Episode 79
The Power of Awe with Dr. Michael Amster
May 29, 2023
Sick of feeling like you should meditate or like you have to meditate for extended periods of time to get the benefits? There is an easier and faster way!
Join me for an awe-inspiring conversation with Dr. Michael Amster! Michael Amster, MD. is a co-author of THE POWER OF AWE: Overcome Burnout & Anxiety, Ease Chronic Pain, Find Clarity & Purpose—In Less Than 1 Minute Per Day. He is the founding director of the pain management department at Santa Cruz Community Health, and has been a student of meditation for over thirty years. He is also a certified yoga teacher and meditation teacher.
In 2019, he and his co-author, Jake Eagle, a psychotherapist, began to explore the idea of microdosing mindfulness—they wondered if instead of meditating for 10 minutes or longer to quiet the mind to ease stress, anxiety, pain, depression, etc., if there was a faster way to get to that transcendent state of mind.
Through their research on the emotion of awe they discovered a way to reach a transcendent state of mind in a matter of seconds! In scientific studies using their A.W.E. method, participants reported significant improvement in symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain—results that bore out over the course of the study and beyond. Listen and learn how you can quickly and easily get to a transcendent state of mind in a matter of seconds! Do not miss this episode!
What you’ll learn:
- The three-step A.W.E. process—Attention, Wait, Exhale and Expand.
- How to enter a state of awe at any moment—you don’t have to go anywhere to experience awe. You can learn how to find it and focus on it wherever you happen to be!
- The science of A.W.E. on a cellular level—we talk about the biochemical processes that occur in the body, and how they reduce inflammation and provide access to a higher state of consciousness.
- What A.W.E. looks like in practice –we talk about a lot of examples of finding awe in your day to day life—you can quickly learn how to do this yourself.
- Start seeing the miraculous every day!
- And so much more!
Learn more about the Power of Awe:
Instagram – @thepowerofawebook
Facebook – The Power of AWE
Twitter – @ThePowerofAWE
TikTok – thepowerofawe
The Power of Awe is available for sale on Amazon.
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