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
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The Daily Sit through Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Weekdays from 10:30-11:15 https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/resources/daily-sit/
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Cambridge Health Alliance Center for Mindfulness and Compassion
https://www.chacmc.org/connect
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Dharma in Daily Life through Cambridge Insight Meditation Center (15 minute practice, offered weekdays): https://cambridgeinsight.org/what-we-offer/drop-in-programs/
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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
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A Good Apology: Four Steps to Make Things Right by Molly Howes.
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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).
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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
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Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deborah Dana
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Mindful Way Through Anxiety by Susan M. Orsillo, PhD. and Lizabeth Roemer, PhD
MEDITATION & RETREAT CENTERS
MEDITATION RESOURCES AND RETREAT CENTERS
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
Cambridge Insight Meditation Meditation Center
Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Cambridge Health Alliances
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For Therapists: The Institute for Meditation & Psychotherapy