#55 Cerebrospinal Fluid: Mauro Zappaterra

Mauro Zappaterra obtained his MD and PhD degrees from Harvard Medical School. He completed his PhD doing work with neuronal stem cells and the effects of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in brain development and in the adult. He is published in numerous scientific articles on the CSF and his work was chosen as the cover image for the prestigious Neuron Journal.  He was also featured in the New England Journal of Medicine in teaching medical students about living with life threatening diseases and in Psychology Today on an article titled “Joy: The art of loving life.”

You can view the video version of this talk on SAND’s website:

An upcoming course with Mauro presented by SAND: The Wisdom of Pain: an online course live with Mauro Zappaterra.

In this course we will:

• Explore the definition of pain, and the difference between pain and nociception.
• Apply this understanding to developing strategies to better cope with chronic pain.
• Examine the difference between acute pain and chronic pain, the importance of acute pain for survival, and the phenomenon of chronic pain.
• Discuss phantom limb pain and complex regional pain syndrome.
• Survey the evolution of treatment strategies that help people live more fully with these types of pain.

Mauro Zappaterra’s website: HoldingSpace.com

Episode Topics:

• 0:00 – Introduction
• 4:36 – Meeting Mauro
• 9:14 – Connection to the Source
• 15:46 – Third Ventricle
• 18:18 – Where does this fluid come from?
• 22:22 – Our Ancestral CSF in the Sea
• 25:58 – Cleaning the Brain
• 32:06 – Water and Veda Austin
• 33:24 – De. Deep and NADI
• 38:38 – Movement and Light
• 43:34 – Breathwork and DMT
• 51:51 – Yogananda
• 53:14 – CSF and Energy