Heavily Meditated
Dave Asprey on shortcuts to deep meditative states with breath, feedback and pain
Published in 2025, this is Dave Asprey on getting the effects of a long meditation practice in far less time, drawing on the neurofeedback work at his 40 Years of Zen facility. Breath-driven altered states, a reset method for old triggers and what he calls brief intentional conscious exposure to pain all get chapters. It is closer to a biohacking manual than a conventional mindfulness guide. The claim that decades of practice can be compressed into days is his own.
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His 2025 book on reaching deep meditative states without decades of practice, built on the neurofeedback methods from his 40 Years of Zen facility. He describes the techniques as ones he has personally tested and refined.
Source: Dave Asprey: Heavily Meditated
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