Resources
Check out the fantastic resources listed below—some are guides that I’ve written about mindfulness and anxiety. Others are wonderful podcasts, apps, videos, and books that I’ve found to be helpful and effective.
Mindfulness Resources
I’m often asked what are good resources to learn more about mindfulness. There are so many! I’ve put together my list for you. These are fantastic resources and have LOTS to offer. Enjoy!!!
Guided Meditation Podcasts
Some of my favorite podcasts with guided meditations are:
- Mind Time Michael Chaskalson Mindfulness
- Mindfulness in 8 weeks: 20 minutes a day program (Also by Michael Chaskalson – wonderful voice!)
- Live Awake
- Metta Hour with Sharon Salzburg
- Mindfulness+ with Thomas McConkie
- UCLA Guided meditations and Podcasts
- Therapy Thoughts: Mindfulness episode
Mindfulness & Parenting Podcasts
Some of my favorite podcasts for mindfulness and parenting include:
- Mindful mama – Parenting with mindfulness – Hunter Clarke-Fields
- Zenparentingradio
Meditation Apps
- Stop, breath, & Think (Each time you meditate it asks you to label your feeling and offers meditations for that feeling)
- Calm (Lovely outdoors photos/video/audio/nature music you can choose from—Great breathing visual under ‘More’ and ‘Breathe’)
- Headspace (Great british accent and fun animations)
- Insight Timer (Extensive options – amazing choices)
- Mindfulness (Choose silence, forest, beach, or river sounds, Not as many free options)
- UCLA Guided meditations and Podcasts
Some notes on these apps:
- Most of these apps allow you to set reminders to meditate. You can choose to have silence or other peaceful sounds.
- There are both free or paid options as well as guided or silent meditations to choose from. Some also have audios that teach you how to meditate or explain why.
- Try one and explore what is free and then try another one. Find the voice and style of graphics/animations that you like.
- If the voice or descriptions are irritating to you, no need to stick with it since there’s so many options.
- You can switch to a male or female voice on some, or just try a different app.
- Most allow you to choose how long, 3 – 5 minutes to start or longer, even just 1 minute of breathing.
- Some give you helpful thoughts or quotes that remind you to apply the mindfulness during the day. Headspace and Mindfulness in particular
Videos/Audios
- Loving kindness meditation Sharon Salzburg
- Short meditations for real life (like standing in line) Sharon Salzburg
- Free written meditations, podcasts and videos
- Audio guided meditations and written info
- Body scan written info and 30 min. Audio
- MBSR meditations, text and audio
- How to meditate and basic short audios
- Jon Kabat Zinn MBSR audios
Books for the beginner
- Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: a 28 day program by Sharon Salzburg—Short and simple 28 day program to learn mindfulness meditation
- Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn—Short chapters ( 2 or 3 pages) teaching concepts and daily mindfulness activities/ meditations
- Peace is every step – Thich Nhat Hanh—Short chapters (1- 3 pages) teaching concepts and daily mindfulness activities/ meditations
- The New Mindfulness – a TIME special Edition magazine—Brief and accessible, covers a wide range of mindfulness topics and categories and how to’s
Books with a course of study/audio
- Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn—discusses the Stress Reduction clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and teaches you how to do the 8 week course that is taught at the stress clinic. It involves meditating for 45 minutes a day for 8 weeks. This is a deep explanation of the concepts. This is the course I took 3 times and recommend it.
- The Mindful Way through Depression —Shorter and easier intro to the concepts in Full Catastrophe Living, applied to depression, audio included
Books for deeper study
- Lovingkindness by Sharon Salzberg—Short explanations of what lovingkindness is and meditations to do it.
- Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff—Research and info on self-compassion and how to use and develop it.
- The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer—Deeper dive into learning self-compassion with activities to assist the process.
- A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield
- Teachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Radical Acceptance by Tara brach
Books for teaching Mindfulness to children
- Ready, Set, Breathe by Carla Naumburg
- Sitting Still like a Frog Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and their parents) by Eline Snel
- Sitting Still like a Frog Activity Book – 75 Mindfulness Games for Kids by Eline Snel
- A Handful of Quiet Happiness in Four Pebbles by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Breathe Like a Bear by Kira Willey – 30 mindful moments for kids to feel calm and focused anytime, anywhere
Also, 3 books by Miriam Gates teaching about breathing and yoga for kids: Breathe With Me, Good Morning Yoga, Good Night Yoga