Programs

I’ve created four audio programs with Sounds True that you can use to change your own brain for the better, slowly but surely from the inside out. They are suitable for experienced meditators as well as a great introduction to the new sciences of the mind. No background in neuroscience is necessary.

The first is called Meditations for Happiness, three CD’s worth of material, including 14 guided meditations with scientifically-grounded explanations, to give you an enduring experience of unconditional happiness.

This is an inexpensive download that will come right to your computer (which you can also transfer it to an iPod or other mp3 player) or a newly available 3 CD set. I had a lot of fun making this program, and I think you will really like it.

The topics include:

Centering in gratitude
Your inner protector
Taking refuge in what’s reliable, in the “safe harbors” of what you can truly count on
Coming home to happiness

CE credits are available for this course.

The second program is Meditations to Change Your Brain. I created it with Richard Mendius, MD; he’s a seasoned neurologist and my long-time teaching partner – as well as someone with a huge heart and lots of practical wisdom. This program has 3 CD’s with lots of cutting edge science, as well as numerous guided meditations. The topics include:

Steadying your mind, to tap the full creative power of your attention
Taking in the good, to maintain a positive emotional landscape
Antidotes to stress, a conscious way to activate your body’s relaxation response
Healing painful experiences, to free yourself from the charge of negative memories

Science has proven what contemplative traditions have taught for centuries: meditation holds a key to a life of balance, peace, and joy. Whether you’re discovering meditation for the first time or looking for a way to deepen an existing practice, with Meditations to Change Your Brain you have a full spectrum of techniques to make your brain your greatest ally on the path to personal fulfillment.

CE credits are available for this course.

Stress-Proof Your Brain was released in November 2010. In a nutshell, it’s about how to train your brain for happiness and thereby free yourself from chronic stress.

Our brains have evolved powerful tools for coping with threats and danger—but in the face of modern stresses like information overload, money worries, and interpersonal conflicts, our survival reflexes can do more harm than good. To help you adapt your nervous system to the challenges of today’s world, the program uses research-based techniques and meditations that will literally reshape your brain to make you more resilient, confident, and peaceful, including:

How to replace your brain’s unhealthy reactions to stress with protective and self-nurturing responses
Techniques for using memory to soothe and release painful feelings of sadness, guilt, anxiety, inadequacy, or anger
Guided meditations for calming chronic worries, developing gratitude, building inner strength, and more
How to rewire your brain away from frustration, heartache, fear, and anger toward contentment, love, and peace

CE credits are available for this course.

Awaken Your Brain was recorded as a live event and offers a six-part journey through methods to activate and strengthen the neural circuits that promote confidence, positive moods, resilience, loving-kindness, and inner peace.

Biologically, we have a “caveman brain” evolved for survival in a harsh, prehistoric world. To be happy and peaceful in modern life, we must teach the brain new ways of being—to break free of instinctual reactions that drive greed, aggression, and separation, and to center increasingly in contentment, caring, and insight.

Grounded in science, the course offers practical tools you can use in your daily life to “dial down” the circuits of stress, anger, and unhappiness—and build up the neural foundation of well-being, personal growth, and spiritual development. CE credits are available for this course.

The Enlightened Brain - Rick Hanson The Enlightened Brain is available as a CD program or online course.

We are inspired by the living example of great teachers, who have both penetrating insight and a loving heart. With modern neuroscience, we’re now beginning to understand the brain processes that support these wonderful qualities of mind. With The Enlightened Brain, Rick Hanson explores how you can activate these same processes inside your own brain to accelerate your own transformation.

CE credits are available for this course.