Resources and support for mindfulness practice

Meditation groups Community Mindfulness: the Last Wednesday of every month, at 6 pm at the Center for Healthy Minds. Dinner and childcare is provided. Please RSVP to mindful-reentry@chm.wisc.edu UW Health MBSR: www.uwhealth.org/mindfulness Shambhala Center Heart of Recovery https://madison.shambhala.org/event/829522-heart-of-recovery-group/  SnowFlower Sangha https://snowflower.org/ East Bay Meditation Center eastbaymeditation.org Palouse Mindfulness https://palousemindfulness.com   Guided meditation practices Audio meditation practices led by Carmen Alonso

• Breath Awareness Practice (6 minutes)
• 3-Step Breathing Space (5 minutes)
• Self-Compassion Practice (19 minutes)
• Shorter Body Scan Practice (9 minutes)
• Longer Body Scan Practice (22 minutes)

Audio meditation practices led by Chad McGehee (UW Athletics Head Meditation Trainer and CHM affiliate)

• 9-Minute Body Scan Practice
• 15-Minute Breath Awareness Practice

R.E.S.T. practice led by Rashid Hughes

• 12-minute R.E.S.T. Practice

Mindfulness apps Healthy Minds Program: Free app grounded in research on well-being developed at the Center for Healthy Minds Insight Timer: Free and premium recorded practices from hundreds of teachers; free and easy-to-use timer with customizable bell sounds UCLA Mindful App: Free app with basic meditation practices in 14 languages and additional content Plum Village App: Free app with guided meditations, deep relaxations, and other practices offered by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community. Headspace: Popular app (subscription required) with hundreds of meditation practices for all different purposes Books  Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-Zinn The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda Magee Peace is Every Step and You Are Here by Thich Nhat Hanh This Here Flesh and Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Jasmine Syedullah Real Happiness: A 28-day program to realize the power of meditation by Sharon Salzberg Other internet resources Center for Healthy Minds Mindful Reentry Meditation Playlist on YouTube Just Mindfulness (Carmen Alonso) BIPOC Mindfulness Resource Guide by the Education Justice Project Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)