Resources
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"Mindful practitioners attend in a nonjudgmental way to their own physical and mental processes during ordinary, everyday tasks . . . so that they can act with compassion, technical competence, presence, and insight."
Mindfulness Introduction
Allan Donsky: This moment is the only moent we ever have
Anderson Cooper - ’60 Minutes’
Kabat Zinn - Intro to Mindfulness
App Practice Support
All apps are available for Android and Apple devices
Insight Timer
130,000 free guided meditations for sleep, anxiety and stress.
Cost: Free
Headspace
Headspace helps you create life-changing habits to support your mental health and find a healthier, happier you.
Cost: 7-day free trial then $17.99/Month (longer free trial available when billed annually)
Happier
New to meditation? Get fidgety just thinking about it? Our expert teachers will walk you through the basics, one breath at a time.
Cost: some content is free - more unlocked with membership ($99.99 usd/Year)
Calm
Calm makes it easy to create a daily practice and make it relevant to what you need on a given day.
Cost: Free to download - Premium is $69.99 usd/year
Links
Personal/Independent Practices
Spaces within the Cumming School of Medicine in which personal mindfulness, meditation, prayer or quieting-of-any-sort can be practised
Online Practice Support
UMass Memorial Health Center for Mindfulness
UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness
University of Wisconsin | Mindfulness in Medicine
Guided meditations with Tara Brach
Local Community Practice Supports
CSM Centre for Mindfulness "Room for Mindfulness" Every Wednesday 12:30-1:20pm
Wellness Through Mindfulness (Calgary Based resource by Dr. Phil Blustein)
Calgary Insight Meditation Society
Evidence for Mindfulness
Beckman 2012 Mindful Communication
Chen 2009 How Mindfulness Can Make Better Doctors
Krasner 2009 Association of an Education Program in Mindful Communication
Mindfulness Centre at Brown University
Poems
Peace is this moment without judgementDorothy Hunt
The Guest House The Essential Rumi
Lost David Wagoner
Recommended Readings
The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Integrating Mindfulness Into Psychology and the Helping Professions by Shauna L. Shapiro and Linda E. Carlson
Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery: A Step-By-Step Mbsr Approach to Help You Cope with Treatment and Reclaim Your Life by Linda Carlson, Michael Speca, and Zindel Segal
Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes: Mindfulness Interventions from Education to Health and Therapy Itai Ivtzan (Editor)
Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory, Research, and Practice, Kirk Warren Brown, J. David Creswell, and Richard M. Ryan (editors)
Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician's Guide to Evidence Base and Applications, Ruth A. Baer (editor)
Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness, Fabrizio Di Donna (editor)
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition, by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale
Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program: A Guide for Professionals, by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: informal talks on Zen meditation and practice, by Shunryu Suzuki
Buddhism Without Beliefs, by Stephen Batchelor
Podcasts and Webinars
Mindfulness and Compassion Grand Rounds (Harvard Medical School)
Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Untangle: Mindfulness for Curious Humans