Resources
An online or face-to-face course is a great way to experience and learn mindfulness, but there are also many books, CDs and DVDs which explain the premises behind mindfulness and teach some of the basic techniques.
In this section, you’ll find a selection of mindfulness-based resources which are all available to order online at Amazon.co.uk. We use Amazon’s Associates Programme, which means that when you use the links on this site to purchase the products on Amazon, we receive a small percentage of the sale. This will be put towards the continued promotion of mindfulness by our charity, the Mental Health Foundation. However local libraries and book shops may also stock some of these resources.
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Mindfulness resources are listed for information only. Inclusion does not mean that the Mental Health Foundation endorses them, or any services that they provide.
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Mindfulness for Dummies
Books
A cutting–edge meditation therapy that uses self–control techniques, mindfulness has taken off across the globe as a way of overcoming negative thoughts and emotions and achieving a calmer, more focused state of mind. Written by a professional mindfulness trainer, this practical guide covers the key self–control techniques designed to help you achieve a more focused and contented state of mind, while maximizing the health benefits of mindfulness–from reducing stress, anxiety, and high blood pressure to overcoming depression and low self–esteem and battling chronic pain and insomnia.
Price: £9.54
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Mindfulness for Beginners
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Through many research studies and his pioneering work at the University of Massachusetts where he is founder of its world renowned Stress Reduction Clinic, Kabat-Zinn has served as a recognized bridge between science and meditation. With "Mindfulness for Beginners", he offers the definitive course designed specifically to introduce new students to the proven benefits of mindfulness practice, including: stress reduction, alleviation of depression, chronic pain relief and more. On CD 1, Kabat-Zinn presents "Mindfulness 101" - an accessible, comprehensive tutorial that addresses the basics of mindfulness meditation and explores the spacious, luminous and mysterious qualities of awareness itself. CD 2 guides listeners through a series of five meditations meant to be used at home, at work or while traveling. It includes Eating Meditation, Mindfulness of Breathing, and Mindfulness of the Body. Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way - on purpose, in the present moment and without judgment. This special kind of attention nurtures greater awareness, and is a simple yet powerful route for getting ourselves back in touch with our own wisdom and vitality.\r\nNow, Jon Kabat-Zinn brings the practice of meditation to the widest possible audience with "Mindfulness for Beginners". \r\n\r\n
Price: £9.38
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The Mindful Way Through Depression
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The Mindful Way through Depression draws on the collective wisdom of four internationally renowned mindfulness experts, including bestselling author Jon Kabat-Zinn, to provide effective relief from the most prevalent psychological disorder. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help program is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of depression. Revealing the hidden psychological mechanisms that cause chronic unhappiness, the authors gently guide readers through a series of exercises designed to break the mental habits that lead to despair. Kabat-Zinn lends his calm, familiar voice to the accompanying CD of guided meditations, making this a complete package for anyone looking to regain a sense of balance and contentment.
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Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is increasingly used in therapeutic practice. It encourages clients to process experience without judgement as it arises, helping them to change their relationship with challenging thoughts and feelings, and accept that, even though difficult things may happen, it is possible to work with these in new ways.\r\n
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Guided Mindfulness Meditation
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In a guide to mindfulness meditation practice, the author demonstrates the power of mindfulness and how it can be harnessed to effect change in both our personal lives and the world through learning, growing, and healing, and presents a series of relaxation exercises, meditation practice, and insights.
Price: £13.53
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Guided Mindfulness Meditation
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In a guide to mindfulness meditation practice, the author demonstrates the power of mindfulness and how it can be harnessed to effect change in both our personal lives and the world through learning, growing, and healing, and presents a series of relaxation exercises, meditation practice, and insights.
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Full Catastrophe Living: How to Cope with Stress, Pain and Illness Using Mindfulness Meditation
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In the fifteen years since its initial publication, Full Catastrophe Living has sold over 400,000 copies worldwide. It has established itself both as an excellent beginner's guide to meditation and as the bible for a mind/body movement that has transformed Western medicine. This practical, step-by-step meditation guide is based on a revolutionary eight-week programme called mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), which stress-relief and meditation expert Jon Kabat-Zinn created at the world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Boston.
Price: £12.48
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The Mindful Manifesto
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Written by a GP and a health writer, The Mindful Manifesto is the first book to integrate the latest scientific and medical research on mindfulness with meditation’s historical context. We see how it can: treat mental health problems such as depression and anxiety help us cope with the busyness of everyday life improve our physical health and manage chronic illness help us let go of unwanted behaviours improve how we function in our relationships and jobs.
Price: £6.90
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Body Scan CD - Managing pain, illness and stress with mindfulness meditation
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The Body Scan meditations on this CD will help you to become more present and aware of your body. The fully led sessions tune in to each part of the body, gently exploring how it is. With our guidance you will be able to use your breath to inhabit your body more fully. The CD also includes introductory comments to help you set up conditions to get maximum benefit from the practice.
Price: £10
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Mindfulness and Acceptance
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This volume examines the role of mindfulness principles and practices in a range of well-established cognitive and behavioral treatment approaches. Leading scientist-practitioners describe how their respective modalities incorporate such nontraditional themes as mindfulness, acceptance, values, spirituality, being in a relationship, focusing on the present moment, and emotional deepening. Coverage includes acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, integrative behavioral couple therapy, behavioral activation, and functional analytic psychotherapy. In every chapter, the authors describe their clinical methods and goals, articulate their theoretical models, and examine similarities to and differences from other approaches both inside and outside behavior therapy. \r\n\r\n
Price: £28.50
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