Jay Vidyarthi

Author / Teacher

Jay Vidyarthi

Jay Vidyarthi is the author of Reclaim Your Mind and an accomplished designer, entrepreneur, and thought leader at the unique intersection of mindfulness and technology. As the founder of Still Ape, he’s been involved in over 50 technologies that have helped millions of people improve their well-being, including Muse, the Healthy Minds Program, Sonic Cradle, and many more. His work and ideas have been featured by Harvard, MIT, TED, Forbes, CNN, Fast Company, and Vice. A meditation practitioner for over 15 years, Jay is as comfy on a silent retreat as he is challenging his son to epic video game battles. On days off, he can usually be found making music, enjoying screen time, or out for a walk somewhere near Lake Ontario. Learn more at jayvidyarthi.com.

Articles by Jay Vidyarthi

Bring Your Practice to Digital Work
Focus & Attention

Bring Your Practice to Digital Work

If you feel that the demands of technology have expanded to fill every corner of your workday—and then some—you’re in good company. Here are four innovative ways to stay focused, communicate authentically, set effective boundaries, and find flow with your team (and with AI). Read More

A Meditation for Clarifying Your Motivations for Using Tech
Focus & Attention

A Meditation for Clarifying Your Motivations for Using Tech

Your motivations for using tech can also point the way toward developing a healthier relationship with it. In today’s practice, Jay Vidyarthi guides us to identify our motivations and ways to establish more balance and intention in our tech use -- without the guilt. Read More

Tech is Human Nature: Reframing Your Relationship With Technology
Expert Interviews

Tech is Human Nature: Reframing Your Relationship With Technology

Technology brings very real harms—too often, this means we don’t let ourselves enjoy its positives. According to a mindful tech designer, coming to understand our own nature can help us reframe our relationship with tech, liberating our attention in the process. Read More

A 10-Minute Practice to Fully Experience the Present
Guided Meditations

A 10-Minute Practice to Fully Experience the Present

When the world feels out of control, it helps to take time to stop and do nothing at all. Jay Vidyarthi guides us to temporarily let go of racing thoughts and rest our awareness in the experience of this moment. Read More

5 Ways to Reimagine Life in Quarantine
Magazine

5 Ways to Reimagine Life in Quarantine

How we respond during COVID-19—either sliding into a rut, or dreaming bigger—defines whether we’ll be able to thrive collectively on the other side of the crisis. Read More

Binge-Watching the Stories in Your Head
Getting Started

Binge-Watching the Stories in Your Head

Stories can help us make sense of a complicated world—but when we become stuck in fixed ideas of how things should be, we miss out on the opportunity to accept things as they are. Read More

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