INTERRUPTER: Clockwork
Watch a clock. Does your mind move faster than the second hand?
RESOURCES
Free Online Audio and Video Mindfulness Instruction
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Mindfulness and Education (K-12)
Mindfulness and Education (Higher Education)
Mindfulness Meditation Practice and Instruction
Free Online Audio and Video Mindfulness Instruction
These websites offer audio and video instruction in mindfulness and/or discussions of its benefits.
Canadian Mental Health Association audio links on the benefits of MBSR
A "Google Tech Talks" video on "The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation"
Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at UCLA—mp3 downloads of Mindful Meditations
Sounds True’s interactive guide to meditation
"STOP: A Short Mindfulness Practice" by Elisha Goldstein
Talk and Guided Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn at Google
UCSD’s Guided Audio Files for MBSR practice
University of Missouri-Columbia Mindfulness Practice Center guided mindfulness practice audio
Center for Comtemplative Mind and Society guided meditation downloads
Guided meditations, selected talks
University of Virginia audio and video mindfulness instruction
Discussions on the basics of mindfulness practice
Online Courses in Mindfulness
These organizations and websites offer online courses in mindfulness practice
Duke Integrative Medicine's homestudy courses
eMindful's real-time virtual classroom
Mindful Living's online classes: This site includes resources for online mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs, information about fully accredited MBSR retreats for medical and mental health professionals and online mindfulness-based psychotherapy and coaching in mindfulness meditation.
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior online classes
Mindsight Institute's online courses
The Center for Mindful Inquiry online courses
Media
The following websites and publications offer articles, reports, audio, video, and social networking on mindfulness practice and mindfulness research
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds Regular updates on neuroscience research on mindfulness and contemplative practices
Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life A quarterly online magazine reporting on the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being
The Mindful Society A special section in the Shambhala Sun magazine reporting on people and organizations doing pioneering work in bringing mindfulness into mainstream society
Mindfulness Research Guide and Mindfulness Research Monthly A database and monthly publication updates on mindfulness research.
Organizations and Centers
The following organizations offer classes, workshops, conferences, and professional trainings in mindfulness and related contemplative disciplines.
The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society Northampton, MA
Center for Investigating Healthy Minds Madison, WI
The Center for Mindfulness, Fresno, CA
Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare, and Society Worcester, MA
Duke Integrative Medicine Durham, NC
Garrison Institute Garrison, NY
The Mind & Life Institute Boulder, CO
Mindful Living Programs Chico, CA
Mindfulness Awareness Research Center (MARC) at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Mindfulness Meditation New York Collaborative New York, NY
The Penn Program for Mindfulness Philadelphia, PA
The Mindfulness-Based Campus-Community Health Program Little Rock, Arkansas
UCSD Center for Mindfulness La Jolla, CA
University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing Minneapolis, MN
Center for Consciousness and Transformation, Fairfax, VA
OpenMind Training Institute, Santa Monica, CA
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
These websites provide some of the background to MBSR and resources for finding treatment.
An overview of the general tenants of MBSR in layman’s terms
MBSR retreat directory, class directory and general information
A brief bio on the creator of MBSR, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness and Education (K-12)
Association of Mindfulness in Education:
Garrison Institute for Mindfulness teaching in K-12 environments
Article concerning the importance of teaching mindfulness to children
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (IBME)
Mindfulness and Education (Higher Education)
Center for Compemplative Mind in Society
Authentic Leadership in Action
Second Nature, higher education for sustainability
Mindful Parenting
The Mindful Parent - A peer to peer support system for parents interested in how mindful techniques can be applied to parenting
12 Exercises for Mindful Parenting - John and Myla Kabat-Zinn’s approach on using mindfulness as a parenting strategy
Article on mindful parenting by Chuck Barbieri
Article on "How to Mindfully Parent an Autistic Child" by Miriam Mason
MBSR and Medicine
Information on mindfulness and medicine
“Investigating and Integrating Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society” from The Shambhala Sun
Mindfulness and Therapy
Mindfulness in the Workplace
Berkana Institute, programs for organizations
Institute for Mindful Leadership
Mindfulness Meditation Practice and Instruction
MSBR Meditation Journal printout
Suggested guidelines for leading mindfulness group
Sample course outline for a Mindfulness class for children
Meditation Course Outlines from Tergar
Mindfulness Twitter Feeds
David Spound from Valley Mindfulness
Mindfulness Poetry
Mindfulness and poetry for transformation
General Mindfulness Websites
Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing
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