mindfulness@brown.edu 

Suggested Readings

American Heart Association has excellent information on heart health. www.heart.org
Brewer, J. (2017) The Craving Mind. Yale University Press. 
Chodron, P. (1994). Start Where You Are: Shambhala.
Chodron, P. (1994). The Wisdom of No Escape: Shambhala.
Chodron, P. (1997). When Things Fall Apart: Shambhala.
Chozen Bays, J. Mindful Eating. Shambala.
Hanh, T. N. (1992). Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life. New York: Bantam.
Hanh, T. N. (2012). Peace is Every Breath: A Practice for Our Busy Lives. New York: HarperOne.
Hanh, T. N. (1976). The Miracle of Mindfulness. Boston: Beacon.
Hanh, T.N. and Cheung, L. (2010). Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life. New York: HarperOne.
Hanh, T.N. (2006). Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child. California: Parallax Press.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (2005). Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and Our World Through Mindfulness. Hyperion.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). Wherever You Go, There You Are. New York: Hyperion.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (2013) Full Catastrophe Living. New York: Bantam Books.
Oliver, M. (1992). New and Selected Poems. Boston: Beacon.
Ornish, D. (1995). Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease. Ivy Books.
Rumi. (1995). The Essential Rumi (C. Barks, Trans.) Harper.
Salzberg, S. (1995). Loving-Kindness: Shambhala.
Williams, M, Teasdale J, Segal, Z, Kabat-Zinn, J. (2007) The Mindful Way Through Depression.

Mindfulness Practice Groups

Joyfully Together Sangha

Rhode Island Community of Mindfulness Meditation Groups
Location: Providence, RI
sites.google.com/site/joyfullytogether or
joyfully.together.sangha.pvd@gmail.com
Types of classes: Classes are held in the Thich Nhat Hanh lineage and practice includes mindfulness meditation with seated and walking meditation, and dharma talks and discussion.

Clear Heart Sangha

Associated Meditation Groups
South County
Location: Alternates weekly.
http://www.clearheartsangha.org
Contact: Clare Sartori, clare2sartori@gmail.com, 401-783-0662
​Types of classes: Classes are held in the Thich Nhat Hanh lineage and practice includes mindfulness meditation with seated and walking meditation, and dharma talks and discussion.

Radiant Bell Sangha

Location:  Providence, RI
Contact: Philip Smith, philip58@gmail.com 
​http://sites.google.com/site/radiantbellsangha

Brown Meditation Community

​Location: Manning Chapel, Brown University,  45 Prospect St, Providence RI
Contact: meditationcommunity@brown.edu
Types of classes: Non- denominational seated and walking meditation.  Usually a 20 minute seated meditation, 10 minute walking meditation, then 20 minute seated meditation.  Fridays are 50 minutes of seated meditation.  The group meets in the front of the chapel in a circle, and basic mindfulness meditation instruction is given to new comers. 

Providence Zen Center

Location: Cumberland, RI
Contact: 401-658-1464, Zen Master Seung Sahn, or pzc@kwanumzen.org
Website: http://providencezen.org/
Types of classes: Many different classes offered:  retreats, introduction to meditation, mindfulness practice for children, teacher meetings.

Clear Path Sangha

Associated Meditation Groups
East Greenwich
Location:  East Greenwich, RI
Contact: itsfriday@aol.com
Types of classes: Begins with a Vipassana style guided meditation sit followed with a walking meditation and concludes with a Dharma talk. Centered on kindness and self-compassion and identifying the cause of suffering.

Benevolent St. Zen Sangha 

Location: Providence, RI
Contact: Jan Seymour-Ford, seymourford@gmail.com
Types of classes: Begins with formal Zen chanting and reading for about 10 minutes.  Followed by two 25 minutes of silent seated meditation (Zazen), with 10 minutes of walking meditation in between. There are opportunities to meet with a teacher a few times a month, and a dharma talk once a month.  Come 15 minutes early for Zen forms instruction.

Generations Sangha

Associated Meditation Groups
East Greenwich
Location: East Greenwich, RI
Contact: ericbarryloucks@gmail.com
or sites.google.com/site/generationssangha/
Types of classes: This is a Sangha open to all ages, including families, children, students and older individuals. There are both adult and youth programs, and the meetings include sitting and walking meditation, dharma talks, dharma discussion, and activities for children.

Mind Tamers

Location: Barrington, RI
Contact: Don Meegan 401-253-4624 meeg13@gmail.com

Mindfulness Program Centers

Brown Contemplative Studies Initiative

Contemplativestudies.org
Public lectures and retreats from leading scientists and meditation teachers
Video archive, other resources

Center for Mindfulness, UMass Worcester

www.umassmed.edu/cfm
Chang Building, 222 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Original Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program
Mindfulness Instructor Training for healthcare professionals
Annual Scientific Conference

Retreat Centers

Barre Center for Buddhist Studies

Time: Year Round
Location: 149 Lockwood Road · Barre, Massachusetts 01005
Contact: 978-355-2347 bcbs@dharma.org
Retreats Per Year: 30+
Types of Retreats: This center offers a variety of courses, workshops, retreats, and self-study programs. The program is rooted in the classical Buddhist tradition, but also incorporates other forms of Buddhism and academic fields.

Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health

Location: In the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts
Contact: 866-200-5203
Retreats Per Year: 140+
Types of Retreats: Everything from meditation to yoga to fitness and nutrition.

