The best way to understand mindfulness is to practice it, and learning from those with oodles of experience is a great way to support your practice. Here are number of books, podcasts, videos, and apps that can help you go deeper into your mindfulness journey…

Books

Developing your Practice
	10% Happier	Dan Harris	After a nationally televised panic attack, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes, and eventually stumbled upon meditation. 10% Happier takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.
	Be Here Now	Ram Dass	In 1970, Ram Dass’ Be Here Now became the counter-culture bible for thousands of young people seeking enlightenment in the midst of the darkness of Vietnam. It was a pioneering bridge, written in colloquial language, from the psychedelic ’60s to eastern spirituality.
	The Calm Center	Steve Taylor	A series of powerful meditations and poetic reflections designed to comfort, inspire, and gently bring readers out of the harried, hectic day-to-day and back to the bedrock of peace, and even joy, of our true, essential, and authentic selves. This book touches into some of the deepest and highest areas of human experience, and shows us the obstacles and landmarks that appear on the journey.
	Conquest of Mind	Eknath Easwaran	With humor and empathy, Easwaran explains how the mind works, and how it can be changed, using meditation and other spiritual disciplines to shape a secure personality and a resilient, loving mind.
	The Five Invitations	Frank Ostaseski	A distillation of the lessons gleaned from sitting on the precipice of death with more than a thousand people. The Five Invitations are: 1) Don’t Wait; 2) Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing; 3) Bring Your Whole Self to the Experience; 4) Find a Place of Rest in the Middle of Things; and 5) Cultivate Don’t Know Mind. These invitations show us how to wake up fully to our lives, and can be understood as best practices for anyone coping with loss or navigating any sort of transition or crisis.
	Full Catastrophe Living	Jon Kabat-Zinn	In one of the most popular books on mindfulness, Jon Kabat-Zinn discusses how to use the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness.
	Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life	Steven C. Hayes	Hayes introduces Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which is a scientifically-based psychotherapy that takes a fresh look at why we suffer and even what it means to be mentally healthy. This book can help you learn why the very nature of human language can cause suffering; escape the trap of avoidance; foster willingness to accept painful experience; practice mindfulness skills to achieve presence in the moment; discover the things you really value most; and commit to living a vital, meaningful life.
	Happiness Is an Inside Job	Sylvia Boorstein	In more than three decades of practice and teaching, Boorstein has discovered that the secret to happiness lies in actively cultivating our connections with the world, with friends, family, colleagues–even those we may not know well. She shows us how mindfulness, concentration, and effort can lead us away from anger, anxiety, and confusion, and into calmness, clarity, and the joy of living in the present.
	Inner Engineering	Sadhguru	Sadhguru presents a path to achieving well-being through the classical science of yoga in a practical, accessible book. It is a means to create inner situations exactly the way you want them, turning you into the architect of your own joy.
	Loving What Is	Byron Katie	A guidebook to The Work, which is a system of inquiry that can lead to incredible insights and personal change.
	A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook	Bob Stahl & Elisha Goldstein	MBSR is the benchmark for mindfulness training, and this workbook gives you the opportunity to practice much of it in the comfort of your own home, in your own time.
	Mindfulness for Beginners	Jon Kabat-Zinn	The father of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Jon Kabat-Zinn, covers the key concepts of mindfulness in this primer on mindfulness practice.
	A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled	Ruby Wax	Outrageously witty, smart and accessible, Ruby Wax shows ordinary people how and why to change for good, with mindfulness advice for relationships, for parents, for children and for teenagers, and a six-week course based on her studies of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy.
	Mindfulness in Action	Chögyam Trungpa	Mindfulness in action—mindfulness applied throughout life—can help us work more effectively with life’s challenges. This guide to mindful awareness through meditation provides all the basics, and goes deeper to address the questions that naturally arise as your practice matures and further insight arises.
	Mindfulness in Plain English	Bhante Gunaratana	This renowned meditation master takes us step by step through the myths, realities, and benefits of meditation and the practice of mindfulness. The book showcases Bhante G’s trademark clarity and wit, as he explores the tool of meditation, what it does, and how to make it work.
	The Mindful Kind	Rachael Kable	The host of the popular podcast, The Mindful Kind, shares what she has learned about mindfulness with you, showing you how to implement mindfulness in all aspects of your life – from relationships, self-care, health, sleep, work and study to hobbies, creativity and fun, and even social media.
	The Miracle of Mindfulness	Thich Nhat Hanh	In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercises as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it an opportunity to work toward greater self-understanding and peacefulness.
	Presence	Ann Weiser Cornell	If you’ve suffered through shame, anger, depression, self-criticism, relationship issues, fleeing from happiness, or even avoidance to taking action in your life, this book can serve as your guide to a different way of being with yourself and all of your feelings.
	Real Happiness	Sharon Salzberg	This is a great introduction to mindfulness practice from one of the stalwarts of the American mindfulness scene, Sharon Salzberg.
	Search Inside Yourself	Chade-Meng Tan	One of Google’s earliest engineers and personal growth pioneer, Chade-Meng Tan, offers a proven method for enhancing mindfulness and emotional intelligence in life and work.
	A Small Book of Wisdom: 6 Ways to Enjoy the Ride of the Eternal Now	Melissa Miles McCarter	After a series of seemingly overwhelming life challenges, Melissa Miles McCarter discovered that the roadblocks we face, no matter how tragic, are no match for embracing “the eternal now.” She shares how you can “enjoy the ride of the eternal now” and gives six ways you can commit to accepting your life as it is and move into the future without getting stuck in the past.
	Start Where You Are	Meera Lee Patel	An interactive journal designed to help readers navigate the confusion and chaos of daily life with one simple reminder: that every answer we’re looking for is already inside us.
	True Refuge	Tara Brach	You have the capacity for expressing creativity and spontaneity, wisdom and care. You have the potential for living from love. To manifest this requires intention, and the practices of open-hearted presence. This is the message of True Refuge, a series of stories and meditations that serve as a guide to finding emotional healing and spiritual freedom.
