Mindfulness4Wellness
Resources
Here you will find a variety of resources chosen by mindfulness4wellness.org and designed to inform and inspire your mindfulness practice.
Web Pages
Mindful Nation UK, a report by the Mindfulness All-Party Parliamentary Group was published in October 2015 following a 12-month inquiry, and includes broad recommendations for the application of mindfulness interventions to the policy areas of education, health, the workplace and the criminal justice.
MINDFUL NATION UK
Videos
Jon Kabat-Zinn is a Professor of Medicine Emeritus, bestselling author and founder of the ground breaking Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme. He is the founding Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Jon is known internationally as a scientist, meditation teacher and a pioneer in bringing mindfulness into mainstream society and medicine. Here he outlines what mindfulness is:
Here is an introduction to Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction by Jon Kabat-Zinn and colleagues at Center for Mindfulness:
Vidyamala Burch is co-founder of Breathworks, the internationally acclaimed mindfulness organisation based in the UK. Breathworks arose out of her experience using mindfulness to manage severe pain following spinal injuries in her teens. Vidyamala trains and teaches mindfulness internationally. She has written several books including Mindfulness for Health with Penny Denman which provides the reading support for the 8 week programme for people living with pain, illness and stress. Here she presents the book and the programme:
Mark Williams is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at Oxford and was also the Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre until his retirement in 2013.Professor Williams, along with colleagues John Teasdale (Cambridge) and Zindel Segal (Toronto), developed Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for prevention of relapse and recurrence in major depression. Here he explains Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy:
Books
On Mindfulness-based applications and on Compassion:
Burch & Penman, 2013 - Mindfulness for Health: Relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring wellbeing. Piatkus
Burch, V., 2008 Living Well with Pain and Illness. Piatkus
Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2005 - Full Catastrophe Living, Piatkus
Segal, Williams & Teasdale, 2013 - Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, The Guilford Press
Williams, Teasdale, Segal & Kabat-Zinn-The Mindful Way Through Depression, The Guilford Press
M. Williams & D. Penman, 2011-Mindfulness: a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world. Piatkus
Germer, C.K., 2009 The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion. Guilford Press
Gilbert, P. & Choden, 2013 Mindful Compassion - Using the power of Mindfulness and Compassion to transform our lives. Robinson, London.
On Mindfulness Meditation
Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Miracle of Mindfulness, Rider
- Peace is Every Step, Bantam
Henepola Gunaratana
Mindfulness in Plain English, Wisdom
Pema Chodron
- When Things Fall Apart, Element
- The Places that Scare You, Element
Shunryu Suzuki
Zen Mind, Beginners's Mind, Weatherhill, New York
Eckhart Tolle
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Mobious
Claire Irvin and Vidyamala Burch
Mindfulness for Women: Declutter your mind, simplify your life, find time to 'be'
Chogyam Trungpa
- The Myth of Freedom, Shambhala
- Meditation in Action, Shambhala
Jack Kornfield
A Path with Heart, Rider
Claire Irvin and Vidyamala Burch
Mindfulness for Women: Declutter your mind, simplify your life, find time to 'be'
On Shiatsu
The Book of Shiatsu: Healing Art of Finger Pressure Paperback – 27 Jun 2015
by Saul Goodman
The Book of Shiatsu: Vitality and Health Through the Art of Touch– 2014
by Paul Lundberg & Ruth Jenkinson
Sei-Ki: Life in Resonance - The Secret Art of Shiatsu - 2011
by Alice Whieldon and Akinobu Kishi
On Mindful Movement
Mindful Movements by Thich Nhat Hanh & W. Vriezen – Parallax Press, 2008
Mindful Movement: the Breathworks Way by Vidyamala Burch – Breathworks, 2011
Embodied Lives- edited by Katya Bloom, Margit Galanter and Sandra Reeve, Triarchy Press, 2014
On Breathing and Chronic Pain Relief
Fahri, D., 1996 The Breathing Book . Holt 1996
Gay Hendricks,1995 Conscious Breathing Bantam Books
Pain Relief without Drugs -A Self-Help Guide for Chronic Pain and Trauma
by Jan Sadler. Healing Arts Press, 2007
Chronic Pain: The Complete Guide to Relief by Arthur C Klein. Constable 2001
Pain - The Science of Suffering by Patrick Wall. Phoenix 2000.