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Have spent most of my life doing this. I'm a software programmer, and if I focus on a problem for a few hours before going to bed, I can usually wake up with a practical solution. Going on a walk while listening to repetitive electronic music (no lyrics) is a good way I've found to focus on problems and even have epiphanies. Combining this focus with positive affirmations can greatly influence the outcome of large-dose 🍄 session. It's been over a year since my last session and I still benefit from the profound, positive changes that occurred in my mind.

Every time I hear someone reference "you might think this to be woo woo"... it shows me they're on the brink of understanding Life so much more. 🙌🎉

Andrew Huberman is such a gem.

Creativity is a process; knowledge, understanding, insight and foresight. Rick has the knowledge and understanding and is a master of insight and foresight. The latter are not analytical, but engage the whole mind. Creativity comes from this.

Huberman is essentially describing the practice of contemplation, which has been a part of many rich ancient traditions for millennia :)

Always inspired by Andrew's skill in exploring topics while keeping his points clear and accurate, similar to Sam Harris, but with his own qualities. Would love to have a chat with him!

Huberman is Pure gold once again

I think just being sober gives the human body the perfect clarity for information to come through.

I use to do this years ago when I lived alone before smart phones. Everyday after work. It was hugely beneficial for problem solving.

I watched the podcast yesterday and it was really interesting. I’m an 80’s kid and Rick has always been interesting.

When I visited Donald Judd's The Block in Marfa earlier this year, one of the things that struck me- and which were pointed out by our tour guide- was how he had beds setup in various spots, essentially to do what Andrew talks about here. And now it makes even more sense to me.

this is well documented in a book called “A Mind for Numbers”. If your attention is a source of light, doing something detail oriented like solving a math problem or wood carving is like a flashlight, but being in a relaxed state like sensory deprivation or just waking up from REM is like a floodlight and helps makes more neural connections easier. I forget the artists name, but one artist in the book would fall asleep in a chair with an iron ball in their hand and a plate underneath. Once they fell asleep the ball hit the plate and immediately woke them up in the optimal state of mind. Theres also that japanese inventor with like 1000 product patents who has like 10 rooms he goes through to come up with ideas. I’ve been doing similar to what Andrew describes and it helps me a lot with learning coding and music production.

I often find myself just sitting while my wife’s at work. I love it but I also feel like it’s an odd thing to do. This is the first time I’ve heard of anyone else doing this. 😁 I feel less weird. Thanks!

To add to the list of great humans to do this practice, photographer Helmut Newton had said in the documentary 'Helmut by June', he would take a siesta/nap before a shoot where ideas would come to him within that restful state. Lovely to hear it described by Andrew Huberman.

Aw it ended right on a critical point. Limits breed creativity! I'd say this modern world's challenge is to limit consumption (including youtube) and CARVE time with low stimulus, with focus. Reading, writing, making art, playing music.

Love the woo-woo topics always introduced-and yes it’s the signal you’re getting into some new & important stuff! I’ve been getting into my own version of life long learning, problem solving, activating & calming ADHD brain, knowing myself, and recovering from medications & head injury… and probe is good for post-hip surgery. Magical science indeed. Often my comments in KZfaq are results of pondering an episode I’ve selected based on something I’ve been pondering. Listen, let mind roam, gather my diverse thoughts and put into sentences for clarity & my recall. I used to long distance run which was always mind helpful. Wrote lots of my thesis running & many lectures while hiking. In ashtanga yoga I would either say useful & needed mantra or it would be visual. Mind & body connections are critical.

When I do this... i sometimes change the places where I sit & the different outlook seems to change my thought patterns. Perspective is everything...

"Asleep in the body, awake in the brain" DR. Joe Dispenza...This IS meditation. These guys have to talk to Dr. Dispenza and catch up.

Thank you so much for not interrupting like most hosts do making it about them and stifling the guests to the point where many thoughts or ideas get lost but this was very good. A great video also for not being 2-3 hours which more people are doing lately unfortunately. Good job.

Andrew: "I hate to interrupt you, Chris, because you say such interesting things! I already learned so much: 'Cosplay', 'Larping'..." Chris: 😫😫

oh my you are EXACTLY right. I've been a drummer since I was 5 when Dad. first taught me. I hear everything around me and YES I have a constant internal rhythm and that's how I create and manifest ideas.

The mentioned concept of walking and thinking, it what Mathew Fox termed "external meditation", as similar process of athletes getting into "the zone". The body active doing a repetitive healthy action (walking) that allows the mind to explore freely and the ego busy walking, allowing the subconscious "super computer" to explore and bring us what we need to be aware or.

