Free resources in support of your expanding mindfulness practice.
Selected Media
Mindfulness TEDx : Colleen Camenisch
This fast-pased and complex modern way of living has left little time to take care of ourselves. Colleen Camenisch’s Ted Talk Offers information on what mindfulness is and how Mindfulness can give us a way to take back our lives by creating time and space to connect with the things that are most important.
Dan Harris: Hack Your Brain's Default Mode with Meditation | Big Think
Dan Harris talks about the neuroscience behind meditation and offer his thoughts on the future of mindfulness.
Kristin Neff: The Three Components of Self-Compassion
The world's leading researcher of self-compassion and founder of the Mindful Self-Compassion program explains the core features of self-compassion.
2 Minute Tips on How to Practice Self Compassion
Practical Self Compassion tips presented by Kristin Neff.
JME: Management Education and Transformational Learning: The Integration of Mindfulness in an MBA Course
March 15, 2019 • 18 mins
William Kuechler and Yvonne Stedham are interviewed about their research on the transformational effect mindfulness has on learning envionments.
Postcasts
Weathering the Storm: The Role of Mindfulness
Video Series: Business in Trying Times, University of Nevada Reno featuring Equilibrum teacher and facilitator Dr. Yvonne Stedham.
Articles and Research
The Science of Mindfulness
Mindfulness, Trust, and Leader Effectiveness: A Conceptual Framework: Frontiers in Psychology paper: (Stedham/Skaar):
Mindfulness Practice Leads to Increases in Regional Brain Gray Matter Density:
Articles
The Mindful Revolution: Time Magazine
Mindfulness and Happiness: The New York Times
Mindfulness and Sleep: Clear Harmony
Daily meditation may work as well as a popular drug to calm anxiety : NPR, 2022
Recommended Websites and Apps
Websites for additional resources and support:
Mobile apps to support your mindfulness journey:
Recommended Reading
Books on Mindfulness Practice
Marilee Adams, “Change your Questions, Change your Life”
Joseph Goldstein, “Mindfulness”
Daniel Goleman, “Emotional Intelligence”
Daniel Goleman, “Focus – The Hidden Drive of Excellence”
Jon Kabat-Zinn, “Full Catastrophe Living”
Jon Kabat-Zinn, “Wherever you go, there you are”
Tan Meng, “Search Inside Yourself”
Mary Oliver, “Felicity”
David Rock, “Your Brain at Work”
Sharon Salzberg, “Real Happiness at Work”
David Whyte, “The House of Belonging”
Saki Santorelli, “Heal Thy Self, Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine”
Other suggested authors: Christina Feldman, Ajahn Sucitto, Pema Chodron, Daniel Goldman
Books on Mindfulness and Neuroscience
Brewer, Judson “The Craving Mind”
Begley, Sharon “Train your Mind, Change your Brain”
Goleman, Daniel and Davidson, Richard “Altered Traits: Science Reveals how Meditation Changes your Mind, Brain, and Body”
Siegel, Daniel “The Developing Mind”
Siegel, Daniel and Hartzell, Mary “Parenting from the Inside Out”
Books on Mindful Self Compassion
Neff, Kristen "Self Compassion"
Germer, Christopher "The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion"
Shapiro, Shauna "Good Morning, I Love You"
“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.”
Henry David Thoea