	We’re All Doing Time	Bo Lozoff	Often called “The Convict’s Bible,” this book is also relevant and important to any spiritual seeker. Interfaith wisdom, divided into 3 sections: The Big View, which discusses activism and spiritual exploration; Getting Free – a section of detailed practice instruction; and Dear Bo, which features correspondence between Bo and many of the inmates he challenged, encouraged, and loved. This book is available free to prisoners through the Human Kindness Foundation, and we have several copies in our office, which we are happy to distribute freely to people impacted by the criminal justice system.
Developing your Understanding
	Be As You Are	Ramana Maharshi	A collection of conversations with the many seekers who came to Maharshi for guidance, encapsulating the essence of Sri Ramana’s teaching: that self-realization is the quest we must all pursue to truly understand the world.
	Being Nobody, Going Nowhere	Ayya Khema	In this lucid classic, beloved teacher Ayya Khema introduces the reader to the how and why of meditation, providing a clear framework for understanding mindfulness practice. With specific, practical advice she illuminates the practices of compassion and sympathetic joy, and offers forthright guidance in working with the hindrances that we all encounter in meditation. Few introductory books are as simple and profound.
	Confession of a Buddhist Atheist	Stephen Batchelor	Batchelor paints a refreshingly doctrine-free, life-informed portrait of the historical Buddha—told from the author’s unique perspective as a former Buddhist monk and modern seeker—showing us the Buddha as a flesh-and-blood man who looked at life in a radically new way.
	Daring Greatly	Brené Brown	Brené Brown is a champion of vulnerability, and this book goes into detail how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead.
	The Deepest Acceptance	Jeff Foster	How can we bring an effortless yes to this moment? How do we stop running from “the mess of life”—our predicaments, our frustrations, even our search for liberation—and start flowing with all of it? In this book, Foster invites us to discover the ocean of who we are: an awareness that has already allowed every wave of emotion and experience to arrive.
	The Diamond in Your Pocket	Gangaji	This book points us directly to the diamond of truth that we really are. It offers us clear support in allowing any seeming obstacle to become a conduit for deeper awakening as the diamond is “polished naturally by life itself.”
	Falling into Grace	Adyashanti	In the same way that we fall into the arms of a loved one or drop our heads on the pillow at night, we can surrender into the beauty and truth of who and what we really are. Adyashanti shares what he considers fundamental insights that will “spark a revolution in the way we perceive life,” through a progressive inquiry.
	Food for the Heart	Ajahn Chah	Renowned for the beauty and simplicity of his teachings, Ajahn Chah was Thailand’s best-known meditation teacher. His charisma and wisdom influenced many American and European seekers, and helped shape the American Vipassana community. This collection brings together his most powerful teachings, including those on meditation, liberation from suffering, calming the mind, enlightenment, and the ‘living dhamma’.
	The Four Agreements	don Miguel Ruiz	The Four Agreements are simple: Be impeccable with your word; Don’t take anything personally; Don’t make assumptions; and Always do your best. This book gives you their background, and some handy tips on how to keep them.
	Gesture of Awareness	Charles Genoud	A unique philosophical work, which hearkens back to the classical verse-form, but in a modern voice that speaks directly to the twenty-first century reader and practitioner. Gesture of Awareness involves a fascinating philosophical exploration of time, space, and movement but at the same time is a manual for an embodied “practice of exploration.”
	How To Be Totally Unhappy In a Peaceful World	Gil Friedman	This book contains 30 rules, that, if completely disregarded will lead to happiness and give you a lot of laughs along the way. There is also a Midterm and a Final Exam, to keep the reader on the wrong track. Disclaimer: This book is not intended to replace medical advice. If, after reading any part, or the entire book, you are still not totally unhappy, seek the advice of your physician.
	How to Be Ultra Spiritual	JP Sears	Welcome to the Glorious Grandeur of Ultra Spirituality. In case you haven’t noticed, the New Age has become the Old Age. But don’t recycle your crystals just yet! His Enlightenedness JP Sears is ushering in the Newer Age, blinding us with the dawn-like brilliance that is Ultra Spirituality.
	Hsin Hsin Ming: The Zen Understanding of Mind and Consciousness	Osho	Osho lays out a clear understanding of the difference between mind and consciousness, and the role that the brain plays in the two – a difference that Western science has been struggling to define for decades, but that Zen has known for centuries through first-hand experience.
	I Am That	Nisargadatta Maharaj	A collection of the teachings of the great Indian sage, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, that is regarded by many as a “modern spiritual classic”. His teachings aim to end suffering by guiding the individual to an understanding of their true nature and the timelessness of being.
	Life Ahead	J. Krishnamurti	Drawn from transcripts of talks given to Indian students, the book covers a wide range of universal topics. In short, accessible chapters, Krishnamurti explores the danger of competition, the value of solitude, the need to understand both the conscious and the unconscious mind, and the critical difference between concentration and attention, and between knowledge and learning.
	Meditations	Marcus Aurelius	Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius draws and enriches the tradition of Stoicism, which stressed the search for inner peace and ethical certainty in an apparently chaotic world. Serenity was to be achieved by emulating in one’s personal conduct the underlying orderliness and lawfulness of nature, and in the face of the suffering at the core of life, Aurelius counsels stoic detachment from the things that are beyond one’s control and a focus on one’s own will and perception.
	Meditator’s Field Guide	Doug Kraft	An exploration of our inner landscape, particularly insights that touch us to the core but slide away like slippery fish. Many meditators have potentially life-changing revelations that their minds have difficulty absorbing. This is a collection of reflections on common liberating insights that are easily forgotten, embedding ageless teachings in stories and images to bring them to life so they will stick and continue to inspire us.
	Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening	Joseph Goldstein	The mind contains the seeds of its own awakening—seeds that we can cultivate to bring forth the fruits of a life lived consciously. In this book, Goldstein shares the wisdom of his four decades of teaching and practice. Exquisite in detail yet wholly accessible and relevant for the modern student, Mindfulness takes us through a profound study of the discpline.
	Mindset	Carol Dweck	World-renowned Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck utilizes decades of research on achievement and success to explain how a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity.
	Nature and Selected Essays	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Calling for harmony with, rather than domestication of, nature, and for a reliance on individual integrity, rather than on materialistic institutions, Emerson’s work is echoed in many of the great American philosophical and literary works of his time and ours.
