What happens to brain during vipassana?

Consciousness also resides outside the brain

(Meditation Foundation) What happens in our brain during vipassana (insight, lit. "clear seeing") meditation? | Neuroscience of Mindfulness Explained

• First of all, what is "mindfulness" (sati)?
• "Mindfulness" defined by Ven. Analayo
• Brain activity and meditation
• Neuroscience (neurobiology)
• Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

Buddha's Brain (Rick Hanson)

Author Dr. Rick Hanson, PhD has 4.7 out of 5 stars (with 2,067 reviews) for this book. Change our brain, change our life? This essential classic from the New York Times bestselling author Rick Hanson is celebrating 15 years in print with more than 500,000 copies sold.

Great teachers like the Buddha Gautama, the Christ Jesus, Muslim Mo, Jewish Mo, and Hinduism's Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s—and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world.

Neuroscience now reveals how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain. More and more, we are learning that it’s possible to strengthen positive brain states [and traits].

By combining breakthroughs in science with insights from thousands of years of mindfulness practice, readers can also shape their own “Buddha’s Brain” for greater happiness, love, and wisdom.

Buddha’s Brain draws on evidence-based neuroscience to show how to stimulate the brain for more fulfilling relationships, a deeper spiritual life, and a greater sense of inner confidence and self-worth.

Using guided meditations and mindfulness exercises, readers will learn how to activate the brain states of calm, joy, and compassion to replace worry, sorrow, and anger.

Most importantly, readers will foster positive psychological growth that will literally change the way they live their day-to-day lives.

This book provides an essential intersection of psychology, neurology, and contemplative practice. It is filled with practical tools and skills that readers can use every day to tap into the unused potential of the brain and rewire it over time for greater well-being. More

Written by Rick Hanson, PhD (author), Dr. Richard Mendius, MD, Dr. Jack Kornfield, PhD (preface); Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, MD (foreword).