I've got so much appreciation and honor for this amazing man - Andrew Huberman. A brilliant scientist that is not afraid to feel and understand new things with a combination of his sharp mind and gut! thanks for everything you do

The two places this happens for me naturally and I just refer to as space to think - the shower and mowing the lawn.

I had non-event seasures my whole life. My sister said I was addicted to them. They were/are very pleasant it is like going into a void having a totally blank mind and then awaking like something pleasant happened . They were pretty frequent till I was about 35 . Not so much now . I do miss their frequency.

You are describing the states I move between as an artist. Both are necessary.

This was a fascinating idea. Curious to try it out and see if there's any way I can make use of it.

As someone with ADHD I have always done my best thinking when moving in some repetitive way!

An ancient druidic/bardic training technique for poetic inspiration was to lie alone overnight in a stone chamber, with one's head wrapped in a cloth, & the single sensory input of a stone upon the chest or stomach. The purpose of this isolation was to compose a poem, which would be recited for appraisal upon awakening.

Carl Jung is also one of the big names that did this practice. Love Andrew, such a decent human being ❤ Thanks Chris, great podcast!

Love this. I enjoy also just lying in bed thinking about stuff. My boyfriend always questioned it, now I can show him this 😂 💕

As a writer it's everyday the same routine, sitting in stillness with the blank page. just a room, a body & your hand that is guided by thoughts

"Body Still, Mind Active" BSMA, this is so well articulated Andrew. I fly for work internationally 4 times per month and these are among my most creative periods each month, Body Still, Mind Active.

I've been doing this since i was a child. Except, back then, I'd get in trouble for daydreaming 😅 Years later, my kids would find me on the couch doing this and think i was dead lmao

I think this makes a lot of sense, when i was younger i will travel everyday by train for around 40 minutes, and i had this body still mind active state, i remember thinking a lot about deeper stuff of my family, projects and art in general.

Reminds me of a book by Reynolds Price where he talked about his writing process -- and he mentioned about the impotance of finding your "creative metabolism."

Andrew Huberman is one of the most insightful voices of our time. His clarity, wisdom and willingness to share his vast knowledge so openly really puts him in a league all his own. I’m in the visual and performing arts and I’ve been unintentionally doing this practice my entire life. Until now, I was very self critical of it. I believed I was wasting time just getting “lost in thought”. Even though I came up with many great ideas or discovered ways to solve creative problems, this habit still seemed overindulgent or lazy. This video has completely changed my perspective though. Many thanks to Huberman for helping me (and probably countless other creative minds) recognize the benefit of this practice and reframe what it means.

Another thing to notiice about Andrew is taking notes

Yeah, Its like a "Windows disk defragmentation", I do it a lot. I tend to think much, but Ive learned that with this computing power comes great opportinities. At least 2-3 times a week I force my laser-like thinking-machine to focus on solving my recent problems. Its also a mind higiene thing, that keeps me sane in my toughts-waterfall and resilting anxieties.

I have been doing body still mind active for 50 yrs. It is where all the good stuff came to me.

This is some stunning quality of video ❤

The founder of EMDR Therapy, Francine Shapiro, discovered it while she was walking..Interesting stuff. Love hearing about Rubin.

Praying... you just rediscovered prayer. Long form oration of thoughts and problems, mind active, body still.

This sounds a lot like active imagination which Carl Jung did. He talked a lot about exactly this. Making the unconscious conscious. Look it up, it aligns a lot with everything Andrew is saying.

Rubins work on Danzig was pretty epic.

POLARIZATION ;) i like to practice “waking meditation”, walking if you will, to carry the awareness of self over to the other self, or other “beings” if you wish to call them, walk the tones in your mind, that you may find in the silence from the other self (meditation), to connect with them, to harmonize if you will, the sharing and teaching of info (the walking aspect, perhaps walking through, as teaching), also we can call these distractions like social media, phones or even any other self’s opinions, or emotions (its a bit more complicated than i can transcribe at this moment) “distortions” of the laws, for many still serve self and do not know how to serve other self as well yet, dissect that if you want to see/hear some woo woo hahah

Love that 500 songs podcast by Andrew Hickey.

Its simply the differnce between being in a creative or generative state as opposed to a consumption state.

Has tremendous opportunity to post click-baity title. Decides to be vague and mysterious instead. Legend, ChrisX.

Cosplay, larping 🤓. There is a sense of innocence of learning within that exchange which is captured very well. But yes, introspection & imagination.

Love it ❤️ while I was I kid I use to go into bed and think about a lot of stuff and loved it... but since the social media era i don't get into that mode but rather just scroll

When listening to Andrew about the “body still, mind active” I realized it looks a lot like praying😉

The ingredient in LMNT that kind of concerns me is the “natural flavors”, because I’m always heard to steer clear of products with that ingredient. Thoughts?

