Resources

Interesting Articles:

• Somatics, Our Nervous System & The Poly-Vagal Ladder
  Podcast by Stacey Madden MBT, SE, INPNB

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• Dharma Seed. Guy Armstrong. Nature of Awareness Part 2
  An exceptional podcast on “Awareness of Awareness”

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• Talks & Meditations on the Four Foundations from Spirit Rock
  The First Foundation of Mindfulness: Sally Armstrong
  Experiencing the Body as Elements: Leslie Booker
  Guided Instructions on the First Three Foundations: JD Doyle
  Meeting the Heart and Mind: Oren Jay Sofer
  The 3rd and 4th Foundations of Mindfulness: Tempel Smith

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• Mindfulness of Breathing:
  Anapanasati Sutta, Andrew Olendzki
  Summer 2009

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• The Evidence-Based Benefits of Loving-Kindness Meditation
  from Kripalu Centre for Yoga and Health
  by Angela Wilson

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• Anapanasati Practice – Mindfulness of Breathing
  Gil Frosdal

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• MBCT Introduction
  The Mindful Way through Depression (Youtube)
  Zindel Segal at TEDxUTSC (18 min)

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• Impactful Books:
  True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart by Tara Brach (from Christine Francoeur)
  Emotional Alchemy, How the Mind Can Heal the Heart by Tara Bennett-Goldman (from Leslie Ellestad)
  Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be by Lama Surya Das (from Allan Donsky)
  After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield (from Phil Blustein)

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• Effects of Singing Bowl Sound Meditation on Mood, Tension, and Well-being: An Observational Study (PDF)
  Tamara L. Goldsby, PhD, Michael E. Goldsby, PhD, Mary McWalters, BA, and Paul J. Mills, PhD

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• Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal (PDF)
  Melis Yilmaz Balban. CELL REPORTS MEDICINE

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• Book Resource:
  The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems
  Ronald D. Siegel PsD.

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• The Power of Focusing (PDF)
  From Chapter 3 of The Power of Focusing by Ann Weiser Cornell

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• The Three Pillars of Zen Enlightenment Experiences Excerpt (PDF)
  by Philip Kapleau

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• Annual Review of Psychology. Psychosocial and Integrative Oncology: Interventions Across the Disease Trajectory 2023 (PDF)
  by Linda Carlson, Ph.D.

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• The power of vulnerability | TED Talk
  by Brené Brown

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• Youtube Podcast: WHY MINDFULNESS
  by Jack Kornfield

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• Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness
  David Treleaven davidtrealeven.com

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• Trauma-Informed Mindfulness: A Guide.
  PsychCentral. Jan 4, 2022

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• The Conversation. Exploring the Complexities of Forgiveness
  Jan 26, 2017

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• Guy Armstrong Podcast
  Awareness: Turn, Recognize, Rest
  Book:
  Emptiness, A Practical Guide for Meditators by Guy Armstrong
  Pages 96, 219, and 236-8 are particularly related to this topic

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• How Hypnosis Can Improve Your Sleep
  by Heather Good MSW, RSW

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• MEDITATION: WHAT IS IT AND HOW TO DO IT
  by Dr. Phil Blustein 

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• Mindfulness Based Movement
  Presented by Christine Wushke 

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• Dr. Marc Landry website for MINDFUL EATING
  eat-book.com

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• A Brief Historical Account of Mindfulness
  Being Truly Alive: Plotinus on Mindfulness
  by Mateusz Stróżyński

  “Meditation is Good for Nothing:” Leisure as a Democratic Practice
  by Mathiowetz, DP

  How Mindfulness Becomes Mindlessness – A Hermeneutical Approach
  by Håkan Nilsson

  Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Context: Past, Present, and Future
  by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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• Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery Website
  www.mindfulcancerrecovery.com

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• QiGONG
  www.munirajiwa.ca/qigong-resource-page-2022
  www.munirajiwa.ca/qi-tips
  www.munirajiwa.ca

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• A Toolkit for Grief
  Support for You and Your Community 

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• The Cosmic Game
  The Cosmic Game presents an innovative approach leading to self-discovery and a positive human experience. These videos offer compassionate guidance for those interested in expanding their wisdom and strengthening relationships with their inner self and loved ones. By Dr. Badri Rickhi
  Videos available at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCosmicGame/videos 

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• Mindfulness and the Window of Tolerance
  Mindful Awareness Stabilization Training (MAST) program
  unityhealth.to/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mast-session1.pdf 

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• Mindfulness and Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in the General Population: The Mediating Roles of Worry, Rumination, Reappraisal and Suppression
  Fabrice B. R. Parmentier, Mauro García-Toro, Javier García-Campayo, Aina M. Yañez, Pilar Andrés and Margalida Gili
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6418017/pdf/fpsyg-10-00506.pdf 

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• Mindfulness Meditation and the Perception of Beauty: Implications for an Ecological Well-Being
  Álvaro I. Langer, Carlos Schmidt and Edwin Krogh
  pdfs.semanticscholar.org/eb61/94fe521f65e63c7acf6717a4b64a893818ea.pdf

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• Posttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Evidence
  Richard G. Tedeschi and Lawrence G. Calhoun
  sites.charlotte.edu/ptgi/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2013/01/PTG-Conceptual-Foundtns.pdf

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• What Mindfulness is (Not)
  by Andrew Olendzki
  www.lionsroar.com/what-mindfulness-is-not 

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• Mindfulness: Awareness Informed by an Embodied Ethic
  by P. Grossman
  link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12671-014-0372-5.pdf

