CZ 079: Toby Sola, Co-Founder & CPO at BrightMind Meditation

Catching Z's: The Millennials Guide to Mindfulness

Toby Sola dove into meditation in his teens when he was introduced to some contemplative practices through a neighbor who was willing to share them with him. Lyme Disease then caused him to dive even deeper into a meditation practice in a time in need. I loved this conversation because you can tell how long he's been practicing and how deeply he's experienced the benefits of meditation. We chat about:

• His first introduction to meditation through a neighbor that was into shamanistic practices

• How Lyme Disease caused him to dive deeper into meditation

• How having Lyme Disease caused him to understand how to separate your thoughts from your physical experience

• What sweat lodges are

• Shinzen Young’s philosophy

• How Shinzen Young influenced him early on and how that lead to him working with him on BrightMind

• How Brightmind designed their app to be comprehensive but not complicated

• How as a tech company focused on mindfulness he looks at the iterative process

• Toby’s research on effective pedagogies of meditation and the results from that

• His guided meditation of focusing on sounds

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