Resources for MBSR and mPEAK
Additional Resources and Links
Mindfulness Center, Brown University, Community Mindfulness Sessions
https://www.brown.edu/public-health/mindfulness/
Daily meditations via Zoom with Copper Beech Institute of Hartford, CT; once-weekly evening candlelight meditation and once-monthly BIPOC meditation group
Free webinars and daily meditations through the Garrison Institute’s Virtual Sanctuary in NY, and once-weekly BIPOC group
Books:
- Mindfulness in Plain English, Henepola Gnaratana
- Radical Acceptance & Radical Compassion, Tara Brach
- Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
- Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, Joseph Goldstein
- Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing, David A. Treleaven
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel Van Der Kolk
- One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism, Joseph Goldstein
- Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hahn
- Start Where You Are or When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
- Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a path of Self Discovery by Mark Coleman
- Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness; Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Wherever You Go, There You Are; Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D
- A Path with Heart, & After the Ecstasy the Laundry, Jack Kornfield
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness by Rhonda V. Magee
- The Black Women’s Yoga History Book by Stephanie Evans
- What’s Beyond Mindfulness? by Stephen Fulder
- Self Compassion, Kristen Neff
- Lovingkindness, The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, Salzberg, Sharon
- Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Jasmine Syedullah, Lama Rod Owens, and Angel Kyodo Williams
- The Heart of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A Guide for Clinicians and Clients, Rosenbaum, Elana
- Being Well (even when you’re sick): Mindfulness Practices for People Living with Cancer and Other Serious Illness, Elana Rosenbaum
- Here for Now: living well with cancer through mindfulness, Elana Rosenbaum
- Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness; Mark
- Williams, John Teasdale and Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Siegel, Williams, Teasdale
- The Mindful Way Workbook, Teasdale, Williams, Segel
- Eating Mindfully, Susan Albers, Psy.D.
- The Mindfulness-Based Eating Solution, Lynn Rossy, PhD.
- Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Robert M. Sapolsky
- Buddha’s Brain, Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
- The Craving Mind, Judson Brewer
- Heal Thy Self, Saki Santorelli
- Real Change, Sharon Salzberg
- Peak Mind, Amishi P. Jha, PhD.
- My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
- You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie
- Awakening Together by Larry Yang
- No Mud, No Lotus by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and to Find Your People in an Unjust World by Kate Johnson
- The Mindful Christian: Cultivation a Life of Intentionality, Openess, and Faith by Irene Kraegel
- A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom at Any Moment by Spring Washam
- Healing Rage: Women Making Inner Peace Possible by Ruth King
- Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Videos:
- The Connection: Mind Your Body (Shannon Harvey director) Her newsletter is excellent
- My Year of Living Mindfully (Shannon Harvey director) trailer
Websites:
- Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness: https://davidtreleaven.com
- Guest House Awareness (Saki Santorelli): https://guesthouseawareness.com/resources/
- Thich Nhat Hahn: https://plumvillage.org
- Mindful Self Compassion: https://chrisgermer.com
- https://self-compassion.org (Kristen Neff)
- Elana Rosenbaum: https://www.elanarosenbaum.com
Dharma Seed (free talks, resources): https://dharmaseed.org
Apps:
• Calm
• 10% Happier
- Plum Village: https://plumvillage.app
- Do No Harm Take No S**t mediation ( Brach and Lesser): (above)
Meditation Retreat Centers (silent and non-silent retreats, on-land and online)
Just a few of many! Would highly recommend a silent meditation retreat if the causes/conditions ever align to do so.
Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA
Copper Beech Institute, Hartford, CT
Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY
New York Insight, NYC
Spirit Rock Meditation Center, CA
Poetry:
Mindful poetry (includes many of those read in class)