Meditation opened a gateway to consciousness, healing, and profound personal growth. Through meditation, I cultivated a heightened sense of loving awareness and a stronger connection to who I was and what my purpose in this life is. It enabled me to process and release the emotional baggage of the past, creating space for new, positive experiences and manifestations. This journey wasn’t just about personal healing; it became a quest to understand the mind’s incredible potential and how to harness it effectively.
The 6th Big Syn International Film Festival is screening a dazzling array of nearly 150 films that have been selected from hundreds of feature films, shorts, documentaries, animations, micro-shorts and charity films from over 120 countries. Amongst others, a notable film that is screening at the festival is SOURCE, a mind blowing movie on the science behind meditation. Directed and Written by Melissa Tittl from Hathor studios, this movie follows the work of International teacher and researcher Dr Joe Dispenza and a group of scientists from UCSD and Innerscience to reveal the truth about meditation and our bodies.
Alex is a Ph.D. student in the departments of cognitive science and anesthesiology at UCSD. He received a bachelor’s degree with honors from Columbia University and currently researches the neurophysiology of pain, meditation, and mystical experiences. Alex is also a trained cultural anthropologist and has done fieldwork on shamanic, new age, and other spiritual traditions across the globe. He is originally from Mexico City and enjoys surfing in his free time.
Dr Joe partnered with Dr Peta Stapleton at Australia’s Bond University to study meditation’s effects on 900 primary school children over a 10-week period. This is the largest study on kids and meditation ever conducted.
My path to meditation was born out of necessity and curiosity. As an entrepreneur in the fast-paced world of cybersecurity and as mom of two children, I found myself constantly running from one challenge to the next, always in a state of high alert – much like the systems we were protecting. It was during this time that I realized I was living in what I now call a ‘panic room’ – a state of constant stress and reactivity.