	The Power of Now	Eckhart Tolle	To make the journey into the Now, we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. Become connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, “The eternal, ever present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.” Tolle uses simple language and an easy question-and-answer format to guide the reader.
	Radical Acceptance	Tara Brach	One of the deepest expressions of suffering is self aversion, or what Tara Brach calls the “the trance of unworthiness.” In this book, she guides the reader in healing the shame and fear that bind our hearts.
	The Science of Enlightenment	Shinzen Young	Young brings readers an uncommonly lucid guide to mindfulness meditation: how it works and how to use it to enhance your cognitive capacities, your kindness and connection with the world, and the richness of all your experiences. He merges scientific clarity, a rare grasp of source-language teachings East and West, and a gift for sparking insight through unexpected analogies, illustrations, humor, and firsthand accounts that reveal the inner journey to be as wondrous as any geographical expedition.
	Tao te Ching	Lao-tzu	A classic manual on the art of living. In 81 brief chapters, the Tao te Ching is about wisdom in action, through balance and perspective. It helps the reader access the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao (the basic principle of the universe).
	The Unenlightened Buddha	Jamie Reygle	A brief secular take on the teachings of the Buddha, by Jamie Reygle.
	The Untethered Soul	Michael Singer	A simple, profoundly intuitive guide to finding freedom from limitations and inner peace.
	Waking Up	Sam Harris	For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, this book is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. Harris argues that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow, and that how we pay attention to the present moment largely determines the quality of our lives.
	The Way of Zen	Alan Watts	In his definitive introduction to Zen Buddhism, Alan Watts explains the principles and practices of this ancient religion to Western readers. With a rare combination of freshness and lucidity, he delves into the origins and history of Zen to explain what it means for the world today with incredible clarity.
	What’s In the Way IS the Way	Mary O’Malley	This book invites you on the the journey back to yourself and to a trust-filled connection with life. On this journey, discover how to weave every part of yourself into your own heart so that you can know the joy of being fully here for Life.
	When Things Fall Apart	Pema Chödrön	There is a fundamental opportunity for happiness right within our reach, yet we usually miss it – ironically while we are caught up in attempts to escape pain and suffering. Pema’s radical and compassionate advice for what to do when things fall apart in our lives involves moving toward painful situations with friendliness and curiosity, relaxing into the essential groundlessness of our entire situation.
	White Fire	Mooji	A collection of sayings which encapsulate and compress Mooji’s essential spiritual teachings, which give the reader the chance to burn all that is not true and come into the full realisation of the timeless and limitless Self.
	The Wise Heart	Jack Kornfield	In this book, one of the great American teachers of mindfulness, Jack Kornfield, offers an extraordinary journey from the roots of consciousness to the highest expression of human possibility.
Embodied Mindfulness
	Autobiography of a Yogi	Paramahansa Yogananda	A beautifully written account of an exceptional life, and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. Profoundly inspiring, it is at the same time vastly entertaining, warmly humorous and filled with extraordinary personages.
	The Book of Joy	Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu	Nobel Peace Prize Laureates the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu have survived more than 50 years of exile, violence, and oppression. Despite their hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two of the most joyful people on Earth. In 2015, they celebrated the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday by creating this book, in which they look back on their lives to answer a single burning question: How do we find joy in the face of life’s inevitable suffering?
	Dharma in Hell	Fleet Maull	Prison activist and meditation teacher, Fleet Maull, shares his journey of transformation and service amidst the anger, violence,darkness and despair of a maximum security federal prison. This collection of writings from his 14 years behind bars vibrates with kindness, hope and the triumph of the human spirit. It is a testament to the truth that all human beings possess basic goodness.
	Dharma Punx	Noah Levine	The story of a young man and a generation of angry youths who rebelled against their parents and the unfulfilled promise of the sixties. Noah Levine’s search for meaning led him first to punk rock, drugs, drinking, and dissatisfaction. But the search didn’t end there. Having clearly seen the uselessness of drugs and violence, Noah looked for positive ways to channel his rebellion against what he saw as the lies of society.
	Dying To Be Me	Anita Moorjani	In this memoir, Moorjani relates how, after fighting cancer for almost four years, her body-overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system-began shutting down. As her organs failed, she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized her inherent worth . . . and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness, Anita found that her condition had improved so rapidly that she was able to be released from the hospital within weeks . . . without a trace of cancer in her body! She shares all she has learned about illness, healing, fear, “being love,” and the true magnificence of each and every human being!
	Enlightened Vagabond	Matthieu Ricard	The life and teachings of the wandering lama, Patrul Rinpoche—a highly revered spiritual master and scholar of nineteenth-century Tibet. Patrul’s life story reveals the nature of a highly realized being as he teaches both simple nomads and great lamas in ways that are often unconventional and even humorous, but always with uncompromising authenticity.
	Fragrant Palm Leaves	Thich Nhat Hanh	Thich Nhat Hanh has lived in exile from his native Vietnam since 1966. These remarkable early journals reveal not only an exquisite portrait of the Zen master as a young man, but the emergence of a great poet and literary voice of Vietnam. An elegant and profound glimpse into the heart and mind of one of the world’s most beloved spiritual teachers.
	From Onions to Pearls	Satyam Nadeen	The story of one man’s spiritual awakening under severely restrictive, sometimes violent, physical, and intense emotional conditions.
	Lucid Living	Tim Freke	Life is not what it seems to be and you are not who you think you are, because life is like a dream and you are the dreamer. Tim shares eight life-transforming insights that will help you experience the ultra-awake state of ‘lucid living’. An experiential journey that can transform your understanding of who you are and open up a wonderful new experience of being alive.
	My Stroke of Insight	Jill Bolte Taylor	Jill Bolte Taylor was a 37-year-old Harvard-trained and published brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain. Through the eyes of a curious neuroanatomist, she watched her mind completely deteriorate whereby she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Having lost the categorizing, organizing, describing, judging and critically analyzing skills of her left brain, along with its language centers and thus ego center, Jill’s consciousness shifted away from normal reality. In the absence of her left brain’s neural circuitry, her consciousness shifted into present moment thinking whereby she experienced herself “at one with the universe.”
