412: Annaka Harris on What Is Consciousness? Where Is It Located? Mysteries Unravelled

<p>Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: <a href= "http://bit.ly/annakaharris412">http://bit.ly/annakaharris412</a></p> <p>Annaka Harris (IG: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/annakaharrisprojects/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@annakaharrisprojects</a>) is the New York Times bestselling author of <a href="https://geni.us/Pna2z" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">CONSCIOUS: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind</a>.</p> <p>She is an editor and consultant for science writers, specializing in neuroscience and physics, and her work has appeared in The New York Times.</p> <p>Annaka is the author of the children’s book I Wonder, a collaborator on the Mindful Games Activity Cards, and a volunteer mindfulness teacher for the Inner Kids organization.</p> <p><strong>In this episode, we discuss:</strong></p> <ul> <li>As a kid, Annaka had a deeper sense of reality</li> <li>How Annaka got involved teaching meditation to children</li> <li>Integrating mindfulness into the school system</li> <li>Children learn to meditate easier than adults</li> <li>Practice meditating in the midst of everyday life</li> <li>Annaka’s early influence into meditation</li> <li>Why people have a hard time sticking to a meditation practice</li> <li>The emotions Annaka experienced on her first 5-day silent meditation retreat</li> <li>A radical shift is timeless</li> <li>Consciousness... the fundamental mystery of the mind</li> <li>Moving beyond panpsychism</li> <li>Consciousness as a felt experience</li> <li>The Integrated Information Theory</li> <li>The combination problem</li> <li>What is binding?</li> <li>Our conscious experience is lagging behind</li> <li>Free will vs. conscious will</li> <li>Brain processing is another part of nature</li> <li>When you see conscious will as an illusion</li> <li>How COVID is physically affecting the brain</li> <li>Your brain is always processing</li> <li>The location of consciousness</li> </ul> <p><strong>Show sponsors:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://ultimatehealthpodcast.com/organifi" t