#241 Crisis Advice from “Meditation MacGyver" | Jeff Warren

Jeff Warren is someone for whom I have a special affection. We chronicled our friendship in a book we co authored, called Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, in which we took a gonzo cross-country bus trip to help people overcome various obstacles to establishing a meditation practice. On that trip, I started calling him “Meditation MacGyver,” because he is a loveable, excitable meditation nerd who can seemingly come up with practices for any person in any circumstances. He even got my wife meditating (after years of refusing to do so because I had been so annoying when I pestered her to practice). So, who better to turn to in this crisis? By way of background, Jeff is a meditation teacher, based in Toronto, where he helps run a group called the Consciousness Explorers Club. He is also featured in many of the courses and guided meditations on the Ten Percent Happier app. He is brilliant and hilarious and, as you will hear, very open about his own personal struggles.

Where to find Jeff Warren online: 

Website: https://jeffwarren.org/ 

Find Jeff on Ten Percent Happier: https://app.tenpercent.com/link/content?teacher=7460a999-62e9-4028-b9de-56e0dcbd9487

Social Media:

• Facebook: Jeff Warren
• Instagram: Jeff Warren (@_jeffwarren_)
• YouTube: Jeff Warren

Resources Mentioned:

• Shinzen Young
• A Common Language
• A Night Practice
• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
• Consciousness Explorers Club
• Watchmen
• Sharon Salzberg & Joseph Goldstein Retreat

More From Jeff Warren:

• Equanimist Pages - where Jeff offers insights about life and practice as a way to help people help themselves and others 

• CEC Activation Kit
 - the idea of this kit is to inspire people around the world to start up their own community practice groups, in a way that’s unique to them and uniquely responsive to their local needs and context.
• How to Guide Meditation: An Online Course with Jeff
 Warren
• The Do Nothing Project
 - free twice-weekly livestreams with Jeff on YouTube

Additional Resources:

• Ten Percent Happier Live: https://tenpercent.com/live
• Coronavirus Sanity Guide: https://www.tenpercent.com/coronavirussanityguide
• Free App access for Health Care Workers: https://tenpercent.com/care