	On Having No Head	Douglas Harding	This book is a breakthrough in terms of sharing, simply and clearly, the direct experience of who we really are, the boundless awareness at everyone’s center.
	Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart	Opal Whiteley	A lyrical, lovely, and deeply touching adaptation of an authentic journal kept by an orphaned six-year-old girl–later believed to be a French princess–living in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century.
	Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation	Jeff Brown	The memoir of an archetypal “male warrior”–a trial lawyer–who struggled to find his heart and a more authentic, soulful path. Brown’s dramatic and often funny story takes readers through remarkably human experiences–emotional, physical, and economic–as he recounts his troubled childhood, his success in apprenticing with Canada’s top criminal lawyer, and his ultimate decision to leave the law and begin an inner journey to discover his soul’s purpose, reminding us that we are all truly connected, that our seemingly isolated struggles are actually part of the shared human challenge to live a life that is heart-centered and soul-driven.
	The Surrender Experiment	Michael Singer	An extraordinary story of what happened after Singer experienced a deep spiritual awakening in his twenties, and decided to no longer let his personal fears and desires dictate his life but to simply surrender to what life had in store. This radical decision to follow life’s flow led Singer to both the pinnacle of success and the brink of disaster.
	The Tao of Pooh	Benjamin Hoff	The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh!?! In which it is revealed that one of the world’s great Taoist masters isn’t Chinese–or a venerable philosopher–but is in fact none other than that effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear. A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh! While Eeyore frets, and Piglet hesitates, and Rabbit calculates, and Owl pontificates, Pooh just is.
	Walden	Henry David Thoreau	Henry David Thoreau lived for two years, two months, and two days by Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. His time in Walden Woods became a model of deliberate and ethical living. His words and deeds continue to inspire millions around the world who seek solutions to critical environmental and societal challenges.
	Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance	Robert M. Pirsig	A powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live . . . and a breathtaking meditation on how to live better. An unforgettable narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America’s Northwest, undertaken by a father and his young son. A story of love and fear — of growth, discovery, and acceptance — that becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life’s fundamental questions.
Mindfulness in the World
	America’s Racial Karma	Larry Ward, PhD	A set of immediate, illuminating, and hopeful talks on breaking America’s cycle of racial trauma. In these short reflective essays, Ward offers his insights on the effects of racial constructs and answers the question: how do we free ourselves from our repeated cycles of anger, denial, bitterness, pain, fear, violence? He looks at the causes and conditions that have led us to our current state and finds, hidden in the crisis, a profound opportunity to reinvent what it means to be a human being.
	Breaking Down Is Waking Up	Dr Russell Razzaque	Razzaque explores an entirely new way of understanding psychological and mental distress based on clinical case studies from a mental hospital. His extraordinary conclusion: mental illness can be a form of spiritual awakening. The book posits that treatment of psychological difficulties should go beyond just “treating” episodes of mental illness but also, where possible, help the individual to complete the process of spiritual growth they have begun.
	Buddha on the Backstretch: The Spiritual Wisdom of Driving 200 MPH	Arlynda Lee Boyer	By using Buddhism as a lens to examine NASCAR racing—and NASCAR as a means to illustrate Buddhist teachings, this book provides a unique new perspective to the field of sports and spirituality. It considers mindfulness, handling setbacks, patience, discipline, heightened awareness, impermanence, equanimity, and how we face death.
	Buddha Takes the Mound: Enlightenment in 9 Innings	Donald Lopez, PhD	At once a love letter to the sport and an engaging introduction to mindfulness, it shows how baseball teaches us deep truths about the world, about ourselves, and about each other. Lopez provides a lens for us to see baseball in a new way, a way that makes us ponder profound questions about winning and losing, about who we are, about finitude and infinitude, about birth and death.
	Emotional Intelligence	Daniel Goleman	Goleman argues that our emotions play a much greater role in thought, decision making and individual success than is commonly acknowledged. He defines “emotional intelligence”—a trait not measured by IQ tests—as a set of skills, including control of one’s impulses, self-motivation, empathy and social competence in interpersonal relationships.
	The Happiness Track	Emma Seppälä	The science director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University explains that our inability to achieve sustainable fulfillment is tied to common but outdated notions about success. This book demolishes these counter-productive theories, drawing on the latest findings from the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience—research on happiness, resilience, willpower, compassion, positive stress, creativity, and mindfulness.
	The Inner Game of Tennis	Tim Gallwey	Instead of serving up technique, this book concentrates on the fact that, “Every game is composed of two parts, an outer game and an inner game.” The former is played against opponents, and is filled with lots of contradictory advice; the latter is played not against, but within the mind of the player, and its principal obstacles are self-doubt and anxiety.
	The Inner Work of Racial Justice	Rhonda Magee	Law professor and mindfulness practitioner Rhonda Magee shows that the work of racial justice begins with ourselves. It is only by healing from the injustices done against us and dissolving our personal barriers to connection that we develop the ability to view others with compassion and to live in community with people of vastly different backgrounds and viewpoints. Incorporating mindfulness exercises, research, and Magee’s hard-won insights, this book offers a road map to a more peaceful world.
	Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation	Parker J. Palmer	Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teacher and follow its lead toward a sense of meaning and purpose. Telling stories from his own life and the lives of others who have made a difference, he shares insights gained from darkness and depression as well as fulfillment and joy, illuminating a pathway toward vocation for all who seek the true calling of their lives.
	The Mindful Athlete	George Mumford	Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships. Mumford also helped Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Lamar Odom, and countless other NBA players turn around their games. In this book, Mumford shares his own story and the strategies that have made these athletes into stars.
	A Mindful Nation	Tim Ryan	Congressman Tim Ryan connects the dots between what’s happening in the classrooms, hospitals, boardrooms, research labs, and military bases across the country. He explores the scientific findings that support the beneficial effects of mindfulness and shares powerful stories from the field, showing how this simple practice is helping schoolchildren improve their ability to learn, veterans heal from trauma, and CEOs become more effective leaders. Ryan also provides practical tips for how to incorporate mindfulness into your life today.
