Sam Harris explains how to start a meditation practice

Sam explains why one would want to meditate and why it makes sense to use an app like Waking Up for support.
Listen to get an introduction to the Waking Up app, learn why it was created, and discover how it can help you live a more examined life.
Download the Waking Up app and start your FREE TRIAL: app.wakingup.com/
- Gain immediate access to meditation practices and foundational lessons. Subscribe at the end of your trial to maintain full access.
ABOUT WAKING UP:
For beginners and experienced meditators alike, the Waking Up app is for anyone who understands that meditation should transform one's view of the world.
ENJOY THE FOLLOWING IN-APP FEATURES:
- Guided Meditations: Practice sessions for morning, day, or evening meditation, suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced meditators alike.
- Introductory Course: A progressive, introductory course that will teach you the basic principles of mindfulness meditation, along with more advanced practices.
- Daily meditations: After completing the Introductory Course, you will continue your practice with our growing catalog of daily meditations.
- Lessons: Listen to short talks on science, philosophy, and the nature of mind.
- Conversations: Long-form conversations with a wide range of teachers and scholars.
- A guarantee of satisfaction: Waking Up is risk-free. If you don't find it valuable, we will give you a full refund. No questions asked.
- Fair Pricing: While we operate a business, we believe that money should never be the reason why someone can't gain access to Waking Up. If you would like to use the app but truly cannot afford it, please email [e-mail] for a free account.
ABOUT SAM HARRIS:
Sam Harris is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including “Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion.” His writing and public lectures cover a wide range of topics-neuroscience, meditation, moral philosophy, religion, rationality-but generally focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Sam has practiced meditation for over 30 years and has studied with many Tibetan, Indian, Burmese, and Western meditation teachers, both in the United States and abroad. He received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
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I love listening to Sam. Thank you for all you do to help others have a better understanding of who they are... and a better life holistically.

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Thanks! You should talk about this channel on the Sam Harris channel!

[@simplesherpa]

Brilliant as ever!

[@fos8789]

Thank you, Sam.

[@saikiran5684]

Hi Sam.. can you please share few guided meditations in RUclips for people who cannot afford

[@Norwayplants]

It is for free if you can’t afford it 😊

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@@Norwayplants oh.. is it

[@aly9402]

...it's free for a trial period of 7 days. Then you pay. Save your pennies, it's worth it!

[@patrickpatterson7427]

I’m older and not real good with tech, but would very much like to continue with the waking up coarse. I get by but can’t afford much extra and have tried to subscribe to making sense and enjoying and sharing Sam’s info & interviews for over a year now thank you Sam! Any help for getting subscribed for your coarse & channel would be great

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The app is free if you can't afford it

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Thank you

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