What happens when something is so vast, beautiful or mysterious that the mind has to widen in order to take it in?
In this episode of Mindful Mondays, Ashley explores the science and neurodivergent nuance of awe - the emotion that can arrive through nature, music, art, human kindness, big ideas, collective experience and the smallest details of ordinary life.
Inspired by Dr Dacher Keltner’s conversation with Dr Andrew Huberman, Ashley looks at how awe can shift our sense of scale, loosen the grip of habitual thinking and place our current problems inside a much wider landscape.
She also explores how sensory sensitivity can make awe feel especially vivid for neurodivergent people - while also meaning that the doorway into awe needs to feel safe.
Ashley shares a remarkable experience from her recovery after surgery, when waves of frisson - tingling, goosebumps and a heightened sense of being moved - began arriving several times a day during a noticeable period of healing.
The episode closes with An Imaginal Awe Walk, beginning with a single leaf and gradually widening to the tree, the landscape, the Earth and the universe beyond it.
Because awe does not always require a mountaintop.
Sometimes it begins with something we might otherwise have walked straight past.
Mindful Mondays is part of The Neurodivergent Experience on the Autistic Culture Podcast Network.
Find Ashley’s longer meditations, Yoga Nidras and Bedtime Alchemy stories on Insight Timer by searching Ashley Dupuy.
Ashley is also developing her From Mask to Map group coaching cohort beginning in September. More details will be available on her website soon. For now, register your interest at *[integrativeiom@gmail.com](mailto:integrativeiom@gmail.com)*.
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