About us

Welcome to Mindful Experiences! 🌟

This group is for anyone who wants to live with more clarity, balance, and wellbeing — and who senses that real growth comes from understanding our own minds a little better. Whether you're working through feeling stuck, building a steadier sense of wellbeing, or simply curious about meditation and mindfulness, you're welcome here. 💖
I recently took over this lovely community, and I'm excited to keep it going and gently grow it. 🌱

A little about me: I've spent over twenty years meditating and practicing across many contemplative and spiritual traditions — and I'm also a researcher who studies meditation itself: its neuroscience, psychology, phenomenology, and philosophy. I'm a philosopher by training and the author of a book with Oxford University Press on meditation, psychedelic experience, and the deep overlap between them. 📚

So my approach blends two things that are usually kept apart: lived contemplative practice, and a careful, evidence-based understanding of how the mind actually works and how we grow and flourish. 🧠

🔎 Whether you're well along your own path or just beginning to explore, I invite you to join us, share experiences, and connect with like-minded people.
I'd love to hear what you're most interested in — the kinds of events, practices, and topics you'd like to see. Drop a comment or message me anytime. 🫶

Looking forward to meeting you.

— Dr. Aidan Lyon, PhD