RESOURCES

APPS

Meditation Apps

Insight Timer: Free meditation timer with a wide variety of guided practices & teachings. Paid structured programming available as well.
Ten Percent Happier: Subscription-based program. Guided practices, podcasts and structured programming
Liberate: Black owned; 40+ BIPOC teachers with a diverse background in lineage, perspective, and approach
Open: BIPOC owned; meditation, breathwork, and movement; music is deeply integrated into the app
Headspace: Subscription-based. Structured programming.
Dharma Seed: Free. Through Insight Meditation Society: talks and meditations.

Other Apps:

Unwinding Anxiety
- "A step-by-step web and mobile app program that’s scientifically proven to reduce anxiety."
Optimal HRV
- "Improve Mental & Physical Health through training Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback."
Healthy Minds Program App
- "Easy-to-use guide to well-being."

LIVE ONLINE MEDITATION SUPPORTS

The Daily Sit through Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Weekdays from 10:30-11:15 https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/resources/daily-sit/

Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Mindfulness and Compassion

https://www.chacmc.org/connect

Dharma in Daily Life through Cambridge Insight Meditation Center (15 minute practice, offered weekdays): https://cambridgeinsight.org/what-we-offer/drop-in-programs/

BOOKS

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristen Neff & Chris Germer

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress Related Diseases, and Coping

2nd Edition by Robert Sapolsky

Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety by Kelly G. Wilson PhD,‎ Troy DuFrene

A Good Apology: Four Steps to Make Things Right by Molly Howes.

The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary by Ronald D. Siegel (along with The Mindfulness Solution, Back Sense, and Dr. Siegel's Great Course on Mindfulness).

ACT on Life Not on Anger: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Guide to Problem Anger

By Georg H. Eifert PhD, Matthew McKay PhD, John P. Forsyth PhD, Steven C. Hayes PhD

Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deborah Dana

Mindful Way Through Anxiety by Susan M. Orsillo, PhD. and Lizabeth Roemer, PhD