PAGE CONTENTS
(1) Recommended introductory books
(2) Other books
(3) Recordings (audio or video)
(1) General introductions to mindfulness
Wherever you go, there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life, by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Hyperion, 2005. [Amazon] [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
Mindfulness for Beginners, by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Hyperion, 2011. [Amazon] [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
The complete idiot's guide to mindfulness, by Anne Ihnen & Carolyn Flynn. (2008).
(2) Books based on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
A mindfulness-based stress reduction workbook, by Bob Stahl & Elisha Goldstein. New Harbinger, 2010. [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
Calming your anxious mind: How mindfulness and compassion can free you from anxiety, fear, and panic, by Jeffrey Brantley. New Harbinger, 2007. [Amazon] [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
(3) Books Based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
The mindful way through depression: Freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness, by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, & Jon Kabat-Zinn. (2007). [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
The mindful way workbook: An 8 week program to free yourself from depression and emotional distress, by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal. New York: Guilford Press, 2014.
Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World, by Mark Williams & Danny Penman (2012). [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
(4) Books based on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Forsyth, J. P. (2007). The mindfulness & acceptance workbook for anxiety: a guide to breaking free from anxiety, phobias & worry using acceptance & commitment therapy. [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
The Mindful Way through Anxiety: Break Free from Chronic Worry and Reclaim Your Life, by Susan M. Orsillo, Lizabeth Roemer, and Zindel Segal (2011). Free audio downloads of mindfulness exercises plus other resources are available at the authors' website, www.mindfulwaythroughanxiety.com. [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
Strosahl, K. D., & Robinson, P. J. (2015). In This Moment: Five Steps to Transcending Stress Using Mindfulness and Neuroscience. [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
(5) Recordings (audio or video)
Mindfulness for beginners (audio CD), by Jon Kabat-Zinn. (2006). [Available at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library]
Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy, by Susan M. Pollak, Thomas Pedulla, & Ronald D. Siegel. Note: This book is intended for psychotherapists, but their website has very good guided meditations in written and recorded form.
The Mindful Way Through Anxiety - Mindfulness Exercises: Audio recordings of meditations from the book.