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!)
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
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 Workbookby Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer—Deeper dive into learning self-compassion with activities to assist the process.