Recommended Reading
Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom, by Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius (New Harbinger, 2009)
Mindful Recovery, by Thomas Bein and Beverly Bein (Wiley, 2002)
Mindfulness in Plain English, by Bhante Gunaratana (Wisdom Publications, 1992)
Peace is Every Step, by Thich Nhat Hanh (Bantam Books, 1991)
Start Here Now, by Susan Piver (Shambala Publications, 2015)
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion,by Christopher Germer (Guilford Press, 2009)
The Mindful Way Through Depression, by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindal Segal and Jon Kabat-Zinn (Guilford Press, 2007)
The Mindfulness Solution, by Ronald Siegel (Guilford Press, 2010)
Wherever You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn (Hyperion Books, 1994)
CDs & Audio Files All available at www.SoundsTrue.com
Finding True Refuge and Radical Acceptance, by Tara Brach
LovingKindness Meditation, a 3-CD set by Sharon Salzberg
Meditation for Beginners, a 2-CD set by Jack Kornfield (Director of Spirit Rock)
Opening the Heart and How to Meditate with Pema Chodron
Other Bay Area Classes & Groups
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Renee Burgard, LCSW, Los Altos:
Teaches at Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Google, Apple
650-269-4807
www.mindfulnesshealth.com
David Weinberg, Berkeley:
Classes in Berkeley, Orinda, and Walnut Creek
510-540-8928
www.stresscaretraining.org
Reba Connell, LCSW, Oakland:
Also teaches Mindful Eating, Mindful Nutrition
510-594-8224
www.centerforstressreduction.com
Kaiser offers MBSR classes in some locations, which may be open to non-members
Meditation Centers
East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
510-268-0696
www.eastbaymeditation.org
Insight Meditation Center
108 Birch Street
Redwood City, California 94062
650-599-3456
www.insightmeditationcenter.org
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
Woodacre, CA 94973 Marin
415-488-0164
www.spiritrock.org
Other Resources Around the Web
Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley: greatergood.berkeley.edu
Headspace meditation app for smart phones: www.headspace.com
Mindful magazine/website: www.mindful.org
The Wise Brain Bulletin: www.rickhanson.net/writings/wise-brain-bulletin/
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center: http://marc.ucla.edu
UCSD Center for Mindfulness (where I trained): health.ucsd.edu/specialties/mindfulness
UMass Center for Mindfulness (Jon Kabat-Zinn): www.umassmed.edu/cfm
