Mindfulness

Apps

• The smiling mind
• Headspace

Useful websites

Here are some links to free guided meditations from:

 The UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Centre, there are different lengths depending on how much time you have – the idea with meditation is that it’s more important to do it regularly – rather than to meditate for long periods of time and then not meditate again for a long time.

A Youtube link which takes you to a lot of meditations by the great Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh

 Another very good teacher is Jon Kabat Zinn

Indigenous mindfulness – an ancient practice that remains an important aspect of Aboriginal cultural practice. Dadirri - inner deep listening and quiet still awareness . PDF

Miriam Rose Ungunmerr Baumann speaking about Dadirri.

 Book list on Mindfulness:

Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World By Mark Williams and Danny Penman

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Emotional Life of Your Brain by Dr Richard Davidson

The Mindful Brain by Daniel Siegel

 Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

 Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan

1. How would you describe mindfulness meditation (in your own words)?
2. How do you think mindfulness could benefit you?
3. How could you start practicing mindfulness today

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