Guided Meditations
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Bangor University and Oxford University have strong mindfulness research groups and they have made their guided meditations available.
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Tara Brach and Sarah Salzberg are both renowned compassion/metta teachers and have helpful meditations.
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There are thousands of guided mediations available on the Insight Timer app.
Phil’s Favorite Meditation Books
- “Full Catastrophe Living”, Piatkus, by Jon Kabat-Zinn. All about the MBSR course by one of the founding figures in modern secular mindfulness.
- “The art of meditation”, Atlantic Books, by Matthieu Ricard.
- “A mindfulness-based stress reduction workbook”, New Harbinger Publications, by Stahl & Goldstein. A way to teach yourself meditation.
- “Breath by Breath”, Shamabala Classics, by Larry Rosenberg. All you need to know about how to meditate with the breath, coming from a Buddhist perspective.
- “Hardwiring happiness”, Random House, by Rick Hanson. The link between neuroscience and meditation.
- “Mindfulness”, Routledge, ed Williams & Kabat-Zinn. A collection of somewhat academic articles from Contemporary Buddhism.
- “Wholeness and the Implicate Order”, Routledge, by David Bohm. A different interpretation of quantum mechanics but with a surprising connection to mindfulness.
- “Living with the enemy”, Routledge, Ray Owen. About acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with more on values and goals.
- “Awakening the mind”, Tarcher Penguin, Anna Wise. A slightly different approach using visualizations and looking at brain wave frequency.
Retreats (UK-centric)
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Gaia House, a well-regarded UK insight meditation center.
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London Insight Centre, another good insight meditation center, linked to Spirit Rock in the US.
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Links to Buddhist (Triratna) retreat centers in Europe.
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Vipassana (insight) meditation, offering a 10-day free retreat at various locations globally.
Reducing Stress through meditation and mindfulness webinar (recorded 2nd June 2020)
