Books

These are books suggested for learning more about meditation.

  • Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance
  • Tara Brach, True Refuge
  • Tara Brach, Radical Compassion 
  • Jack Kornfield, Wise Heart
  • Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart
  • Christiane Wolf, A Clinician’s Guide to Teaching Mindfulness
  • Sharon Salzberg: Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
  • Larry Yang, Awakening Together
  • Kristin Neff, Self Compassion
  • Peter Levine, In an Unspoken Voice
  • Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace
  • Stephen Levine, Healing Into Life and Death
  • Oren Jay Sofer, Say What You Mean
  • Joanna Macy, World as Lover, World as Self
  • Diana Winston, The Little Book of Being
  • Ruth King, Mindful of Race
  • Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness
  • Thich Nhat Hanh, Joyfully Together
  • Thich Nhat Hanh, Breathe! You Are Alive
  • Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English
  • Larry Rosenberg, Breath by Breath
  • Toni Bernhard, JD, How to Be Sick
  • Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart
  • Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness
  • Byron Katie, Loving What Is
  • Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach (Chapter 1)
  • Victoria Follette, et al, Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma (Parts 1 and 2)
  • Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score
  • Mark Epstein, Open to Desire
  • Judson Brewer, The Craving Mind
  • Lawrence Peltz, The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery
  • Jean Kristeller, The Joy of Half a Cookie
  • James Baraz, Awakening Joy
  • Loch Kelly, Shift into Freedom
  • Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow
  • Frank Ostaseski, The Five Invitations
  • Dan Siegel, Mindsight
  • Frans de Waal, The Age of Empathy
  • Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
  • Rhonda Magee, The Inner Work of Racial Justice
  • Dan Siegel, Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence