Michael Sheehy
@mclsheehy.bsky.social
Director of Research @ Contemplative Sciences Center, University of Virginia | phenomenology | Tibetan Buddhism | michaelrsheehy.com
Meditators! Recruiting long-term practitioners for a scientific study under the guidance of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche in the Mahamudra-Dzogchen tradition to participate in an online survey &/or a week-long retreat in France this September. *limited scholarships available - contact me via dm.
we’re hiring 2 positions in the CIRCL lab - come research meditation w/ us :
video of my talk, Preparing for the Dark on darkness practices in Tibetan Buddhism & the Jonang Kālacakra : youtube.com/watch?v=oITN...
Preparing for the Dark - Michael Sheehy
YouTube video by The Field Meditation
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join me next Tuesday, May 5, 7:00-8:30 ET for a session on meditating in darkness : luma.com/kadkr8z3
Happy #pubday to "The Early Tibetan Practice of Buddhist Philosophy: Metaphysics, Argumentation, and Identity in Rongzom's Dzokchen" by Dominic Di Zinno Sur! Identifying the roots of the Tibetan practice of Buddhist philosophy in one seminal text www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10162/
some press from UVAToday on our upcoming discussion on AI + Human Flourishing next Friday at the Innovation Summit @ Tom Tom Festival : news.virginia.edu/content/uva-...
UVA experts help shape the AI conversation
At the Tom Tom Festival, faculty and leaders will weigh the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence for the future of work.
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upcoming discussion in AI + Human Flourishing that I’m facilitating at the Innovation Summit @ Tom Tom Festival next week: tomtomfestival2026.sched.com/event/2IzAd/...
Online course on dark retreat that I’ll be a guest instructor : thefield.us/dark-retreat
Preparing for Dark Retreat
An 10-week course exploring the relationship between embodied experience and dark retreat. Through breathwork, gentle yoga, and interoceptive attention, we work with three primordial spaces of the inn...
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New webpage for the AI + Human Flourishing Initiative at the Contemplative Sciences Center, UVA. The initiative investigates the bidirectional loop of how AI can enhance human flourishing, and how lived human knowledge can inform the human-AI interface. csc.virginia.edu/research/ai-...
AI + Human Flourishing Initiative | Contemplative Sciences Center
At this critical moment, when human consciousness and emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) are being shaped and adapted symbiotically, this research initiative organizes interdisciplinary expertise t...
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Nice coverage of the recent Neuroscience-of-Consciousness article from the PhD dissertation of @karenkonkoly.bsky.social here in TIME magazine, with a photo showing how dreams help you put all the puzzle pieces of your life together time.com/7381398/can-...
Can Dreams Help You Solve Problems?
Researchers wonder whether the dreaming state might be doing more than you realize.
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next Wednesday evening in San Francisco, my friend Eve Ekman & I will be co-convening a conversation on the science & experience of nondual awareness : events.humanitix.com/michael-sheehy
Michael Sheehy @ Well of Being
Special guest Michael Sheehy joins Eve for a practice and a conversation on the science and experience of non-dual awareness.
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www.universite-lyon.fr/nos-domaines... A Chinese student holding a Master’s degree in cognitive neuroscience and a strong interest in meditation research is eligible to apply for this PhD scholarship at the University of Lyon before February 23, 2026. Details are provided below.
Perceptual Awareness and Non-Dual Mindfulness: An EEG Continuous Flash Suppression Study
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Friends in the SF Bay Area: This March I'll be facilitating a workshop on my dream yoga & illusory form meditation research in Berkeley - would love to see you. Donation, in-person, registration is requested - www.eventbrite.com/e/lucid-drea...
Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Waking: Tibetan Buddhist Imaginal Practices
This workshop explores imagination/the mind across the thresholds of sleeping, dreaming, and waking in Tibetan Buddhist contemplation.
