Transformation
In the Realm of Self-Discovery
1: Support your transformation through regular mindfulness and meditation practices
1: Support your transformation through regular mindfulness and meditation practicesBooks
- Wherever You Go, There You Are – by Jon Kabat-Zinn: mindfulness & meditation in everyday life
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – by Shunryu Suzuki: Informal talks on Zen meditation & practice
- Essential Pranayama – by Jerry Givens: an incredible book of easy to learn & do breath meditation practices.
- Breath Practice Cards – by Rebecca Moore: incredible, easy to access breath meditation tools. Just try the deck, you won’t regret it.
Meditation Podcasts
- Tara Brach Meditation Podcast: weekly meditation practices – Spotify link
- 12-Minute Meditation Podcast: Various great teachers guide you in regular 12-minute sessions – Spotify link.
- Mindfulness Meditation Podcast: 2x per week fun new short guided meditations with calming music.
YouTube Meditation Channels 🎦
- Great Meditation – YouTube Channel: a lot of followers and well-reviewed. A real diversity of quality guided meditations here.
- Michael Sealey – YouTube Channel: lots of followers – great and easily accessible meditations, sleep hypnosis and more…
- Caroline McCready – YouTube Channel: guided meditations, breath meditation. Gentle, accessible, quality meditations.
Courses or Online Gatherings 🌐
- Free 40 Day Mindfulness Daily Course by Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield: excellent way to establish a meditation practice – try it!
- BIPOC Meditation Sangha: from the Garrison Institute – a weekly virtual meditation for BIPOC folks.
Meditation Practice Apps 📲
- Insight Timer – consistently over the years a great meditation & mindfulness app that customizes to your needs and desired practice.
2: Welcome feedback from friends, therapists, or mentors. Try to practice listening without getting defensive. Work on simply receiving feedback for reflection.
Books / Guidebooks 📚
- The Art of Growing Through Feedback – by Adrian Pei: So practical! So needed! In this book, you will learn: – How to deliver feedback so that people will listen. – How to respond to feedback without getting defensive. – How your past experiences with feedback have shaped you. – What feedback might look like in different cultures.
- Feedback Loops – by Patrick Barry: Learning how to give and receive feedback is fundamental to the development of every student and professional. Yet few of us are ever taught anything like “feedback skills.”
Videos 🎦
- We haven’t really settled on ones we like yet. Start by searching on YouTube “giving and receiving effective feedback” and see where it leads you. Send us your favorites!