	Mindful of Race	Ruth King	“Racism is a heart disease,” writes Ruth King, “and it’s curable.” Exploring a crucial topic seldom addressed in meditation instruction, this revered teacher shines a compassionate, provocative, and practical light into a deeply neglected and world-changing domain profoundly relevant to all of us.
	Mindfulness	Ellen Langer	This Harvard professor of psychology determines that the mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life. She explains how the mindless—as opposed to the mindful—develop mindsets of categories, associations, habits of thought born of repetition in childhood and throughout schooling. To be mindful, stressing process over outcome, allows free rein to intuition and creativity, and opens us to new information and perspectives.
	Natural Bravery	Gaylon Ferguson	In a culture of fear, amid threats of terrorism, violence, environmental disasters, and distrust in our leaders, fear and groundlessness are pervasive. But it is the very potency of this fear that makes it such a powerful tool for personal and cultural transformation. Natural Bravery helps us to look at fear with immediacy and courage, and to engage with it as a path to transform ourselves—and the world.
	One City	Ethan Nichtern	What you wear. What you say. What you think/ignore/buy/don’t buy… Welcome to One City-Population: Everyone-where EVERYTHING you do matters. You’ve lived here your whole life, whether you know it or not. This book offers a new way of understanding what binds us all together-no matter where we are, no matter who, with savvy, humor, and literary liveliness.
	Radical Dharma	Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens & Jasmine Syedullah	This urgent call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that racism and privilege prevent our collective awakening. Bridging the world of spirit and activism, the authors urge a compassionate response to the systemic, state-sanctioned violence and oppression that has persisted against black people since the slave era. Radical Dharma recasts the concepts of engaged spirituality, social transformation, inclusiveness, and healing.
	Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet	Joan Halifax	An evocative examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience. Halifax has identified five psychological territories she calls Edge States—altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement—that epitomize strength of character. Yet each of these states can also be the cause of personal and social suffering. In this way, these five psychological experiences form edges, and it is only when we stand at these edges that we become open to the full range of our human experience and discover who we really are.
	The Way of Tenderness	Zenju Earthlyn Manuel	Manuel brings philosophies of emptiness and appearance to bear on race, sexuality, and gender, using wisdom forged through personal experience and practice to rethink problems of identity and privilege. Her hard-won insights reveal that an effective practice must embrace the tenderness found where conventional reality and emptiness intersect. Only warmth and compassion can cure hatred and heal the damage it wreaks within us.
	Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying	Stephen & Ondrea Levine	Who Dies? shows the reader how to open to the immensity of living with death, to participate fully in life as the perfect preparation for whatever may come next. The Levines provide calm compassion rather than the frightening melodrama of death.
	Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?	Ajahn Brahm	108 stories that offer thoughtful commentary on everything from love and commitment to fear and pain. Drawing from his own life experience, as well as traditional folk tales, Brahm spins wry and witty stories that provide playful, pithy takes on the basic building blocks of everyday life.
Contemplative Christianity
	The Awakened Heart	Gerald May	Integrating the wisdom of ancient mystics and the insights of contemporary thinkers, May examines the spiritual longings that are often hidden and controlled by society’s pressures and expectations.
	Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening	Cynthia Bourgeault	A complete guidebook for all who wish to know the practice of Centering Prayer. Cynthia Bourgeault goes further than offering an introduction: she examines how the practice is related to the classic tradition of Christian contemplation, looks at the distinct nuances of its method, and explores its revolutionary potential to transform Christian life. The book encourages dialogue between Centering Prayer enthusiasts and those classic institutions of Christian nurture—churches, seminaries, and schools of theology—that have yet to accept real ownership of the practice and its potential.
	The Cloud of Unknowing	Anonymous	This anonymous work of Christian mysticism written in the 14th century is a spiritual guide on contemplative prayer. The underlying message of this work suggests that the way to know God is to abandon consideration of God’s particular activities and attributes, and be courageous enough to surrender one’s mind and ego to the realm of “unknowing”, at which point one may begin to glimpse the nature of God.
	A Course in Miracles		A unique spiritual self-study program designed to awaken us to the truth of our oneness with God and Love. Would you like to feel peaceful even in difficult circumstances? Would you like all of your relationships to be loving? Would you like to feel more connected to your Source? These are the goals of A Course In Miracles. They are achieved by learning to heal all of our relationships through the inspired practice of forgiveness.
	The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living: Excerpts from the Works of Father Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O	Fr. Thomas Keating	This work brings together for each day of the year three prayer practices for contemplative living: first, a brief “active prayer”; second, spiritual reading; and, third, Lectio Divina. The brief introductory prayer sentences are from various sources – the Bible, church traditional prayers, or from well-known spiritual writers. The spiritual readings come from Father Keating’s books and talks. Each day’s entry concludes with a brief selection from the Bible, (Lectio Divina).
	Embracing the Inconceivable	Ellen Birx	Written by local Zen roshi and Christian, Ellen Birx, this will appeal to Christians who are interested in the interspiritual practice of Christianity and eastern forms of meditation and mindfulness. Also included are sections on prayers and practices for those wishing to explore and apply the thoughtful insights Birx offers to their own interspiritual practice.
	Everything Belongs	Richard Rohr	Rohr us the belief that we have no real access to who we really are except in God. Only when we rest in God can we find the safety, the spaciousness, and the scary freedom to be who we are, all that we are, more than we are, and less than we are. Only when we live and see through God can “everything belong.”
	Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation	Martin Laird	Martin Laird shows that the Christian tradition of contemplation has its own refined teachings on using a prayer word to focus the mind, working with the breath to cultivate stillness, and the practice of inner vigilance or awareness. But this book is not a mere historical survey of these teachings: we also see the ancient wisdom of both the Christian East and West brought sharply to bear on the modern-day longing for radical openness to God in the depths of the heart.
	Lessons in Truth	H. Emilie Cady	A clear, concise representation of New Thought philosophy and metaphysical Christianity. The spiritual concepts presented in these twelve lessons show how to increase personal empowerment and enhance spiritual growth. Dr. Cady teaches that our lives can be transformed by the power of our thoughts, words, and beliefs.
