a 10-day silent retreat

-a primer on the technique of Vipassana meditation, a brief structure of the course, and key takeaways from the experience

-my thoughts on the general benefits of meditation and some of the research being done

-potential implications for athletic performance

-meditation’s connection to social media and distraction and why I deleted Instagram

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Thanks for listening!

-jackson

References/Show Notes:

Meditation research:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1559827614537789

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12883106

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/obr.12623

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23527522

Further learning about meditation:

The Science of Meditation | Making Sense Podcast

Vipassana Meditation

Waking Up meditation app

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