Jeffrey Warren (born March 11, 1971) is a Canadian author and meditation teacher. He is the author of ''The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness'', which ''The Guardian'' named as one of the ten best books on

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, and co-author of

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''Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics'' with Dan Harris and Caryle Adler. He is the founder of the

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-based meditation group The Consciousness Explorers Club.

Early life

Warren is from

, Ontario, Canada. He studied literature at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

in Montreal, where he suffered a traumatic injury after falling 30 feet out of a tree, breaking his neck. He claimed that this event spurred his interest in consciousness as it changed his experience of the world and worsened his

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. He went on to work as a producer at the

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's (

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) current-affairs radio show, ''The Current'', He has authored two books along with articles. He is married to Canadian journalist Sarah Barmak.

Books

* ''The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness'' (2007) : Published in 2007 by

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(US),

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(Canada), and

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(UK), and translated into Italian and Korean. * ''Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-to Book'' (2017), co-authored with Dan Harris and Carlye Adler : Published in 2017 by

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(US).

References

External links

The Consciousness Explorers Club, Team

Jeff Warren
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