Dr. Chuck Raison: Ancient Practices & Conscious Experience

On a fascinating episode of the Mind & Life Podcast, Dr. Charles Raison, Director of Vail Health Behavioral Health Innovation Center (BHIC), discusses his work on understanding how ancient practices can change our conscious experience. He’s a leader in studying the links between inflammation, stress, and depression, and how meditation and other practices can influence those dynamics.

This conversation covers many topics, including how Dr. Raison came to explore psychedelics as a novel treatment for depression (33:25), body temperature and emotions (48:30), and the innovative studies being conducted at BHIC thanks to philanthropic support from Mike and Mary Sue Shannon (54:30).

Listen to the podcast on MindandLife.org >