Helpful Podcasts Articles and Books

Talks and Guided Meditations

• Tara Brach: Guided Reflection on Bringing RAIN to Fear      [2020-03-18] https://youtu.be/5Bg3F214cFI
• Polyvagal Theory: The Science of Safety & Trauma with Dr. Stephen Porges  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pQ66TDIFus 
• The Best Explanation of Addiction I’ve Ever Heard – Dr. Gabor Maté  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys6TCO_olOc 
• Walking meditations from Dharma      Seed.org https://dharmaseed.org/talks/?search=+walking+meditation&sort=-rec_date&page_items=10
• Audio Loving Kindness Mediation by      Mark Nunberg, guiding teacher of Common Ground Meditation Center.  23      Minutes https://cgmc.dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/543/30403.html
• Audio walking mediations from Jill      Shepherd, a longtime teacher at IMS https://dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/637/51445.html
• A three minute scan, written and      audio by Diane Winston of Spirit Rock Mediation Center https://www.mindful.org/a-3-minute-body-scan-meditation-to-cultivate-mindfulness/
• Audio 16 minute relaxation      exercise by Tara Brach, a cofounder of IFS https://www.tarabrach.com/meditation-breath-breath-2/
• https://commongroundmeditation.org/intro-to-meditation/handouts-study-resources/

This page includes handouts from the Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Course with Mark Nunberg, links for getting started at Common Ground, and audio recordings including guided mediations and Marks talk “Understanding the Path.” 

Articles

• What is Mindful Awareness      Practice? AND How and Why We Sit by      Mark Nunberg; https://commongroundmeditation.org/intro-to-meditation/
• Addiction and Recovery: How      Mindfulness May Help: an article on the university of Southern California      for Social Work website.  https://msw.usc.edu/mswusc-blog/addiction-recovery-mindfulness-exercises/
• Mindfulness Therapy as an Addiction      Treatment, an article in “Verywellmind.com” https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-mindfulness-21854
• Mindfulness Tips for People with Addictive Personalities or      Backgrounds with TraumaBy Charlie Borden
• “7 Steps to Relaxing your      Body,”  written instructions by Susan Baure-Wu of the Mind and Life      Institute https://www.mindful.org/7-steps-to-relax-your-body/
• Written walking meditation      instructions by Gil Fronsdale founding teacher of Insight Meditation      Society https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/instructions-for-walking-meditation/
• How to practice      progressive muscle relaxation on VeryWellMind.com https://www.verywellmind.com/how-do-i-practice-progressive-muscle-relaxation-3024400

Books

The Mindful Self Compassion Workbook. www.selfcompassion.org

One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps, by Kevin Griffin

Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction, by Noah Levine

Mindful Recovery: A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction, by Thomas and Beverly Bien

The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery by Lawrence Peltz, MD

The Mindful Way through Depression by Williams, Teasdale, Segal, Kabat-Zinn

Welcoming the Spiritual Awakening Within Me by Emotions Anonymous 

Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction, by Noah Levine

Mindful Recovery: A Spiritual Path to Healing from Addiction, by Thomas and Beverly Bien

The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery by Lawrence Peltz, MD

The Mindful Way through Depression by Williams, Teasdale, Segal, Kabat-Zinn

The Body Keeps the Score, Besdel Van Der Kolk, M.D. 

PTSD, The Victim’s Guide to Healing and Recovery, Raymond B. Flannery Jr. Ph.D., FAPM 

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity, Nadine Burke Harris

What Happened to You? Conversations on trauma, Resilience, and Healing Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. 

Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries, Alice Miller Psychologist  

Shame the Power of Caring, 3rd Edition, Gershen Kaufman 

Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body