consciousness Archives

Reasons to Value Spiritual Experiences in Mental Health

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Emma Bragdon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ZL-axoqKU Expert Summary: How Spiritual Experiences Fit into Mental Health May 17, 2025. Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, PhD, gives his hourlong acceptance speech for the Oskar Pfister Award at the American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Conference. Dr. M-A is a prolific researcher, who has also written many published articles and books on the subject of spirituality,

Posted in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergence Alexander Moreira Almeida, APA, brain, Brazil, consciousness, life after death, mediumship, mental health, NDE, near death experience, Oskar Pfister Aware, psychosis, reincarnation, spiritual emergency, spiritual experience

Mediumship: Research and Latest Discoveries

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Emma Bragdon 3 Comments

Exploring the Frontiers of Consciousness: Mediumship, Meditation & Citizen Science Using Muse EEG with Helané Wahbeh (above photo), Arnaud Delorme, and Chris Aimone Friday, May 2, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PDT) Register Now (Free) Please register even if you can’t attend live and you’ll receive a link to the recording. What happens in

Posted in Mediums, Spiritual Emergence brain, citizen science, consciousness, EEG, heartwave, IONS, meditation, mediumship, mind, MUSE, neuroscience, research

APA Recognizes Spirituality

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Emma Bragdon

Spiritual Experiences Gain Mainstream Recognition with Prestigious Psychiatry Award … Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, has been awarded the 2025 Oskar Pfister Award by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). This prestigious award recognizes his exceptional contributions to the scientific study of spiritual experiences and their profound implications for our understanding of consciousness and the survival of consciousness

Posted in Spirit, Spiritual Emergence, Uncategorized Alexander Moreira Almeida, american psychiatric association, APA, consciousness, Oskar Pfister, Spiritism and Mental Health, spirituality, survival of consciousness

Increasing Awareness of Kundalini

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Kundalini-Normalized Brent Spirit (above) is the Founder of KundaliniAwareness.org. This not-for-profit org offers a lot of free, grounded information, including a podcast about Kundalini. Brent understands that some people start their journey of awakening with an experience of Kundalini, and some people become very distressed with the phenomena associated with Kundalini. In fact, it

Posted in Kundalini, Spiritual Emergence Brent Spirit, consciousness, Emma Bragdon, kriya, kriyas, kundalini, Self-realization

Kylea Taylor Speaks About InnerEthics

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

9 minute video with Kylea Taylor Kylea Taylor: An Introduction In the above video Kylea Taylor, LMFT, speaks about how she came to create her course, InnerEthics® and what a student can learn from it. IMHU is honored to host this course as we feel it is essential for all those holding space for

Posted in Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, Spiritual Emergence consciousness, ethics, extraordinary states, extreme states, inner ethics, InnerEthics, Kylea Taylor, non-ordinary states, spiritual emergence, stan grof

Teaching Mindfulness to Youth

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Mission Be — Teaching Children Mindfulness Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Originally published Dec. 24, 2023 and now archived on https://takecontrol.substack.com/ —————————– STORY AT-A-GLANCE Mission Be, a nonprofit organization that brings mindfulness into schools, was founded in 2013 by social worker and yoga instructor, Carin Winter Mission Be’s curriculum is based on evidence-based practices like breath,

Posted in Children, Meditation children, consciousness, emotional health, mental health, mindfulness, play, school curriculum, school lessons, secular education, social health

Brain Scans Reveal Ayahuasca’s Impact

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

DMT Study gives most advanced picture yet of DMT compound’s effect on advanced functions such as imagination Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan of a brain shows regions of increased connectivity on DMT. Connectivity rises from yellow to orange to red. Photograph above: Christopher Timmermann, Imperial College London DMT’s Impact The brew

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Psychedelics Ayahuasca, brain imaging, brain scan, consciousness, DMT, psychedelics, psychedlic-assisted psychotherapy, psychotherapy, Robin Carhart-Harris

Where Does Consciousness Originate?

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

Where Does Consciousness Originate? Most neureoscientists would agree today that consciousness emerges from the physical brain. Thus, when the brain dies, consciousness ceases to exist. Dr. Peter Fenwick, a highly regarded British neuropsychiatrist, has studied the brain and consciousness for 50 years. He says this view is incorrect. Although he initially did not believe in

Posted in Integrative Mental Health brain, consciousness, death, dying, Fenwick, neuropsychiatry, survival of death