Books and Guided Meditations

Recommended books:

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Naht Hanh

Real Happiness by Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness in Plain English by Gunaratana Thera

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Guided meditations:

Insight Timer, Headspace, and Breathe are apps that offer free guided meditations and a number of useful features for tracking and maintaining your meditation practice.

The following teachers have guided meditations available on YouTube: Sharon Salzberg, Tara Brach, Thich Naht Hanh, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Joseph Goldstein, Alan Wallace (and many more—just search “guided mindfulness meditation”!)


If you’d like more resources to further deepen your practice, feel free to get in touch with Tyla (tjtaylor@wesleyan.edu).