Fortunately, there is a lot of information out there about mindfulness and meditation, live, on the web and in book stores. Listed below are some of my favorites.
Free, Experiential Audio Practices
- Facial relaxation, metta, etc. short practices by Judy Gross
- Progressive muscle relaxation, mindfulness of breath, sound, self-compassion, etc. from The Mindful Way Through Anxiety by Lizabeth Roemer PhD and Sarah Hayes-Skelton, PhD
- Guided Mindfulness Meditation and Body Scans: 3, 10, 20 minutes from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Guided Body Scan, Seated Meditation: 20, 45 minutes; Yoga: 45 minutes; Lovingkindness: 15 minutes; Wisdom Meditation: 10 minutes from University of California San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine
Inspirational/Dharma Audio Talks
- Listen, download or purchase dharma talks from Buddhist teachers made possible by dharmaseed.org. Some great teachers include Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein, Tara Brach, Sharon Salzberg, Philip Moffit.
- APR “Being” Weekly radio show/podcast conversation about the big questions at the center of human life with host Krista Tippett.
- Comprehensive Buddhist tools from zencast.org. Download meditation timers, Buddhist teachings, teacher dharma talks; develop lovingkindness, right speech and more.
- Tara Brach’s writings, talks and more.
- Sylvia Boorstein’s writings, talks and more.
- Sharon Salzberg’s writings, talks and more.
Meditation Centers & Retreat Sites (in/near Southern New Hampshire)
- Insight Meditation Society Barre, MA
- Cambridge Insight Meditation Society Cambridge, MA
- Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Barre, MA
- Our Lady of Hope House of Prayer New Ipswich, NH
- Vermont Insight Meditation Society Brattleboro, VT
- Valley Insight Meditation Society Hanover, NH
Weekly Sits or Meditation Classes (near Milford, NH)
- Amherst Yoga, NH
- 2nd Sunday Sits, Amherst, NH
- Temple, NH: Contact bruce@tellink.net or call Bruce Kantner at 654-2523.
- Wilton, NH Zaanti Yoga & Meditation Studio
- Nashua, NH UU Church: weekly Wednesday evening sits.
- Keene, NH Monadnock Mindfulness Center.
Weekly/Frequent Inspirational E-Newsletters
- Mindful Hub On-line community with research-based mindfulness tools, worksheets and newsletter.
- Happiness in this World Reflections of Buddhist physician Alex Lickerman
- NPR: Car Talk Weekly laugh-fest about car troubles
- Just One Thing Newsletter that suggests a simple practice each week to bring you more joy, more fulfilling relationships, and more peace of mind and heart.
- Life Balance Institute Teacher Philip Moffitt, topics include: develop mindfulness, ease your disappointment, calm your inner critic, have more gratitude.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Judy Gross teaching at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center – West Campus
Begins with Wednesday, March 7 Introductory Session (free; required for those enrolling)
Monday evenings (6:30-8:30p), March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16;
Full day retreat: Saturday, April 14, 9:00a – 4:00p
More information.
E-Learning Course Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 6-week e-course Experiential do-at-home program covers introduction to mindfulness, stress awareness, yin yoga, walking meditation, mindful eating and more.
Center for Mindfulness U Mass Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Music
Books
Boorstein, Sylvia. Happiness is an Inside Job. Ballatine Books, 2008
Boorstein, Sylvia. It’s Easier Than You Think. Harper SanFrancisco, 1995
Boyle, Gregory. Tattoos on the Heart, the power of boundless compassion. Free Press, 2010
Brantley, Jeffrey, M.D. Five Good Minutes. New Harbinger Publications, 2005
Brantley, Jeffrey, M.D. Calming Your Anxious Mind. New Harbinger Publications, 2003
Brach, Tara. Radical Acceptance. Bantam, 2003
Goldstein, Joseph. Insight Meditation: the Practice of Freedom. Shambala Publications, 1993
Gunaratana, Bhante Henepola. Mindfulness in Plain English. Wisdom Publications, 2002
Hanson, Rick. Buddha’s Brain: the practical neuroscience of happiness, love and wisdom. Raincoast Books, 2009
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Full Catastrophe Living. Random House, 1990
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go There You Are. Hyperion, 1994
Kornfield, Jack. The Wise Heart. Bantam Dell, 2008
Kornfield, Jack. A Path With Heart. Bantam Books, 1993
Laden, Nina. Peek-a-WHO? Chronicle Books, 2000
Levine, Stephen. A Gradual Awakening. Anchor Books, 1979
Lyubomirsky, Sonja. The How of Happiness, a new approach to getting the life you want. Penguin Books, 2008
MacLean, Kerry Lee. Peaceful Piggy Meditation. Albert Whitman & Company, 2004 (children)
Salzberg, Sharon. A Heart As Wide As the World, Shambala Publications, 1999
Salzberg, Sharon. Lovingkindness, The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. Shambala Publications, 1995
Salzberg, Sharon. Real Happiness, the power of meditation. Workman Publishing, 2011
Stahl, Bob, PhD and Goldstein, Elisha, PhD, A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook. New Harbinger Publications, 2010
Williams, Mark; Teasdale, John; Segal, Zindel; Kabat-Zinn, John. The Mindful Way through Depression. The Guildford Press, 2007