Resources
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Apps
Healthy Minds (short podcast-style lessons with active and seated meditations, based on the best neuroscience)
Insight Timer (many different types of meditation with Mick's at insig.ht/mick)
Plum Village (from the community of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh)
Eat Right Now (subscription mindful eating app from Judson Brewer)
Videos
Shauna Shapiro's Ted Talk, The Power of Mindfulness
Gratitude The Short Film by Louie Schwartzberg
Matthieu Ricard, How to Let Altruism Be Your Guide
David Steindl-Rast, Want to be Happy? Be Grateful
Judson Brewer's Ted Talk on mindfulness and breaking bad habits
Anderson Cooper’s initial experience with mindfulness on 60 Minutes
Ron Siegel’s Google Talk on the Science of Mindfulness
Articles
New York Times article on how to meditate
Books
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat Zinn (Comprehensive description of MBSR program)
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield
Happiness is an Inside Job by Sylvia Boorstein
The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal
Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff
Web
For Healthcare Professionals
Web:
UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery
University of Rochester Mindful Practice program
Carter Lebares, MD, UCSF Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds, Mental Training for Surgeons: Better, Stronger, Faster and Happier?
Mindfulness in the Military, Amishi Jha, Major General Piatt, Anderson Cooper
Mindfulness in the UK Parliament
Is Mindfulness Relevant to Medical Education? From Oxford Mindfulness Centre
Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Training in Surgery from UCSF
New York Times article on Mindfulness in the Military
NPR, Does Taking Time For Compassion Make Doctors Better At Their Jobs?
Reading List from the University of Rochester Medical Center
Books:
Ronald Epstein, M.D., Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity (how mindfulness can be
useful in the practice of medicine)