Varieties of Meditative ExperiencewithMatthew Ingram (4K Reboot)

Matthew Ingram

Books Mentioned In This Interview

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Matthew Ingram is author of Retreat: How the Counterculture Invented Wellness.

In this 2020 video, he describes two major styles of meditation that he, himself, practices – Vipassana or mindfulness meditation, based on pure awareness, and Vedic mantra meditation. The cultural context for meditation practice is crucial. There is a close relationship between Eastern meditative practices and western forms of psychotherapy. Other western disciplines, such as self-hypnosis are akin to meditation. The discussion also focuses on abuses that can occur between teachers of meditation and their students. His website is http://www.woebot.com.

(Recorded on December 19, 2020)

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Published on July 7, 2026

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