Free Mindfulness Resources & More

[MyNameIsTerry]

Hi all,

This comes up from time to time so I thought I would try and post some in a thread so people can find them more easily. I will also post in the links from Tish's thread on the Top Tips board "Mindfulness Apps" as there were some good ones in there.

I haven't tried many of these but hopefully the websites will prove them to be OK and some of them seem to be known names.

So, here goes. If I come across more, I'll add them in but please add your own.

[Note to Admin: These are free for personal use on the originators, authors or website who has sourced them]

Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World
Professor Mark Williams website that accompanies his books. The first link are the meditations found in his book of this name which where you practice daily but work them by changing to the next weeks meditation over 8 weeks. (there are more in the book and CBT style exercises)

http://franticworld.com/free-meditat...m-mindfulness/

Further free resource(s) from the website:

http://franticworld.com/resources/fr...ss-for-health/


The Free Mindfulness Project:
A good mix of known names and organisations with introductions, breathing, body scans, guided imagery, etc.

Downloads
http://www.freemindfulness.org/download

Apps
http://www.freemindfulness.org/apps


Mindful Self Compassion
Downloads by a clinical psychologist who also trains others to teach. Given he is Massachusetts, he probably took his influence from MBSR as their centre is there. These also include elements of Loving-Kindness meditation and seem to have a big focus on compassion.

http://www.mindfulselfcompassion.org..._downloads.php


Mindful Meditations by UCLA
Currently free to download from iTunes. Includes breathing, body scanning including for sleep, Loving-Kindness, etc. Were created for an ADHD programme by their Director for Mindfulness Education.

http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22


The Mindful Solution
An assistant professor with a similiar background to the guy at Mindful Self Compassion (above) who has produced several books including use of Mindfulness in physical conditions. Breathing, body scanning, Loving-Kindness and more.

http://www.mindfulness-solution.com/...ditations.html


Mindful (magazine)
A magazine that has a section with links to recommended sources. (I haven't checked these so be careful if they charge)

http://www.mindful.org/resources#instruction


Tara Brach
Large resource of guided meditations & recordings from retreats. One of her downloads is on The Free Mindfulness Project website (above), has a large US retreat, background in clinical psychology, etc. Some also in Spanish.

http://www.tarabrach.com/audioarchiv...ditations.html


UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness
Body scans, Loving-Kindness, Wisdom, etc. Also offers Mindful Yoga and MBSR Yoga (see 2nd tab)

https://health.ucsd.edu/specialties/...ges/audio.aspx


Sitting Together
3 medical professionals, one of which is the one from The Mindfulness Solution (above) so there is only a few different ones on here but alll along the same lines.

http://sittingtogether.com/meditations.php

Posted by NMP members in other threads.

The Headspace app has been used & recommended by quite a few NMP members. It is initially free on a 10 day trial but after that there is a subscription option:

https://www.headspace.com/


A Loving-Kindness meditation posted by lior:

http://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Lovi...on-%28Metta%29


A Loving-Kindness meditation posted by Nat2015 plus there are compassion meditations on this page:

http://self-compassion.org/category/...ed-meditations

Updated to create sections.

Mindfulness Based Art Therapy (MBAT) is also available through some practitioners. Here is a link to the thread I am updating with information about this and some examples:

http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=168827

Updated to add MBAT section.