Resources for Mindfulness Meditation
Mindful Birthing Foundation
For current list of published research and popular articles: https://www.mindfulbirthing.org/research
If you do not live in the Chicago-area you can search for an MBCP teacher near you - we are a global teaching community!
Books & Websites
Mindful Birthing by Nancy Bardacke
Pregnancy/Birth
- Expecting Better by Emily Oster
- The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
- Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective.
- The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth by Klaus, Kennell & Klaus
- Childbirth Connection: understand your options for pregnancy and birth
- MyMidwife.Org: discover midwifery care & women's health
Breastfeeding
- The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League
- The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins
- KellyMom.com
Parenting
- Your Baby is Speaking to You by Kevin Nugent
- Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Myla & Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Our Babies, Ourselves : How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent by Meredith F. Small
- The Longest Shortest Time podcast
Mindfulness/Meditation
Books to start and support practice
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Self-Compassion by Kristen Neff
The Mindful Way Through Depression by Williams, Teasdale, Segal, and Kabat-Zinn
Real Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love & Wisdom by Rick Hanson
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works by Dan Harris
Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine by Saki Santorelli
Reading about mindfulness is not the same as experiencing it - we highly encourage you to participate in a class or community to support your practice.
Look into Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction classes
in Chicago The Insight Center
Local Meditation Groups
in Chicago: Insight Chicago Meditation Community
There are numerous apps available, Claire uses Insight Timer