Author: Dave English
You can’t stop
You can’t stop birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from making a nest in your hair.
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New research on meditating F-16 fighter pilots
New peer-reviewed scientific research suggests mindfulness mental training helps F-16 fighter pilots. It’s in the latest edition of the International Journal of Aviation Psychology, and describes a long-term (2-year) study using Norwegian F-16 pilots. These high-performance combat-rated pilots show a increase in self-perceived skills associated with mindfulness, attention regulation and arousal regulation following a regime of mindfulness training. Alone it’s not the greatest study, due to self-reporting qualitative measures and lack of a control group, but in talking to the lead author I’ve learned much more is coming. Anders Meland is a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Aviation Medicine and … Continue reading New research on meditating F-16 fighter pilots
The real journey
It takes work, a lot of work, but eventually you’ll land the plane with the ease of a child’s toy.
