Teaching Modules & Patient Handouts
Meditation for Health & Happiness: Overview for Clinicians
http://www.fammed.wisc.edu/integrative/modules/meditation
Websites
UW Mindfulness Program
http://www.uwhealth.org/alternative-medicine/mindfulness-based-stress-re…
Be Mindfule Online
http://www.bemindfulonline.com/
University of Rochester Mindfulness
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/index.cfm?id=2623
UMASS Center for Mindfulness
http://www.umassmed.edu/content.aspx?id=41252
UW Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
http://www.investigatinghealthyminds.org/
AMSA Humanistic Medicine Group
http://www.amsa.org/humed/
University of Wisconsin Aware Medicine Curriculum (Mindfulness in Residency)
//www.fammed.wisc.edu/aware-medicine/mindfulness
New York/east-coast Omega Institute
http://eomega.org/
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
http://nccam.nih.gov/
Do It Yourself Dharma
http://diydharma.org/about-us
California/west-coast Meditation Center
http://www.spiritrock.org/
Centering Prayer
http://www.centeringprayer.com/
Wisconsin/mid-west Retreat Center
http://www.christinecenter.org
Psychologist, former Trappist Monk, meditation teacher James Finley PhD
http://www.contemplativeway.org/
Kristen Neff
http://www.self-compassion.org/
Christopher Germer
http://www.mindfulselfcompassion.org/
Books / Audio Books
Meditation for Beginners by Jack Kornfield PhD (Book and CD)
Guided Mindfulness Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn (CD)
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn (book)
Integrative Medicine, 2nd edition, edited by David Rakel, MD (Chapter 100 Recommending
Meditation)
Open Mind Open Heart by Fr Thomas Keating OCSO (book)
The Beginner’s Guide to Contemplative Prayer by James Finley PhD (CD)
Audio Resources
Dhamma Talks
http://www.dhammatalks.org
Contains 55 individual talks in mp3 format, or go directly to #55 Guided Meditation (mp3). To save to your computer: right click on the link and the select “save target as” and then save it as an mp3 file. It will take from 5-10 minutes to download it. You can save it to your computer and listen from the computer, or burn it to a CD.)
Insight Meditation / Vipassana
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=91305&cmd=tc
Insight Meditation, sometimes called vipassana, is a simple practice of opening to the truth of our lives by investigating the ever-changing flow of mind and body. A large part of this investigation involves relating to each moment of experience with acceptance, kindness and non-judgmental awareness. This helps us see through the patterns of conditioning in our minds and hearts that lead to a sense of separateness and dissatisfaction with life. During the 2011 Winter Feast for the Soul, we’ll use exercises in the Buddha’s Discourse on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness to help us investigate our minds, hearts and bodies and find the peace and joy with life that is possible. We’ll begin with the basics of how to meditate and will gradually move to more advanced practices. Each day we’ll have a 40 minute period of Insight Meditation practice, beginning with a 10-15 minute talk and followed by a period of silent meditation.
See our digital media library for a complete list of mindfulness audio files.
Online Courses
8 Week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Classes
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UMASS offers live, online interactive 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) classes that are conducted in virtual classrooms where participants can see, hear, and interact with teachers and other students in real-time, with easy, simple access. CE credits are available.