I've done some snooping on the U of M faculty page, looking around in the departments of Psychology and Neuroscience. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any labs or staff involved in the work that is being done with meditation. Because the bulk of the research done by Richard Davidson on meditation and the brain is actually done at the University of Wisconsin Madison, I had kind of hoped that there would have been a professor at the U of M who may have worked with him, seeing as how the two schools have a close relationship.
Because that plan didn't come to fruition, I looked around for some other options. As it turns out, the MN Zen center is a great place to start learning about mediation. Every tuesday from 7:45 to 8:30 they have free meditation sessions which include guided meditation, dharma talks, silent meditation, and questions and discussion. I'm planning on attending the tuesday session next week. I'm excited to see what I can learn by experiencing meditation first hand!
Zen Center: http://www.mnzencenter.org/
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