For more guided audio meditations on different topics, check out the UCLA MARC Free Guided Meditations

If you want more meditations and great videos, take a look at Stop, Calm, Think’s YouTube channel.

Mountain meditation transcript

There are many apps to choose from. Here are some of our favourites… Most apps are free to download from your app store and offer a free trial with requirement of later subscription.

Insight Timer: iOS | Google/Android
Headspace: iOS | Google/Android
Calm: iOS | Google/Android
Buddhify: iOS | Google/Android

Oxford Mindfulness Centre
Mind, the mental health charity, has an information page on mindfulness
Mental Health Foundation’s ‘Be Mindful’ programme
De-Stress Monday | learn how to start the week with a mindful approach

A general good place to start is with any introductory or beginners book. This may seem obvious but it’s good to remind ourselves that we won’t become advanced overnight!

For a good introduction - “Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world” by Prof. Mark Williams and Dr. Danny Penman.

For integrating mindfulness into daily life - “This is happening” by Rohan Gunatillake.

Wanting an overview of the science? Check out “The Science of Meditation” by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson.

Here’s our reference list. As we add more content and include more research on mindfulness, our reference list will continue to grow - so keep checking back!

Barbosa, P., Raymond, G., Zlotnick, C., Wilk, J., Toomey III, R., & Mitchell III, J. (2013). Mindfulness-based stress reduction training is associated with greater empathy and reduced anxiety for graduate healthcare students. Education for health, 26(1), 9.

Birnie, K., Speca, M., & Carlson, L. E. (2010). Exploring self‐compassion and empathy in the context of mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR). Stress and Health, 26(5), 359-371.

Bodhi, B. (2000). A comprehensive manual of Adhidhamma. Seattle: BPS Pariyatti.

Canby, N. K., Cameron, I. M., Calhoun, A. T., & Buchanan, G. M. (2015). A brief mindfulness intervention for healthy college students and its effects on psychological distress, self-control, meta-mood, and subjective vitality. Mindfulness, 6(5), 1071-1081.

Galante, J., Dufour, G., Vainre, M., Wagner, A. P., Stochl, J., Benton, A., … & Jones, P. B. (2018). A mindfulness-based intervention to increase resilience to stress in university students (the Mindful Student Study): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Public Health, 3(2), e72-e81.

Johnson, S., Gur, R. M., David, Z., & Currier, E. (2015). One-session mindfulness meditation: a randomized controlled study of effects on cognition and mood. Mindfulness, 6(1), 88-98.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994) Wherever you go, there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. New York: Hyperion Books.

National Union of Students (2016). Mental Health Poll. Retrieved from: http://appg-students.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Mental-Health-Poll-November-15-Summary.pdf Accessed: 14/11/2018. — For an overview of the report in the context of student wellbeing issues, see this report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Students.

Papies, E. K., Barsalou, L. W., & Custers, R. (2012). Mindful attention prevents mindless impulses. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3(3), 291-299.

Shearer, A., Hunt, M., Chowdhury, M., & Nicol, L. (2016). Effects of a brief mindfulness meditation intervention on student stress and heart rate variability. International Journal of Stress Management, 23(2), 232-254.

van der Riet, P., Rossiter, R., Kirby, D., Dluzewska, T., & Harmon, C. (2015). Piloting a stress management and mindfulness program for undergraduate nursing students: Student feedback and lessons learned. Nurse Education Today, 35(1), 44-49.