Science Behind Mindfulness

These are some of our favorite resources on the science of mindfulness:

BOOKS

• 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story, Dan Harris (ABC News Anchor)
• Working with Emotional Intelligence, Dr. Daniel Goleman
• Mindful Work: How Meditation Is Changing Business from the Inside Out, David Gellis (New York Times Reporter)
• Search Inside Yourself, Chade-Meng Tan (Founder of Google’s “Search Inside Yourself” training program)
• Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, Dr. Rick Hanson
• Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Dr. Dan Siegel
• Mindful Nation, U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan

VIDEOS

• Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation, Philippe Goldin  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6Q0G1iHBI
• Transform Your Mind, Change Your Brain, Dr. Richie Davidson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tRdDqXgsJ0

WEBSITES

mindfulness:

• University of Massachusetts Mindfulness Center
• UC Davis Center for Mind and Body
• UC Irvine School of Medicine Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine
• UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
• Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology
• American Mindfulness Research Association (AMRA)
• Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Princeton Neuroscience Institute
• Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at UC Santa Barbara
• Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience (UC Berkeley)

yoga:

• Boston University Medical Campus
• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
• Walter Reed Army Medical Center
• Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany