Mindfulness Resources
Mindful Awareness Books
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Han
Excellent for individuals and couples
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat – Zinn (CDs available; also check out other books by J. Kabat-Zinn)
Where Ever You Go, There You Are, Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Mindful Way Through Depression by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal and John Kabat-Zinn (comes with a CD)
Break Through Pain by Shinzen Young (comes with a CD)
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana
The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens by Diana Winston
Radical Acceptance, by Tara Brach
The Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield
Mindful Awareness and Brain Structure Books
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extradinary Potential to Transform Ourselves by Sharon Begley
The Mindful Brain by Daniel Siegel
Learning the Practice
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) – and eight week course for treatment of stress-related conditions and chronic pain.
MBSR programs in the Los Angeles area.
Click here For a directory of programs all over the United States.
Online resources
This website makes spoken teachings of Theravada Buddhism in modern languages freely available for download or streaming as digital audio files (MP3s). New recordings are being added continuously from contemporary dharma teachers, both those well-known and those still known only to those who have attended their retreats.
Against the Stream: Buddhist Meditation Society
The Contemplative Way: Exploring the Christian Contemplative Tradition
Basic Mindfulness, a Home Practice Program
Phone-based Classes & Retreats
Other Resources
offers mindfulness teachings from a Jewish orientation
UCLA Mindfulness Research Center
- offers classes and workshops to the general public, teaching the skills of mindfulness across the lifespan
- fosters and publicizes research to support the scientific benefits of mindful awareness
- brings mindfulness to professionals through UCLA’s medical education program-including doctors, medical students, staff and faculty
- offer mindfulness tools and classes to support mental health professionals
- brings mindfulness into pre-K through grade 12 education via teacher training programs and mindful awareness classes in the schools
(Thank you to Gloria Kamler, MBSR teacher and tender guide, for compiling and suggesting most of these resources.)