	The Lower Levels of Prayer	George S. Stewart	One must know how to pray before they can instruct others effectively in the art. With rare spirit, insight and faith, this book tells of the simplest ways of prayer, which can bring even those of us with no special spiritual endowment into real communion with God.
	Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist	D.T. Suzuki	Suzuki compares the teachings of the great Christian mystic Meister Eckhart with the spiritual wisdom of Shin and Zen Buddhism. By juxtaposing cultures that seem to be radically opposed, Suzuki raises one of the fundamental questions of human experience: at the limits of our understanding is there an experience that is universal to all humanity?
	New Seeds of Contemplation	Thomas Merton	One of Thomas Merton’s most widely read and best-loved books, New Seeds of Contemplation seeks to awaken the dormant inner depths of the spirit so long neglected by Western man, to nurture a deeply contemplative and mystical dimension in our lives.
	A World Waiting to Be Born	M. Scott Peck	Using examples from his own life, case histories, and dramatic scenarios of businesses that made a conscious decision to bring civility to their organizations, Dr. Peck demonstrates how change can be effected and how we and our organizations can be restored to health. This wise, practical, and radical book is a blueprint for achieving personal and societal well-being.
Mindful Fiction
	The Alchemist	Paulo Coelho	The magical story of an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. The story of the treasures he finds along the way teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts.
	The Dharma Bums	Jack Kerouac	The story of two men engaged in a passionate search for Dharma—or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the High Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude.
	Jonathan Livingston Seagull	Richard Bach	A story for people who follow their hearts and make their own rules…people who get special pleasure out of doing something well, even if only for themselves…people who know there’s more to this living than meets the eye: they’ll be right there with Jonathan, flying higher and faster than ever they dreamed.
	The Prophet	Khalil Gibran	A collection of poetic essays divided into twenty-eight chapters covering many aspects of existence. Each essay reveals deep insights into the impulses of the human heart and mind.
	Siddhartha	Hermann Hesse	Synthesizing disparate philosophies–Eastern religions, Jungian archetypes, Western individualism–into a unique vision of life as expressed through one man’s search for meaning, Siddhartha is the story of the quest of a wealthy Indian Brahmin who casts off a life of privilege and comfort to seek spiritual fulfillment and wisdom.
Mindful Poetry
	Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver	Mary Oliver	Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Carefully curated, these 200 plus poems showcase the poet at her edifying best.
	The Essential Rumi	Jalal al-Din Rumi	Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi as accessible as possible.
	Four Quartets	T. S. Eliot	A rich composition that expands the spiritual vision introduced in The Waste Land. Here, in four linked poems, spiritual, philosophical, and personal themes emerge through symbolic allusions and literary and religious references from both Eastern and Western thought. The culminating achievement of a man who has been called the greatest poet of the twentieth century.
	I Heard God Laughing	Hafiz	To Persians, the poems of Hafiz are not “classical literature” from a remote past, but cherished wisdom from a dear and intimate friend that continues to be quoted in daily life. With uncanny insight, Hafiz captures the many forms and stages of love. His poetry outlines the stages of the mystic’s “path of love”—a journey in which love dissolves personal boundaries and limitations to join larger processes of growth and transformation.
	The Kabir Book	Kabir	“Kabir’s poems give off a marvelous radiant intensity. . . . Bly’s versions . . . have exactly the luminous depth that permits and invites many rereadings, many studyings-even then they remain as fresh as ever.” –The New York Times Book Review
	Poems and Songs	Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen evolved into an international cult figure who transcended genres and generations. This anthology contains a cross section of his five decades of influential work, including many of his songs, and poems from his poetry collections. Encompassing the erotic and the melancholy, the mystical and the sardonic, this volume showcases a writer of dazzling intelligence and live-wire emotional immediacy.
	Poetry of Presence	Various	A collection of more than 150 mindfulness poems, mostly by contemporary or recent poets. These poems call us to the here and now, and help us to dwell there. An inspiring read for lovers of beautiful, accessible poetry, it’s also a valuable resource for literature teachers, spiritual directors, meditators, interfaith clergy, mindfulness trainers, social workers, counselors, poetry therapists, hospice and grief workers, and medical personnel.
	The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry	Wendell Berry	One hundred poems written between 1957 and 1996. Chosen by the author, these pieces have been selected from each of his previously published collections. Focusing on themes that have occupied his work for years―land and nature, family and community, tradition as the groundwork for life and culture, this volume celebrates the broad range of this vital and transforming poet.
	Stray Birds	Rabindranath Tagore	Over 300 short, beautiful, thought provoking poems by Bengali polymath, poet, musician, and artist, Rabindranath Tagore.
	This Present Moment	Gary Snyder	Gary Snyder finds himself roaming over the planet: from the Dolomites to Lake Tahoe, from Paris and Tuscany to the shrine at Delphi, from Santa Fe to Sella Pass, he lays out a trail of complexity and lyrical regard.
	Where Many Rivers Meet	David Whyte	Immersed in nature, these poems paint pictures in your mind, like an “inner eye” that seeing the scenes Whyte is writing about. Like walking through a forest or an art gallery filled with paintings of nature, you can see, feel, smell and sense the scenes Whyte’s words paint.
Mindfulness for Children
	Building Emotional Intelligence	Linda Lantieri	Written by the mother of social-emotional learning, Linda Lantieri, this book offers a breakthrough guide for helping children quiet their minds, calm their bodies, and identify and manage their emotions.
	Hey Warrior	Karen Young	A wonderful summary of the neuroscience around mindfulness for kids. Quite a fun read, and short.
	A Kids Book About Mindfulness	Caverly Morgan	This is not your standard kids’ book. It gets at the heart of what mindfulness means in a direct, engaging way. Created for kids 9 and up, this book doesn’t just teach kids how to be present with their thoughts—it helps them learn that mindfulness can lead to understanding who they are, and why that matters.
	The Mindful Child	Susan Kaiser Greenland	This book gives insight into how to help your child manage stress and become happier, kinder, and more compassionate.
	Sitting Still Like a Frog	Eline Snel	A book of mindfulness exercises with an accompanying CD, that is great for younger kids.
