Finding My Right Mind: One Woman's Experiment to Put Meditation to the Test

Potter, Vanessa

ISBN 10: 1789562163 / ISBN 13: 9781789562163

Published by Welbeck Balance, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Finding My Right Mind: One Woman's Experiment to Put Meditation to the Test
• Publisher: Welbeck Balance
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789562163
• ISBN 13: 9781789562163
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

When Vanessa Potter woke up one day to find herself blind and paralyzed, she was stunned to discover that it was meditating, not drugs, that saved her mind. Convinced she had more to learn, she embarked on her own consciousness road-trip, exploring the major schools of meditation, along with hypnotherapy and psychedelics.

 

In order to objectively record her journey, Cambridge neuroscientists measured her brain activity, with their observations and results featured within the book.

 

Offering a detailed snapshot of each practice, Vanessa provides an unusually voyeuristic glimpse into how powerful meditating can be. After 300 hours of sitting still, the scientists and Vanessa reveal whether meditation lived up to the hype and provided the key to contentment.

 

Funny and wry, this is a unique take on citizen science, delving beneath the surface of meditation to reveal the fascinating world of the mind and the possibilities within. Books on meditation normally teach us how to meditate — not about what happens when we try.

About the Author

Before becoming a self-experimenting science communicator, Vanessa Potter spent 16 years as an award-winning broadcast producer working in the London ad industry. In October 2012 she was struck down by a severe illness called Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder. Following her recovery, she collaborated with neuroscientists at Cambridge University to design an interactive immersive exhibition, based on her therapeutic use of meditation, and gave a TEDx talk about her experiences.