Sober Synthesis

Mindfulness Center at Brown:

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction – MBSR
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy – MBCT

Community Mindfulness Sessions (free):

https://www.brown.edu/public-health/mindfulness/class/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-mbsr-mindful-approach-depression-and-anxiety-mbct-silent

Mindfulness Health Institute:

https://mindfulnessandhealthinstitute.org/our-programs/

Mindfully Based Relapse Prevention:

https://www.mindfulrp.com/

MBSR 8-Week Courses:

https://www.brown.edu/public-health/mindfulness/classes

https://www.ummhealth.org/center-mindfulness

https://www.uclahealth.org/marc/body.cfm?id=83

FREE MBSR Course: Palouse Mindfulness

https://palousemindfulness.com/

Dave Potter:

Dave Potter is fully certified as an MBSR instructor by the University of Massachusetts Medical School and he has taught live, in-person MBSR classes in his community for many years. He’s also a retired psychotherapist who has had a daily meditation practice for over 30 years, and when he discovered MBSR, he wanted to offer it to his clients and his community.

This online MBSR training course is 100% free, created by a fully certified MBSR instructor, and is based on the program founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Here you will find a complete MBSR course, designed for people who are not able to take a live MBSR course for financial or logistical reasons. All of the materials used in the live courses is taught, including guided meditations, articles and videos – ALL are freely available here.

Books:

Full Catastrophe Living – John Kabat Zinn
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Intro to the Practice of Meditation&No Mud No Lotus by Thich Nhat Hahn
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
Making Friends with Your Mind by Pema Chodron
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky
The Stress of Life by Hans Selye