	The Whole Brain Child	Dr Dan Siegel	By clinical psychiatrist Daniel Siegel, M.D., this book offers twelve revolutionary strategies to nurture children’s developing minds, and help your classroom thrive.
For the Classroom
	The Five Dimensions of Engaged Teaching	Laura Weaver & Mark Wilding	A fantastic toolkit for becoming as engaged as possible in the classroom. What are the five dimensions? Cultivating an open heart; engaging the self-observer; being present; establishing respectful boundaries; and developing emotional capacity. Sounds like mindfulness to us!
	Educating Mindfully	Edited by Tracy Heilers, Tim Iverson & Barbara Larrivee	This collaborative book contains dozens of stories of school transformation through mindfulness, in a multi-perspective exploration of the emergence of mindfulness in US education.
	Learning to Breathe	Patricia Broderick	A sequenced mindfulness program that can be used to introduce adolescents to mindfulness and its practice.
	Mindful Arts in the Classroom	Andrew Jordan Nance	Written especially for the teacher or camp director who wants to bring mindfulness, social and emotional learning, and the arts into their day, this book offers a complete course that helps kids identify and talk about their feelings, self-regulate and self-soothe when stressed, and learn from easy mindfulness practices.
	Mindful Games	Susan Kaiser Greenland	A set of 60 fun activity cards that provide you with plenty of imaginative ways to introduce mindfulness to your classroom.
	Mindfulness for Teachers	Tish Jennings	A book by UVA professor Tish Jennings, filled with mindful awareness practices to help teachers recognize and regulate emotional reactivity in their classrooms.
	MindUp	MindUp	The InSchools program has evolved out of the MindUp curriculum, which has comprehensive mindfulness training materials for grades K-8.
	Pure Edge Curriculum	Pure Edge	All teachers have free access to this. Please use it, a lot! To register, you will need a Tax ID, and you are welcome to use ours: 81-2558434.
	Teaching Mindfulness: A Practical Guide for Clinicians and Educators	Donald McCown, Diane Reibel & Marc Micozzi	This is the first in-depth treatment of the person and skills of the mindfulness teacher. It is intended as a practical guide to the landscape of teaching, to help those with a new or growing interest in mindfulness-based interventions to develop both the personal authenticity and the practical know-how that can make teaching mindfulness a highly rewarding and effective way of working with others.

Podcasts

	Alan Watts Podcast	Alan Watts is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century. In addition to his 28 books, Alan Watts delivered hundreds of public lectures and seminars the recordings of which have been preserved in the archives of the Electronic University, the highlights of which are featured here.
	Audio Dharma	Dharma talks at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. Each talk helps guide us toward the end of suffering and the attainment of freedom.
	Connectfulness Practice	Relationship therapist Rebecca Wong invites fabulous, big-thinking guests to talk about what it means to be human together. Featuring deep conversations about the big stuff — life, love, and legacy — and how to foster connection for yourself and with yourself.
	Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield	Jack Kornfield trained as a monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma, and has taught meditation since 1974. He co-founded the Insight Meditation Society and the Spirit Rock Center, and has taught in centers and universities worldwide, working with many of the great teachers of our time. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
	Homilies	Sermons by Fr. Richard Rohr, a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation. His teaching is grounded in practices of contemplation and self-emptying, expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized.
	Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein	Joseph Goldstein has been a leading light for the practice of Insight and Loving Kindness meditation since his days in India and Burma where he studied with eminent masters of the tradition. In this podcast he delivers these essential mindfulness teachings in a practical and down to earth way that illuminates the practice through his own personal experience and wonderful story telling.
	Learn Focusing – The Focusing Way	Focusing is an empowering tool that helps you improve your life by tapping in to the wisdom of your own body. No special tools are needed, you just need to be willing to learn simple techniques that bring you back to your natural state of being.
	Life Living Itself	Susanne Marie offers a space of meeting in the open nature of the heart, where our own humanity is celebrated as the divine and where nothing is excluded. Her work is transformational and empowering as she points to the guide within each of us. She specializes in helping others deconstruct their beliefs of what living a life of freedom looks like, with deep personal insight, humor, and grace.
	Metta Hour Podcast with Sharon Salzberg	Bringing ancient wisdom to everyday life in a practical, common sense vernacular. From everyday experiences to pithy revelations, each podcast is a journey on the path of self-discovery led by Sharon.
	The Michael Singer Podcast	Join the New York Times bestselling author of The Untethered Soul and The Surrender Experiment for this free series of five curated teaching sessions, recorded at the yoga and meditation center known as Temple of the Universe.
	The Mindful Kind	Rachael Kable shares her personal stories and experiences with mindfulness, including how mindful living helped her manage stress and improve her wellbeing. Described by her listeners as “genuine, down-to-earth and encouraging”, Rachael is passionate about empowering people to live more mindfully in fun, simple and meaningful ways.
	Mindfulness Man	A podcast offering free guided mindfulness meditation and talks about the subject from somebody out there doing their best to live by it.
	On Being	Hosted by Krista Tippett, this is a Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast. What does it mean to be human? How do we want to live? And who will we be to each other? Each week a new discovery about the immensity of our lives.
	The One You Feed	Conversations about creating a life worth living. Open-minded discussions of habits, meditation, wisdom, depression, anxiety, happiness, psychology, philosophy, and motivation.
	Present Moment: Mindfulness Practice and Science	A podcast and website dedicated to the exploration of contemporary mindfulness in society.
	Ram Dass Here and Now	Ram Dass first went to India in 1967, where his intense dharmic life started, and he became a pivotal influence on a culture that has reverberated with the words “Be Here Now” ever since. This podcast features lectures and spiritual talks Ram Dass has given all around the world.
	Satsang with Mooji	Satsang, which means ‘association with the highest Truth’, is the invitation to step into the fire of self-discovery. With Mooji, this fire will not burn you, it will burn only what you are not, and set your heart free.
	Tara Brach	Tara Brach’s teachings blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices, mindful attention to our inner life, and a full, compassionate engagement with our world. This podcast is a collection of dharma talks that help reveal the possibility of emotional healing and spiritual awakening through mindful, loving awareness as well as the alleviation of suffering in the larger world by practicing compassion in action.
