Want to explore mindfulness from your meditation armchair?
Here are some great resources from acknowledged experts.
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Guided meditations
Three main meditations used in MBSR courses are on this CD: body scan, mindful yoga and sitting meditation.
They provide an opportunity to focus on the present moment, and are delivered in a wonderful style by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Mindfulness books
Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment-and Your Life
An introduction to mindfulness by the originator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Known for his warmth and open-hearted approach to making mindfulness-based approaches accessible to everyone, this is his most recent book, and while it may be for beginners it contains the wealth of Jon’s 40+ years of study, training and care.
Two audios are included, which guide you through various mindfulness meditations, so you’re never on your own in this practice.
Outlining the whole 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course, and its underlying principles, this book provides a wonderful next step for you if you’ve taken any mindfulness-based courses.
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation for everyday life
Complete with stories from other mindfulness authors, this small book conveys Jon’s profound humility which underlies his approach to this work. This relatively small book is a useful addition to other books on mindfulness and will help generate some deep thinning about the way you’re living life.
Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world
The foundational text for the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy work done by Oxford University. It gives the background to the bringing-together of the original mainstream mindfulness course (MBSR) and CBT.
You can take yourself through the 8-week programme outlined in the book, using the guided meditations on the included CD, or work with a mindfulness teacher trained to deliver this programme.