The Brain-Bridging Science and Spirituality

In an article in The New Yorker, Jonah Lehrer reports on where in the brain insights come from. It’s the right brain. When brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that devastated her left brain, she was catapulted into a fully right brain experience:a boundless sense of peace, the dissolution of boundaries, and a clearer channel to insight. Bolte Taylor says her experience led her to bridge the gap between spirituality and science. We talk to her about her memoir, MY STROKE OF INSIGHT: A BRAIN SCIENTIST’S PERSONAL JOURNEY.

And biofeedback pioneer Les Fehmi talks about simple techniques for accessing the brain’s power of “open-focus” that can heal mind and body and open up the channels of insight. His book is THE OPEN-FOCUS BRAIN.