As humans, once we shed our egos and start believing in the fantastical and even what can be considered unbelievable our path will be forever changed. We’re getting there with a new generation that has rediscovered the meaning of life but the other side is still ahead.

That impression of Tim Armstrong might have been the greatest impression ever. I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference with my eyes closed.

Best ears in the biz. Rick isn't a classic producer but he procures the BEST to shape what he wants to hear. Slayer, System of a Down, Danzig etc never sounded better.

I sort of do this when I go to bed. It can take me 30 min to fall asleep (my dad could fall asleep in a few minutes.) Sometimes I try to visualize things.

What a treasure Huberman is.

Similary, i’d imagine there are many benefits to movement without thought!

The reel you posted with the GTA car was very insightful thank you 🙂

You should get John Mark Comer on here to talk about the spiritual side of this from a monastic / Christian perspective. I think it would be an insightful conversation!

did a big dose of mushrooms, laid completely still .. even when i wanted to move i didnt.. i eventually left my body due to that experience, that was 5 years ago.

Wow I’ve been doing this behavior my whole life, thought it was laziness, never thought a neuroscientist would praise it

It’s always when I’m about to fall asleep that i come up with my best ideas

Feynman did NOT use floatation tanks. I got in one once.... (He said it gave him the idea we store memories 'labelled' by the location where the events occur, which he admitted is totally false.)

definitely agree about the campfire 🔥

So want to have a conversation with Dr Huberman, he's not only very knowledgeable about stricly neuroscientific topic, but kinda open minded about stuff. And would LOVE to hear a discussion on Jung, what he's describing seems very similar to his active imagination technique.

If you've been a long time Tim Ferris listener, he's spoken highly about his practice of doing this in-STEAD of (or as an alternate form of) meditating

The phenomenon he’s referring to is what I think of as “deep contemplation”

Turns out thinking about something, can lead to understanding it better... amazing.

Naval also mentioned this

When you enter a Flow state from body movement, I believe it allows you to access a very active mind and access the RMT- Rapid Mind Thinking/thoughts........ Day time version of REM sleep

Is it possible that focus is the basis for all meditations?

Is it better to sit and think to brainstorm ideas or walk and brainstorm? Whats more effective. I cant seem to stop walking and thinking so i think im going to try sitting and thinking. But which one is more effective? Also does it vary from person to person?

‘The real cost is the lack of creative thinking’ THIS.

I wonder how this contemplative practice would compare with a regular mind/body still (meditation) practice?

00:02 Taking space from all action - inspired by Rick Rubin 01:35 Rick Rubin, Carl di Roth, and Elon Musk practice deliberate and focused thinking. 03:18 Exploring the contrast between still body and active mind states 05:03 Deliberate Stillness in REM Sleep and Mind-Body Function 06:45 Exploring new avenues to access unconscious mind and cognition 08:28 Reflecting on the importance of intentional thinking and stillness. 10:08 Engaging in repetitive physical activities helps free up mental space for other things. 11:34 Limiting sensory input can fuel creativity

Leonardo da Vinci also would lay down and do what he called visualization and process what he learned throughout the day

Andrew huberman writing down cosplay as a new concept he learned is so wholesome and unexpected LOL

Dr. Rick Strassman comes to mind no pun intended😊

Body still mind active will work exponentially better when you put the body into specific postures - this is essentially Hatha yoga

Absent all of your credentials, and achievements, I just like you Andrew. You're a good man.

I think this also work with edible thc. The ideas and motivation I get from thc, used precisely for inspiration in meditation.

Thinking is cool

Body still mind active. It’s called prayer. Go into a church, mosque or synagogue and close your eyes , be still and listen to God.

Can anyone offer any additional resources to learn about this practice? Doing some Googling, I haven't been able to find anything that speaks to specifically what Andrew is describing.

The best things often happen when "We had no plan."

How does Huberman have the time to watch a Netflix show on spies? The guys’ everywhere!

Have we had Huberman and Bryan Johnson together? We need 3 hours stat.

3:27. "What we're talking about is body still, mind active."

What if you already live with body/mind separation?

This is prayer.

Altered states the movie float tank and peyote. I can’t stop laughing.

As Joe dispenza says “body relaxed, mind awake”

Lot of my creativity comes when I'm driving

This is related to Julia Cameron's Morning Pages. Essentially you write out full sentences in free-flow over three pages, by hand, and as early as possible in the morning. Doing this type of thinking with your eye closed, if you get to the same state, might be more effective. Edit: also related to Jung's active imagination process.

Reflecting letting Flow

And funny enough I’ll watch this while doing the dishes

“I’m not stoned, I’m body still, mind active-ing!”