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We're hiring a Program Manager to join the Meditation Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to be in the thick of our efforts. You would work closely with us to drive our current projects forward.... ⤵️
Incredible opportunity for an upcoming researcher to work on this cutting-edge study on death experiences in meditation & psychedelics @ucsandiego.bsky.social w/ @fadelzeidan.bsky.social & his team :
Fadel Zeidan@fadelzeidan.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew laboratory scientist position to study the intersection of meditation, psychedelics, and near death phenomenology. Please share high and wide. Applications are open until position (s) is filled. Reach out for any questions.
for those in the UVA area - or Chicago - we are recruiting for our VR meditation & dreams study in the CIRCL lab this spring : csc.virginia.edu/news/sleep-d...
Sleep, Dreams, and Virtual Reality | Contemplative Sciences Center
The CSC research team seeks adults aged 18-70 to participate in a study exploring contemplative experiences in Virtual Reality (VR), sleep health, and cognitive flexibility.
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for those in the Boston area, interested in #dreams - I’ll be presenting our lab’s research on dream yoga & Virtual Reality at the Dream X Engineering Symposium @ MIT next weekend : dxe.framer.website
Dream x Engineering Symposium
A gathering of world leaders in sleep and dream science exploring how we can influence dreaming with precision to improve well-being, accelerate learning, and treat clinical conditions.
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talk of mine from a recent consciousness science workshop: youtu.be/GmBO5jjof7U?...
Michael Sheehy: A Buddhist Nondual Model of Consciousness
YouTube video by Mathematical Consciousness Science
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an interview i did recently w/ UVAToday on cultivating sustained & balanced attention through contemplative practice : news.virginia.edu/content/trou...
Trouble focusing? These UVA experts can help
You can slay the distraction monster. But you’re going to have to work on it.
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October 9-10, University of Virginia - come join us :) csc.virginia.edu/events/sense...
SENSEmaking: A Symposium on Contemplative Technologies | Contemplative Sciences Center
Join us for SENSEmaking, a two-day public symposium exploring contemplative practices, immersive technology, and the senses. The symposium is an incubator of ideas and experiences designed to catalyze...
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join us Oct. 9-10 for Sensemaking: A Symposium on Contemplative Technologies at UVA's Contemplative Sciences Center - registration open: csc.virginia.edu/events/sense...
podcast episode #2 with friends on the yogic death of tukdam : www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep31...
Ep311: Neuroscience of Yogic Death Practice - Dr Tawni Tidwell, Dr Michael Sheehy, & Dr Julian Schott. — Guru Viking
This trialogue continues a series of discussion exploring the latest interdisciplinary research into tantric completion stage practices such as yogas of dream, sleep, and death.
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podcast I did recently w/ friends on my dream yoga research: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
Ep305: Neuroscience of Dream Yoga - Dr Michael Sheehy, Dr Tawni Tidwell, Dr Julian Schott
Podcast Episode · Guru Viking Podcast · 05/09/2025 · 1h 32m
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essay of mine on contemplation as a skill set to cultivate like arts & sports, & cultural implications - syndicated by @jcontemplatives.bsky.social contemplativejournal.org/essays/sheeh...
What if we learned contemplation like we do arts or sports? - Journal of Contemplative Studies
When I was a child, I was introduced to contemplative practices that changed my life. Starting in the fourth grade, I regularly walked to my grandmother’s house after school. I vividly recall walking ...
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we’ll be talking about our Virtual Reality research at UVA in June : www.tomtomfoundation.org/post/tomorro...
Tomorrow Talks: Virtual Reality Meditation: The Way of the Future?
June 11th | 6 - 8 pmContemplative Commons, 403 Emmet Street S.Meditation is getting a firmware update. In this delightfully mind-bending session, a contemplative sciences scholar, a tech-savvy invento...
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Read more from @mclsheehy.bsky.social as he explores the versatile life skills young people could learn from practicing routine #contemplative training by clicking the link in our bio! This idea was originally published as ‘What if we learned contemplation like we do arts or sports?’ on Psyche.
love seeing films from Himalayan artists getting global circulation - movie from Bhutan played on an international flight :