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• Some Reflections on the Origins of MBSR, Skillful Means, and the Trouble with MAPS
  by Jon Kabat-Zinn
  https://www.mindfulness-salud.org/assets/Uploads/General/JKZ-paper-Contemporary-Buddhism-2011.pdf

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• Defining and Measuring Meditation-related Adverse Effects in Mindfulness-based Programs
  Willoughby B. Britton, Jared R. Lindah, David J. Cooper, Nicholas K. Canby, Roman Palitsky
  https://www.brown.edu/research/labs/britton/sites/britton-lab/files/docs/Britton2021%20Defining%20%2B%20measuring%20meditation-related%20adverse%20effects_PUBMEDversion.pdf

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• On Some Definitions of Mindfulness
  by Rupert Gethin
  www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/On%20some%20definitions%20of%20mindfulness_CB_Gethin_2011.pdf

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• ROBERT SCHARF 2013 Mindfulness in Cultural Context | Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry
  McGill University
  https://www.mcgill.ca/tcpsych/videos/asi-videos/2013

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• Is Mindfulness Buddhist? (And Why it Matters)
  by Robert H. Sharf
  escholarship.org/uc/item/8gm9g5ss

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• Beyond McMindfulness
  by Ron Purser, David Loy
  www.huffpost.com/entry/beyond-mcmindfulness_b_3519289

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• Death Meditation: Every Day Is a Bonus
  by Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
  tricycle.org/trikedaily/death-meditation

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• The Difference Between Being and Doing
  by Zindel Segal
  https://www.mindful.org/difference-between-being-and-doing

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• ARE YOU PRACTICING STUPID MEDITATION?
  By Nigel Wellings
  tricycle.org/trikedaily/stupid-meditation

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• Somatics of Early Buddhist Mindfulness and How to Face Anxiety
  by Bhikhu Analayo
  link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12671-020-01382-x.pdf 

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• Relation of the Psychological Constructs of Resilience, Mindfulness, and Self-Compassion on the Perception of Physical and Mental Health
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939394/pdf/prbm-12-1155.pdf

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• Lani Shiota – IMHR Oct 2020 Webinar – Emotion Regulation, Social Connection & Wellbeing in the Face of a Pandemic
  youtu.be/zDhejck27YQ

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• What Does Mindfulness Really Mean? A Canonical Perspectiv
  www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/What Does Mindfulness Really Mean_Bodhi_2011.pdf

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• Mind The Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation (nih.gov)
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5758421/pdf/nihms870700.pdf

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• Putting Feelings into Words
  Matthew Lieberman
  www.scn.ucla.edu/pdf/AL(2007).pdf

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• Moving Beyond Mindfulness: Defining Equanimity as an Outcome Measure in Meditation and Contemplative Research
  davidvago.bwh.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/equanimity_2014.pdf

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• The iRest 10 Step Protocol | Integrative Restoration (iRest)
  www.irest.org/irest-10-step-protocol

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• The Mindful Pause: Cultivating Emotional Balance through Mindfulness (CEBtM)
  juniperpublishers.com/jyp/pdf/JYP.MS.ID.555616.pdf

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• How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137615

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• Effects of Diaphragmatic Breathing on Health: A Narrative Review
  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602530

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• Is Mindfulness Present-Centered and Nonjudgmental?
  Georges Dreyfus
  www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/Is%20mindfulness%20present-centred%20and%20non-judgmental%20A%20discussion%20of%20the%20cognitive%20dimensions%20of%20mindfulness_CB_Dreyfus_2011.pdf

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• 6 Steps to Stop Reacting + Start Responding with Intention
  6 Steps to Stop Reacting + Start Responding with Intention  

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• Training Our Minds in, with and for Compassion: An Introduction to Concepts and Compassion-Focused Exercises
  Training Our Minds in, with and for Compassion: An Introduction to Concepts and Compassion-Focused Exercises

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• The Nine Contemplations of Atisha
  The Nine Contemplations of Atisha 

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• Mindfulness Meditations for Being with Dying
  Mindfulness Meditations for Being with Dying 

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• Contemplative Approaches to Working with Dying People for the Death in America Project
  Contemplative Approaches to Working with Dying People for the Death in America Project 

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• Mindfulness for Children and Teens – Judy Boychuk (March 17)
  Mindfulness for Children and Teens – Judy Boychuk (March 17) 

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• The Moody Cow Mind Jar – Judy Boychuk (March 17)
  The Moody Cow Mind Jar – Judy Boychuk (March 17) 

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• Eating One Raisin – Judy Boychuk (March 17)
  Eating One Raisin – Judy Boychuk (March 17) 

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• Loving-Kindness Meditation Phrases (April 21) Leslie Ellestad
  Loving-Kindness Meditation Phrases (April 21) Leslie Ellestad 

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• Equanimity Phrases (April 21) Leslie Ellestad
  Equanimity Phrases (April 21) Leslie Ellestad  

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WTM Suggestions for Mindfulness Teachers:

• Joseph Goldstein
• Jack Kornfield
• Gil Fronsdal
• Tara Brach
• Rick Hanson
• Shailagh Catherine
• Ron Epstein
• Zindel Segal 
• Dan Siegel
• Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Sebene Salassie
• Kristin Neff
• Susan Piver
• Sharon Salzberg
• Sylvia Boorstein
• Pema Chodron
• Angel Kyodo Williams

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BOOK

Mindfulness Medication :
A Physician’s Prescription for Stress Relief

by Philip K. Blustein, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C)