Free Mindfulness Resources
Mindfulness-based stress reduction is a type of meditation that can help treat depression and assist with anxiety, chronic pain management, ruminative thinking (going over and over things) and anhedonia (lack of joy in life).
There are a range of free resources to help you learn mindfulness techniques.
App
Free apps for a phone or mobile device which help with mindfulness and compassion:
- Head Space
- Smiling Mind
- Stop Breathe Think
Audio Downloads
Free downloads of various mindfulness practices in mp3 format are available at :
www.freemindfulness.org
There are also sessions with a focus on compassion available at:
http://www.mindfulselfcompassion.org/
Books
- Mindfulness: a practise guide to finding peace in a frantic world – Mark Williams and Danny Penman
- The Mindful Way Through Depression – Williams, Teasdale, Segal, Kabat Zinn
- Sane New World – Ruby Wax
- Mindfulness For Health – Vidyamala Burch & Danny Penham
- Full Catastrophe Living – Jon Kabat Zinn
- The Mindful Way Workbook – Teasdale, Williams, Segal
Useful links
An introduction to mindfulness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqwHvnup6o
A guided 5 minute mindfulness practise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqwHvnvup6o
- The Mental Health Foundation- Information about mindfulness, courses, resources and an online course that is highly thought of: bemindful.co.uk
- Breathworks – an organisation which publishes resources and run courses around the country, particularly good using mindfulness with pain and illness: breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk
- Headspace – information on mindfulness and events, and resources such as podcasts: getsomeheadspace.com