1. Mindfulness Resources
Links to mindfulness techniques
RAIN for working with emotions: http://www.tarabrach.com/articles/RAIN-WorkingWith Difficulties.html
A Body Scan meditation: http://www.meditation-techniques-for-happiness.com/body-scan-meditation.html
Some free guided meditations on audio: http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22
Guided Meditations for Love and Wisdom, Sharon Salzburg (a cd to purchase)
Recommended Mindfulness Books and Resources
Among the many dozens of titles on mindfulness practice, here are some I recommend:
Fully Present, The Science, Art & Practice of Mindfulness, Smalley & Winston
Full Catastrophe Living, and Wherever You Go, There You Are, John Kabat-Zinn
How to Train a Wild Elephant & other Adventures in Mindfulness, Jan Chosen Bays
Mindfulness in Plain English, Bhante Gunaratana
Real Happiness, The Power of Meditation, and Real Happiness at Work, Sharon Salzburg
Radical Allowance, Tara Brach
Resources from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=38
Heartfulness Books
Lovingkindness, Sharon Salzberg
Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind, Kristin Neff
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions, Christopher
Germer
Mindfulness, Neuroscience and Psychotherapy
Buddha’s Brain and Hardwiring Happiness, Rick Hansen
Mindsight, or The Mindful Brain, or The Mindful Therapist, or other titles by Dan Siegel
Insight (Vipassana) Meditation Books
Many of the Mindful Schools techniques come from a Buddhist meditation tradition called Insight Meditation, or
“Vipassana,” that was brought here from Asia by various American teachers, like Jack Kornfield and Joseph
Goldstein. Here are a few introductory meditation books from some of those excellent teachers:
The Beginner’s Guide to Insight Meditation, Weisman & Smith
Insight Meditation, The Practice of Freedom, Joseph Goldstein
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom, The Path of Insight Meditation, Goldstein & Kornfield
Thoughts Without a Thinker, Mark Epstein
Mindfulness-based Addiction Recovery
One Breath at a Time, Buddhism and the Twelve Steps, Kevin Griffin
Refuge Recovery, Noah Levine
Insight Meditation talks
Hundreds of freely available lectures about practice and guided meditations from a spiritual/Buddhist point of
view, from reputable teachers, can be found at the online Dharma Seed library: http://www.dharmaseed.org/