General Resources
Mindfulness: An Innate, Trainable Quality of Mind—Mark Coleman
Definition of Mindfulness—Jon Bockman
12 Science-Based Benefits of Mindfulness
7 Myths of Meditation—Deepok Chopra
How Mindfulness Works When Not Working—Gil Fronsdal
How to Meditate—Sam Harris
One of the World’s Most Famous Neuroscientists Wants You to Embrace Meditation and Spirituality—Sam Harris Interview
Sitting Meditation—Jon Kabat-Zinn
Week 1 Resources
Articles:
How the Brain Rewires Itself—Sharon Begley
Why We Find It Hard to Meditate—Ed and Deb Shapiro
Videos:
How Meditation Changes the Brain—Shauna Shapiro
How Mindfulness Changes the Emotional Life of our Brains—Richard Davidson
Week 2 Resources
Articles:
Freedom From Repetitive Thoughts—Jack Kornfield
The Mindfulness Skill That is Crucial for Stress—Jill Suttie
Videos:
Introduction to Mindful Eating—Michelle DuVall
The Fly
Week 3 Resources:
Articles:
The Opportunity of “The Magic Quarter Second’—Tara Brach
What is Mindful Listening?
Five Tendencies of Mind
Videos:
Empathy—Brené Brown
Mindfulness of Feelings—Jack Kornfield
Week 4 Resources:
Articles:
RAIN—Tara Brach
STOP Practice (pdf)
On Anger—Jon Bockman
Videos:
Working with Difficult Emotions—Jack Kornfield
Just Breathe: Working with Anger
Explaining RAIN—Christiane Wolf
Week 5 Resources:
Articles:
When It’s Never Enough—Jon Bockman
Three Ways Mindfulness Can Make You Less Biased—Jill Suttie
Videos:
The Three Components of Self-Compassion—Kristin Neff
Mind Matters: Negative Bias
Week 6 Resources:
Articles:
Does Mindfulness Make You More Compassionate?—Shauna Shapiro
5 Simple Mindfulness Practices for Daily Life—Parneet Pal et al.
Mindful Listening