Blue Cliff Monastery

Time: Year Round
Location: 3 Mindfulness Road / Pine Bush, NY 12566
Contact: Phone: 45-733-4959 
email: office@bluecliffmonastery.org 
website: http://bluecliffmonastery.org
Retreats Per Year: Open anytime
Types of Retreats: This monastery has monks and nuns in the Zen Buddhist tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich Nhat Hanh teaches here when he visits the United States. There are several other retreats throughout the year. The monastery is open year-round for anyone who wants to go for retreat at any time.

Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

Time: Year round
Location:  331 Broadway, Cambridge MA
Contact: https://cambridgeinsight.org/​
​Retreats per year: 50+
​Types of Retreats: Retreats are done in the Vipassana Insight method. Daily seated meditation is offered, along with workshops, introduction retreats, and longer advanced practitioner retreats. 

​Zen Mountain Monastery

Time: Year Round, and residential
Location: Mt. Tremper, NY
Contact: zmmtrain@mro.org
Retreats Per Year: 50+
Types of Retreats: A big mix from mindful movement workshops, introduction retreats and a month commitment in the residential program.

​Insight Meditation Society

Time: Year-round
Location: 1230 Pleasant Street, Barre MA 01005
Contact: Retreat Center: Phone: 978-355-4378  Email: rc@dharma.org   Forest Refuge: phone: 978-355-2063 Email: fr@dharma.org
Retreats Per Year: 30+
Types of classes: IMS offers retreats in a Western/Theravada framework including practices such as Vipassana (insight practice), Metta Bhavana (the cultivation of loving-kindness), and concentration practices.  

Meditation Supplies

Organization

Amazon
​E-bay
​Carolina Morning
Dharmacrafts
​Hugger Mugger

Website

www.amazon.com
​www.e-bay.com
​www.zafu.net
​www.dharmacrafts.com
http://www.huggermugger.com/

Phone Number



1(888)-267-5366
​1(800)-794-9862
1(800)-473-4888
Note: Please use the following terms when searching for items used in class.

Search Terms: 'meditation cushions', 'zafu' (i.e. the cushion that you sit on in class), 'zabuton' (i.e. the larger rectangular cushion that the smaller one sits on). 

Yoga Centers

All That Matters

315 Main St., South Kingstown RI
63 Cedar Ave #10, East Greenwich RI 
1 Park Row, Providence RI 02903 
allthatmatters.com

Innerlight Center for Yoga

850 Aquidneck Avenue, Middletown, 849-3200  innerlightyoga.com

Mystic Yoga Shala

80 Stonington Rd. Suite 2B Mystic, CT mysticyogashala.com
Types of classes: Heated power Baptiste style, Vinyasa flow, Forrest yoga and Basic. 

Raffa Yoga and Active Relaxation Center 

19 Sharpe Dr., Cranston, RI 
​raffayoga.com
Types of classes: A big mix of heated power, Forrest Yoga, slow flow, prenatal and Acro-yoga

​Breathing Time Yoga  

541 Pawtucket Avenue, Pawtucket, 421-9876, breathingtimeyoga.com

Iyengar Yoga Source

2170 Broad Street in Pawtuxet Village Cranston Rhode Island 02905
401-461-6665
info@lindadicarlo.com
iyengaryogasource.com/
Types of classes: Iyengar yoga

​Niantic Yoga Center

11 Liberty Way, Niantic, CT
www.nianticyoga.com/
Types of classes: Svaroopa Yoga Basics, Mixed Level, and Deeper Practice classes

Santosha Yoga Studio

14 Bartlett Avenue, Cranston, 780-9809  yogaatsantosha.com
Types of classes: Mainly Amrit. Plus non-yoga classes like Tai Chi and hula.

The Motion Center

1005 Main Street, Suite 8116
Pawtucket, RI 
​Themotioncenteryoga.com

Providence Power Yoga

51 Basset st., Providence, RI 02903 providencepoweryoga.com
Types of classes: Heated power Baptiste style, and Vinyasa flow.

Synergy Power Yoga

32 Bay Spring Avenue, Barrington,
289-0966, synergypoweryoga.com
Types of classes: Basic, which includes more instruction and a slightly slower pace, and regular (both heated to about 90 degrees) Baptiste Power Yoga.

Yoga Loft 

30 Cutler Street, Suite #220, Warren, RI  245-0881, http://yogaloftri.blogspot.com/
Types of classes: Various Hatha styles, including gentle, beginner and Vinyasa. Plus, Pilates and Tai Chi.

Audio Resources

Podcasts:

Websites:

Mindful Meditation at the Hammer: UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

Brown Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Health Lab: Dr. Loucks Lab Website

www.mindfulhearthealth.org
​Meditation at the Hammer sessions are led by Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education at MARC, and by guest leaders. Each week has a different theme, and usually includes some introductory comments, a guided meditation, some silent practice time, and closing comments. Each session also offers a new daily life practice for the week.

Insight Meditation Society

​dharmaseed.org/

UMASS Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare, and Society (Affiliated with John Kabot-Zinn):

www.umassmed.edu/cfm/
Note: ​There are many wonderful audio resources for both stationary meditation practices and yogic practices available through iTunes and other podcast services. Many podcasts are lectures focusing on teachings regarding traditional Buddhist practices, others are educational focusing on mindfulness research, and some are designed for individuals working with specific medical conditions. If you are interested in supplemental material for this course, we recommend looking for teachers who have training in the certification programs associated with this course, specifically in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as this course is based on the core MBSR curriculum created by John Kabot-Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness at UMass Worchester.