	Ten Percent Happier Podcast with Dan Harris	Dan Harris is a fidgety, skeptical ABC newsman who had a panic attack live on Good Morning America, which led him to something he always thought was ridiculous: meditation. In this podcast, Dan talks with smart people about whether there’s anything beyond 10%: Can you be an ambitious person and still strive for enlightenment (whatever that means)?
	Thich Nhat Hanh Dharma Talks	Talks given by world-renowned dharma teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh.
	WeCroak	This podcast focuses on the things we don’t talk about enough, starting with death, but not ending there, and features interviews with philosophers, health workers, comedians, tech visionaries, and more.

Video

Movies
	Being There	A simple, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in Washington politics, all through being ‘there’ (or ‘here’, for him).
	The Empire Strikes Back	The Force is, in many ways, just another term for mindfulness, so we could have picked any of the Star Wars movies. We chose this one, because this is the one in which Yoda trains Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Jedi.
	Forrest Gump	The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, and an ability to remain present through it all.
	Inside Out	After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness – conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school. This is a great way to see how the mind works, and the message – to allow your emotions, rather than deny them – is central to mindfulness practice.
	The Karate Kid	A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager, who eventually learns the power of presence.
	The Lego Movie	An ordinary Lego construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as “special”, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the Lego universe into eternal stasis. It is when they enter Emmett’s brain and find it to be “prodigiously empty” that they realize he has what is needed to be a ‘master builder’.
	The Lord of the Rings	Mindfulness is referred to implicitly throughout these films. Frodo goes in and out of being mindful of the effect of the ring has on him; Sam remains mindful of his situation; and Gollum could use some mindful awareness, as could Saruman and Wormtail.
	Man of Steel	Clark Kent is an alien who as a child was evacuated from his dying world and came to Earth, living as a normal human. But when survivors of his alien home invade Earth, he must reveal himself to the world. Check out the training Clark receives early in life: a teacher who gets him to focus and visualize, and then later when he explains to General Zod that his parents taught him to focus when dealing with suffering. Once Zod understands this, he is able to change the focus of his perception for positive results.
	The Matrix	A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.
	Peaceful Warrior	A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast. The tagline for the film is “There are no ordinary moments”. ‘Nuff said.
	Seven Years in Tibet	The true story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China’s takeover of Tibet. This movie gives some great insights into the ways of Tibetan monastics, and the depth of their mindfulness practice.
	Wild	A chronicle of one woman’s one thousand one hundred mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy, that details a personal transformation made possible through confronting “the mix-tape radio station in my head”.
Documentaries
	Awake	A unique biopic about Yogananda, telling the story of his life and influence on yoga, religion and science, combining re-enactment, interviews, and verité.
	Dhamma Brothers	An overcrowded maximum-security prison-the end of the line in Alabama’s correctional system-is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program. A spark is ignited for convicts who will never see the light of day through an extended Vipassana retreat.
	Happy	This documentary takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.
	I Am	Director Tom Shadyac speaks with intellectual and spiritual leaders about what’s wrong with our world and how we can improve both it and the way we live in it.
	InnSæi – the Power of Intuition	A story of soul searching, science, nature and creativity, InnSæi takes us on a global journey to uncover the art of connecting within in today’s world of distraction and stress.
	A Joyful Mind	A film about finding true happiness and wellbeing through the practice of meditation, pulling back the curtain on what it means to meditate, on what modern science reveals about its benefits, and on how meditation and mindfulness can be used in workplaces and schools.
	Kumaré	A documentary about a man who impersonates a wise Indian Guru and builds a following in Arizona. At the height of his popularity, the Guru Kumaré must reveal his true identity to his disciples and unveil his greatest teaching of all. This is a valuable warning for anyone seeking answers outside of themselves.
	Meetings with Remarkable Men	This documentary is about G.I. Gurdjieff, a spiritual teacher and mystic who, after a lifetime study, developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
	The Mindfulness Movie	An entertaining, secular, and educational look at the benefits of mindful practice, bringing together an unprecedented group of the world’s leading neuroscientists, psychiatrists, authors, and others to decode mindfulness.
	Ram Dass: Fierce Grace	After Richard Alpert was fired from Harvard in 1963 for conducting psychedelic drug research, he journeyed to India, found a guru and was renamed Ram Dass (“Servant of God”). This documentary details what he has learnt since then.
	Room to Breathe	A surprising story of transformation as troubled kids in a San Francisco public middle school are introduced to the practice of mindfulness meditation in a nearly impossible learning environment.
	Walk With Me	A meditative film about a community of Zen Buddhist monks and nuns who have dedicated their lives to mastering the art of mindfulness with their world-famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.
	Yoga Unveiled	Yoga scholars, teachers and medical experts explore the history of yoga from ancient times to recent history as well as its therapeutic potential.

Apps

	Breathe	Check in with how you’re feeling, and try short activities tuned to your emotions with this app that utilizes the slogan: Stop Breathe Think.
	Breathe Kids	Help kids discover their superpowers of quiet, focus and peaceful sleep with this easy-to-use app. From the makers of Breathe.
	Brightmind	Brightmind expands the boundaries of human potential through tailored meditation instruction from world-class meditation teachers Shinzen Young and Julianna Raye.
	Calm	Featuring over 100 guided meditations to help you manage anxiety, lower stress and sleep better, Calm is a great mindfulness app for beginners, and also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users.
	Headspace	Headspace is meditation made simple, teaching you the life-changing skills of meditation and mindfulness in just a few minutes a day.
	Insight Timer	Featuring the largest free library of guided meditations on earth and an excellent meditation timer, all for free, Insight Timer is one of our favorite apps. If you install it, please join our group, SWVA Mindfulness.
	Ten Percent Happier	A clear, simple approach to meditation with highly respected meditation teachers, and featuring daily videos and guided meditations; a range of content for coping with day-to-day existence; regularly updated content; practical advice; quick meditations; offline access to guided meditations and videos; and Apple Health App integration.
	WeCroak	Based on a Bhutanese folk saying that to be a happy person one must contemplate death five times daily, this app helps you contemplate your mortality by sending you five invitations at randomized times with a quote about death from a poet, philosopher, or notable thinker.