Mindful Resources
General Resources
Books
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Mark Williams & Danny Penman. Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world (includes CD with guided meditations).
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John Teasdale, Mark Williams & Zindel Segal. The Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-week program to free yourself from depression and emotional distress. Guilford, New York (includes an MP3 / CD and downloads of guided meditations).
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Jon Kabat-Zinn. Full Catastrophe Living. Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain and illness [the original book detailing the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction – MBSR - course].
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Jon Kabat-Zinn. Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the present moment and your life.
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Kate Carne. Seven Secrets of Mindfulness: how to keep your everyday practice alive.
Depression
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Mark Williams, Zindel Segal, John Teasdale & Jon Kabat-Zinn. The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness (includes CD with guided meditations; the fuller MBCT course with emphasis on depression but helpful for various kinds of distress).
Parenting, Childbirth and for Children
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Jon & Myla Kabat-Zinn. Everyday Blessings. The inner work of mindful parenting.
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Shauna Shapiro & Chris Whyte. Mindful Discipline: A loving approach to setting limits and raising an emotionally intelligent child.
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Nancy Bardacke. Mindful Birthing: Training the mind, body & heart for childbirth and beyond.
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Sian Warriner. How to have a Mindful Pregnancy and Birth.
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Susan Kaiser Greenland. The Mindful Child.
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Mark Pallis & Christiane Kerr. Crab and Whale: a new way to introduce mindfulness to kids.
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Thich Nat Hanh. Planting Seeds - Practicing Mindfulness with Children.
Digital Resources
Websites Courses:
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New Forest Mindfulness: For details of our 8-week mindfulness courses in the New Forest area, retreat days, sitting group and other events.
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https://bamba.org.uk BAMBA -the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (includes UK listing of approved mindfulness teachers and good practice guidelines for those wishing to teach mindfulness based courses)
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www.mindful.org (Has a monthly magazine you can subscribe to mindfulness articles and resources)
Audio of Mindfulness Practices
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https://www.oxfordmindfulness.org/learn-mindfulness/resources/
Oxford Mindfulness Centre (OMC) free audio meditations including deepening –after the 8 week course practices.
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www.guilford.com/MBCT_audio (includes some audios by different MBCT teachers).
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www.stressreductiontapes.com (Jon Kabat-Zinn’s guided meditations)
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https://insighttimer.com (If you want to choose your own length of time for a meditation, and the frequency of chimes or bells, e.g. 25 mins with bells every 5 mins).
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https://www.smilingmind.com.au a not for profit website and free app with mindfulness meditations / programmes for children and adults
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https://www.shambhala.com/sittingstilllikeafrog/ free mindfulness meditations for children.
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https://www.headspace.com/ Short and longer mindfulness practices, free for NHS staff.
Other Websites
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https://goamra.org/publications/mindfulness-research-monthly a web-based research publication from the American Mindfulness Research Association
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http://www.mbct.co.uk Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) homepage
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http://www.mindfulbirthing.org/ Nancy Bardacke’s website Programmes for Mindful Family Living
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http://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/ Center for Mindfulness (CFM), University of
Massachusetts Medical School
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www.bemindful.co.uk Mental Health Foundation, Online Mindfulness Programme
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www.gaiahouse.co.uk Gaia House, Retreat Centre, West Ogwell, Nr Newton Abbot, Devon
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https://www.sharphamtrust.org Retreat Centre, Ashprington, Nr Totnes, Devon
Live Online Mindfulness Practice Sessions:
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Friday Sitting Group - Fridays 6-7.30pm with Maret Dymond-Bassett
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http://www.wisdom2conference.com/live - Week Days Daily 7-8pm BST with Jon Kabat Zinn
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https://www.keepcalmer.co.uk - Week Days Daily 6.30-7.30pm BST with UK BAMBA Listed Mindfulness Teachers
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https://www.oxfordmindfulness.org/learn-mindfulness/online-sessions-podcasts/ Wednesdays 7-8pm with Oxford Mindfulness Centre Teachers