Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

Christofer and writer Lulie Tanett speak about the unity of body and mind in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss their journeys toward emotional fluidity, Alexander Technique, psychology and awareness, non-duality, Christofer's critiques of AT, Lulie's experiences of oneness, CR and meta-rationality, and answer some Twitter-questions.

Lulie Tanett is a writer from Oxford, England, specialising in applied critical rationalism. She is currently in teacher training for the Alexander Technique – an embodied mindfulness technique about how to get out of your own way.

You can find her on Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/reasonisfun and https://www.twitter.com/metaLulie), where she writes about philosophy, the psychology of how to get unstuck and flourish, non-coercion and fun.

Website: https://www.lulie.co.uk/

"Oro" by Hugo Holke (58:57): https://open.spotify.com/track/1QqvH6feiXoEHfiRsNwH1m

Hugo’s Spotify page: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WloCUDmzQ70gZrPDLTcku

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Christofer and nervous system specialist Jonny Miller speak about breath and bodywork in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Jonny's journey through grief and loss, emotional fluidity, why feeling deeply isn’t irrational, embracing anger, holotropic breathwork, polyvagal theory, breath repatterning, trauma as incomplete reflexes, somatic experiencing, TRE, IFS, and other related topics.

Jonny Miller is an emotional resilience researcher, host of the Curious Humans podcast and founder of Nervous System Mastery — a cohort based course for cultivating calm and agency over your internal state.

Nervous System Mastery: nsmastery.com
Curious Humans Podcast: curioushumans.com
Twitter: twitter.com/jonnym1ller

Episode with Ed on Breath Repatterning: https://podcast.curioushumans.com/episodes/the-birth-of-a-modality-repatterning-the-three-diaphragms-of-breathing-cultivating-nervous-system-regulation-with-ed-dangerfield

Timestamps:

(0:00) - Preamble and introduction

(8:23) - The beginning of Jonny’s journey

(14:40) - The tools to deal with tragedy

(21:11) - Thoughts on Joe Hudson’s work

(31:03) - Fully feeling your feelings

(38:30) - Breathwork and meditation 

(45:45) - Chris on his past trauma  

(52:31) - Explanation of polyvagal theory

(58:15) - Mouth-breathing, breathing patterns

(1:07:45) - Alan Watts and belly laughter

(1:11:40) - Somatic practices, TRE, and beyond

(1:20:24) - Diving in vs. Gradual change

(1:25:39) - Posture, breath, and Alexander Technique 

(1:35:05) - How the body keeps the score (of trauma)

(1:42:16) - Where the wider culture stands

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Christofer and his wife Sadie joins Joe Hudson and Brett Kitsler on the Art of Accomplishment podcast (their episode description below): 

"Our guest Christofer returns with his wife Sadie for a powerful couples coaching session with Joe. They uncover how a pattern of self-reliance and appearing strong for each other has created stress in their relationship. What happens when they try a different approach?"

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Christofer and entrepreneur Oliver Edholm speak about his road to becoming CEO of a major AI start-up (Depict) and meditation in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Minecraft and programming, dropping out of high school, joining Y-combinator, AI-recommendation engines, why Depict is different from larger competitors, the role of emotions in decision-making, the four jhanas, Dzogchen, pointing-out instructions, and other related topics.

Oliver Edholm is a 20-year old high school dropout, and founder & CEO of Depict. Depict has raised $20M in funding, and employs 40 people at the company during the time of writing. He previously lived in Singapore where he conducted AI-research at the age of 16, and before that he worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at Klarna. Oliver is also a Thiel Fellow and is recognized by Forbes in their 30 Under 30 list.

Website: https://depict.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-edholm-ai/

Timestamps:

(0:00) - Preamble and intro 
(4:28) - Oliver’s origin story as an AI Entrepreneur
(16:26) - Emerging from a teenage existential crisis
(25:30) - Recommendation engines 
(29:40) - Expanding into e-commerce
(34:03) - Dealing with the human aspect of business / Overcoming interpersonal barriers
(42:46) - Differentiating from the tech giants 
(50:45) - Where does meditation fit into all of this? 
(54:48) - Thoughts on Dzogchen
(1:03:55) - Instructions and teachings on jhanas
(1:08:51) - Breakdown of all the jhanas
(1:23:22) - Comparisons of jhanas with other experiences 
(1:28:25) - Oliver reveals the Dzogchen ‘pointing out’ instruction

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Christofer and writer Jake Orthwein speak about the buddhist concept of Emptiness in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss dependent co-arising, lack of inherent existence and no-self,  Rob Burbea's 'ways of looking', the baysian brain and meditation,  why emptiness is liberative, 'fear of emptiness' and DPDR,  and other related topics.

Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film and cognitive science at the University of Southern California and currently works as Director of Media for the Psychology of Technology Institute, an academic non-profit focused on improving research on the human-technology relationship. He is also a long term meditator.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeOrthwein

Timestamps:

(0:00) - Introduction and preamble
(5:47) - What the hell is emptiness?
(13:46) - Why care about emptiness?
(21:20) - How is this different from monism or nihilism?
(30:26) - "The Bayesian Brain and Meditation"
(40:50) - Why no-self does not mean no concepts
(52:50) - Duality and reactivity 
(59:03) - Holdups with emptiness in practice
(1:08:21) - Ways of practicing
(1:17:14) - Concerning awareness
(1:21:36) - Intermittent patterns of selfing
(1:32:14) - How deep this runs 

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Christofer joins Joe Hudson and Brett Kitsler on the Art of Accomplishment podcast (their episode description below): 

"Today’s episode is a coaching session with a guest who wants to stop postponing his enjoyment into an abstract future that never arrives. This session opens up an exploration of what can happen when we bring enjoyment into any moment: even the experience of chronic pain."

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Christofer and meditation coach Charlie Awbery speak about Vajrayana in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Charlie's early awakening experience, the importance of view in meditation, Tantra and Dzogchen, experiential sameness, renunciation vs. engagement, self-love, no self, the "should" of being more mindful, the possibility of stabilizing Rigpa, Evolving Ground, Ultraspeaking, silence as a superpower, and other related topics.

Charlie Awbery is a British born Vajrayana meditation coach, living in the US. They have a ton of experience in traditional Vajrayana - decades of practice, retreats, and application in ordinary life - that they bring to their coaching and teaching for contemporary practitioners uninterested in the cultural baggage associated with traditional contexts. They work with nerdy high-achievers, tech and finance industry professionals dedicated to understanding their minds, people who want to lead their best, most productive and beneficial lives.

They co-founded Evolving Ground, a community for contemporary Vajrayana practitioners, where they lead group practices, discussions, gatherings, and retreats.

Coaching practice page: https://vajrayananow.com/about-my-approach…
Newsletter: https://createsend.com/t/t0BB803DA87EE91842540EF23F30FEDED…
Opening awareness online book: https://evolvingground.org/opening-awareness…
Evolving ground community: https://evolvingground.org

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Christofer and executive coach Joe Hudson speak about following your own wisdom in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss the idea of love languages, the trap of trying to make other people happy, loving vs. liking people, empathizing without getting lost in a story, limiting belief cycles, if Joe still suffers, embracing physical pain, and other related topics.

Joe Hudson is a sought after executive coach and creator of The Art of Accomplishment, an online learning platform for personal development.  As a venture capitalist Joe found that the most rewarding aspect, and the part he was most successful at, was the mentorship and coaching of the leadership of his portfolio companies. This insight moved him to his present role as a coach, business consultant and teacher. He now coaches 12 CEOs and leaders in prominent companies and runs transformative programs for both individuals and businesses. He is practicing a craft that makes big, lasting, and overwhelmingly positive impacts on the lives of people in his programs and in the companies he works with.

Website: https://artofaccomplishment.com/
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-accomplishment/id1540650504

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Christofer and metabolic nutritionist Marek Doyle speak about the role of physiology in meditative success in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss Marek's own path to introspection, the energetic cost of emotional suppression, neural rewiring of maladaptive associations, technical debt, body tension, the misunderstood role of cortisol in the stress response, physical hurdles to psychological progress, Marek's approach to solving these, why everybody should supplement with magnesium, MDMA research and neurotoxicity claims, and other related topics.

Marek Doyle is a functional nutritional therapist based in London, England. He has spent the last 17 years reconciling the data from 3,000 patient outcomes and 11,000 test results to build a model of personalized nutrition, and has been featured by a range of media, such as Sky Sports, the Daily Mail, Mens Health and Marie Claire.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marekdoylenutrition
Website: https://www.marekdoyle.com/

The main article discussed in the podcast:
https://www.marekdoyle.com/why-cant-i-meditate-discussion-of-the-neurobiological-obstacles-faced-by-those-with-me-cfs-and-other-inflammatory-energetic-stress-disorders/

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This is part 4 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com).

In the fourth episode they focus on Chapman's discussion of Robert Kegan's stages of adult development. They talk about Piaget's constructivist lineage, how one relates to meaning in the different stages, and give an overview of Chapman's 'Meaningness and Time'.

Jake Orthwein is a writer and filmmaker based in Santa Monica, CA. He studied film and cognitive science at the University of Southern California and currently works as Director of Media for the Psychology of Technology Institute, an academic non-profit focused on improving research on the human-technology relationship. He is also a long term meditator.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeOrthwein
Website: https://frameproblems.com/

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