Mindfulness Courses, Retreats and Individual Instruction
We give you these resources as a service. Listing a program or individual does not imply endorsement. Carefully check out all programs and providers including asking for credentials, background and experience.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) courses in NJ
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) courses in PA
The Center for Mindfulness at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN)
LVH–Cedar Crest, 1200 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., Allentown, PA
https://www.lvhn.org/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction
The Penn Program for Mindfulness
Philadelphia, PA
www.pennmedicine.org/for-patients-and-visitors/find-a-program-or-service/mindfulness
Mindfulness Center at Brown University
www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/research/mindfulness/home
Box 1875, 1 Davol Square, Suite 203, Providence, RI 02912
Center for Mindfulness at UMass Medical School (CFM)
www.umassmed.edu/cfm
Center for Mindful Self Compassion
This is a course for MBSR students or anyone who wishes to deepen your practice of mindfulness and to expand your practices in compassion towards oneself and others. Developed by Drs. Kristin Neff and Chris Germer, this evidence-based course teaches core principles and practices that enable you to respond to difficult moments in your life with kindness, care and understanding. To find a teacher/course near you: www.centerformsc.org
Kristin Neff’s Self-Compassion Community
Go to this website for a variety of guided self-compassion practices.
https://self-compassion.org/self-compassion-practices/
Ongoing Practice Groups
Princeton Insight Meditation Society
Group meets at:
Fellowship in Prayer, 291 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542-3227
info@princetoninsightmeditation.org
www.princetoninsightmeditation.com
For anyone interested in deepening their insight meditation practice through group practice and support.
Insight Meditation Community of New Jersey
Morristown, NJ
Peer support and group practice in Vipassana (Insight) meditation.
www.imcnj.org
Retreat Centers
Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Mass
http://www.dharma.org/
Offers silent meditation retreats rooted in the Theravada Buddhist teachings.
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
http://www.eomega.org/
Offers week long MBSR, MBCT courses and Vipassana retreats (not silent retreats)
Insight Meditation Center of Washington
meditate AT imcw.org
http://www.imcw.org
(Founded and run by Tara Brach)
P.O. Box 3, Cabin John, MD 20818,
Websites
Jon Kabat-Zinn’s mindfulness meditation website
videos, books and events
ACT Mindfully (Russ Harris)
http://www.actmindfully.com.au/
MP3s, books, ebooks and free resources
Mindfulness in the Midst
Three-Minute Breathing Space (Video)
The purpose of the 3-minute breathing space is to help you step out of automatic pilot, move into the present moment and slow down so you can respond more skillfully to stressful situations. The goal of this exercise isn’t to take away negative feelings but rather to create more space in which to respond with greater perspective.
STOP is a brief mindfulness practice that can be used whenever you notice you are stressed or triggered. It can also be used in an expanded form as a short meditation practice.
Audio/Visual Resources
Qi Gong (Chi Gong) is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness. It has roots in Chinese medicine, martial arts, and philosophy. It is traditionally viewed as a practice to cultivate and balance qi (chi) or “life energy”. There is a visualization and breath awareness connected with each movement. Watch the video to learn the movements but be sure to read the written instructions also so you can combine movement with your breath and with visual imagery.
Audio Recordings
These resources are meant primarily for use in conjunction with or after attendance at a teacher-led mindfulness training. They do not replace the depth of teaching you will receive in a class setting.
Dharma Seed
http://www.dharmaseed.org/
Guided mindfulness meditations and teacher presentations on fundamental principles of practice.
SoundsTrue
www.Soundstrue.com
A variety of meditation books, presentations by meditation teachers and guided meditations.
Apps
Meditation Supplies
(cushions, mats, backjack chairs and bells)
Dharma Crafts
1-800-794-9862
www.dharmacrafts.com
Books
This is a selective bibliography of insight meditation and mindfulness teachers. Look for other titles by the same authors.
Brach, Tara, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, NY, Bantam Dell, 2003
Chodrin, Pema, Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change, Boston, Shambala, 2012
Germer, Christopher, The Mindful Path to Self Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions, NY, Guillford Press, 2009
Goldstein, Joseph, Jack Kornfield, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: the path of insight meditation, Shambala, 1987.
Harris, Russ, The Happiness Trap, Boston MA, Shambala, 2007
Kabat-Zinn, Jon Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life, , Hyperion, 1995
Kornfield, Jack A Path with Heart, Rider Books, 1994.
Levine, Steven,A Gradual Awakening, NY, Anchor Books, 1989
Nepo, Mark, The Book of Awakening, Berkeley CA, Conari Press, 2000
Rosenberg, Larry, Breath by Breath: the liberating practice of insight meditation, Thorsons, 1998.
Thich Nhat Hanh The Miracle of Mindfulness: a manual on meditation, , Rider Books, 1991.
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