Mindfulness
How to Meditate
A practical guide to making friends with your mind. This step-by-step guide shows readers how to honestly meet and openly relate with the mind, embrace the fullness of our experience, and live in a wholehearted way.
The Pema Chödrön Foundation
Meditation for Beginners
In this course created especially for beginners, Jack offers a straightforward, step-by-step method for bringing meditation into your life. Using the meditations included in this book, you will discover how easy it is to use your breath, physical sensations-and even difficult emotions-to create tranquility and loving-kindness in your everyday life
Jack Kornfield
The Nap Ministry
An organization that examines the liberating power of naps. Their “Rest is resistance” framework and practice engages with the power of performance art, site-specific installations, and community organizing to install sacred and safe spaces for the community to rest together.
The Nap Ministry
The Power of Awareness
An online mindfulness training to transform your life with awareness, compassion and well-being by Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach.
Sounds True
Nourishing The Nervous System
This timely tome from somatically-oriented therapeutic guide tayla is an accessible and energizing guide to nourishing the nervous system during crisis. From embodiment exercises to reflections on the animal body, tayla will help connect you to practices to ground in presence & grow your capacity to care on the cusp of collapse.
tayla shanaye
YoMIND
Helpful video series for everyone who wants to connect with their bodies and harness their minds so they can rise above the stress of their lives and thrive.
YoMIND
Awe Walk
Find wonder and inspiration through a simple stroll.
Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
Waking Up App
This app acts as a guide for understanding the inner workings of the mind, in order to live a more balanced and fulfilling life.
Sam Harris
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Learn the skills of mindfulness, being awake and fully aware, from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Spirit Rock
Located among 411 serene acres of woodland north of San Francisco, Spirit Rock is a center for mindfulness studies. But, thanks to their online resources, you don’t have to go to California to discover the insights and practices honed at Spirit Rock.
Spirit Rock
Insight Meditation Society
This online meditation society could be your refuge for cultivating tranquility, wisdom and compassion.
Insight Meditation Society
“Here Comes a Thought” | Steven Universe | Cartoon Network
“Take a moment. Remind yourself to take a moment and find yourself. Take a moment and ask yourself if this is how we fall apart.” Watch Garnet and Stevonnie perform “Here Comes a Thought” from the Steven Universe episode, “Mindful Education.” as Garnet teaches Stevonnie that they must confront their demons.
Cartoon Network
Shine App | Calm Anxiety & Stress
The Shine App is a tool for building habits of regular meditation and self-reflection.
Shine APP | Calm Anxiety & Stress
Liberate App
Explore meditations and talks designed for the Black experience with leading BIPOC teachers on Liberate app.
Liberate APP
SWITCH PATHWAYS
We move through change each day – it is a constant in our lives. These are the building blocks of sustainability for living in this moment and throughout the long road ahead.
There can be a deep sense of urgency for change that drives us to action before we have fully aligned our purpose and outcomes. This can lead to disruptions, unnecessary conflict and ultimately failure of our plans. Here are valuable guides for aligning intention and action to save energy, resources and time.
To make change in our society, we need to understand the fundamentals of how decision making happens, in our teams, through our social identities, and in our systems of power.
Work for diversity, equity and inclusion achieves lasting impact when we orient our energy towards structural change and integrate structural change tools into our programs and operations. This pathway provides support for analyzing structures and transforming them for justice.
Breaking the status quo and opening up new possibilities for equity and freedom in our work requires innovative experiments. Teams must ensure that all members have the ability to act on the vision and goals they are co-creating.
Our minds cannot move toward racial justice, equity or transformation if our bodies are not prepared for change. This pathway offers those preparations that we have found most beneficial to adult learning.
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GROW COMMUNITY
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