The following list includes Education, Dharma, and research-related centers across the world interested in mindfulness and meditation
Centers and Websites
1. Mind and Life Institute [Link]
2. UMASS – center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (JKZ) [Link]
3. UK Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy – [Link]
2. Mindful.org – A Shambhala Sun publication [Link]
3. Mindfulness.org.au – [Link]
4. Mind Body Awareness Project [Link]
5. Mindful Research Guide (David Black) – [Link]
6. The Mindfulness Center [Link]
7. Mindsight Institute [Link]
8. Shinzen Young – Meditation in Action [Link]
9. Upaya Zen Center (Roshi Joan Halifax) [Link]
10. Metro-Area Research Group on Awareness & Meditation (MARGAM) [Link]
11. Zen and the Brain – Jim Austin’s web of resources [Link]
12. Dharma Seed – Vipassana talks and more [link]
13. Audio Dharma – Archive of Dharma talks given at the CA Insight Meditation Society -[link]
Mindfulness-related Research Centers
1. Harvard Medical School –
a. Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory (BWH) – [Link] – Cognitive, Affective, and Contemplative Neurosciences [Link]
b. Benson Henry Institute for Mind-body Medicine – [Link]
c. Lazar lab (MGH) – [Link]
d. Neuroscience of Meditation, Healing, and Sense of Touch (Kerr lab) – [Link]
e. Osher Center for Integrative Medicine – [Link]
f. Khalsa Lab on Yoga Research [Link]
g. Ellen Langer’s Lab (Harvard) [Link]
2. Roemer Research Team at UMASS – Boston [Link]
3. Emotion, Brain & Behavior lab at Tufts University [Link]
4. Sue Orsillo’s Lab (Suffolk University) [Link]
5. Center for Investigating Healthy Minds – University of Wisconsin (Richie Davidson lab) – [Link]; Lab for Affective Neuroscience[Link]
6. Stanford cCARE – Center for Compassion & Altruism Research & Education [Link]
7. Stanford Center on Stress and Health [Link]
8. University of California, Davis Center for Mind and Brain – Saron Lab (Shamatha project) [Link]
9. Britton lab (Brown) of Contemplative, Clinical, and Affective Neuroscience [Link]
10. Brown Contemplative Studies Initiative [Link]
11. Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic (Brewer Lab) [Link]
12. University of California, San Francisco Osher Center for Integrative Medicine [Link] and Department of Psychiatry [link]
13. Kent State University – Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation (Fresco) lab [Link]
14. The Jha Lab – University of Miami – Exploring the Stability and Mutability of Attention & Working Memory [Link]
15. Penn Program for Mindfulness [Link]
16. University of Virginia Contemplative Sciences Center [Link]
17. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill – Integrative Medicine [Link]
18. University of California – San Diego Center for Mindfulness [Link]
19. Centre for Mindfulness (University of Toronto – Zindel Segal) – [Link]
20. Atlanta Mindfulness Institute [Link]
21. Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches (Germany) [Link]
22. Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies [Link]
23. Seattle Pacific University Lustyk Lab [link]
24. University of California, Los Angeles Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) [link] & Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology [link]
25. University of California, San Diego Center for Mindfulness [link]
26. New York University – Zoran Josipovic Contemplative Science Lab [Link]
Mindfulness-related Clinical-based Research Centers
1. Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy – Boston [link]
2. Society for Clinical Mindfulness and Meditation [link]
3. Duke Integrative Medicine [link]
4. Center for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy – LA [link]
5. Center for Therapeutic Neuroscience – Yale (Jud Brewer) [Link]
6. Center for Mindful Eating [link]
7. National Center for Complimentary & Alternative Medicine [link]
7. Mindfulness Practice Center at the University of Missouri [link]
8. Mindfulness Practice Center at the University of Vermont [link]
9. Mindfulness Training Institute of Washington [link]
10. Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention (Univ. of Washington) [Link]
11. eMindful Evidence-Based Mind Body Wellness [Link]
12. Mindful Living Center [Link]
13. Osher Center for Integrative Medicine: San Francisco [link], Boston [link]
Mindfulness-related Education Centers
1. Association for Mindfulness in Education [Link]
2. EDUTOPIA – The George Lucas Educational Foundation [Link]
3. SMART – Stress Management and Relaxation Techniques in Education [Link]
4. CASEL – Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning [Link]
5. Brown University Contemplative Sciences Initiative [Link]
6. Center for Contemplative Mind in Society [Link]
7. Garrison Institute – CARE – Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education [Link]
8. Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education [Link]
9. Lifespan Learning Institute [Link]
10. Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values (MIT) [Link]
11. Inner Kids – Susan Kaiser-Greenland [Link]
Mindfulness-related Dharma Centers
1. Insight Meditation Society (IMS), Barre, MA [link]
2. Spirit Rock Meditation Center [Link]
3. Cambridge Insight Meditation Society [Link]
4. Boston Rigpa Meditation Center [Link]
5. Still Quiet Place [link]
6. Plum Village [link]
Yoga and other Embodied Contemplative practice resources
1. Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health [link]
2. International Association of Yoga Therapists [link]
Mindfulness and Contemplative Science-related Literature
1. Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge – Alan B. Wallace, Ph. D.
2. The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind – Alan B. Wallace, Ph. D.
3. Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization – Analayo
4. Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness – James H. Austin
5. The Eternal Legacy: An introduction to the canonical literature of Buddhism – Sangharakshita
6. The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching – Thich Naht Hanh
7. Practicing the Jhanas – Pa Auk Sayadaw
8. Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection – Dalai Lama
9. Thoughts Without a Thinker – Mark Epstein
10. Living Dharma – Jack Kornfield
11. Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection – Dalai Lama
12. The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality – The Dalai Lama
13. Ethics for the New Millenium – The Dalai Lama
14. Stages of Meditation – The Dalai Lama
15. All books by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
a. Mindfulness in Plain English
b. Beyond Mindfulness inPlain English –
16. The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience – Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, and Eleanor Rosch
17. The Path of Purification: Visuddhimagga – by Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa, translated by Bhikkhu Nanamoli
18. Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill – Matthieu Ricard
19. What the Buddha Taught – Walpola Rahula
20. Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying: An Exploration of Consciousness – The Dalai Lama and Francisco J. Varela, Ph. D.
21. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation: Satipatthana: A Handbook of Mental Training Based on the Buddha’s Way of Mindfulness – Nyanaponika Thera
22. Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain -Antonio Damasio
23. Any Mind and Life dialogues books
24. Any books by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Another comprehensive list of books in contemplative studies by Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education [Link] and by mindfulnessmeditaiton centers [Link]
Videos
1. The FNL-CACN YouTube playlist for “Mindfulness Science” [Link]
2. CCARE YouTube videos – Scientific presentations from the Science of Compassion conference, July 19-22 2012 in Telluride, CO [Link]
3. International Symposia for Contemplative Studies – Master Lectures [Link]
4. “The Healing Power of Mindfulness” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
5. The Mindfulness Clinic (Toronto, Canada) – Clinical Videos [Link]
PodCasts
- Secular Buddhism
- A natural pragmatic approach to early Buddhist teachings and practice
- Buddhist Geeks
- A fresh perspective on being a modern-day Buddhist practitioner
- Mindfulness.org – Everyday Mindfulness
- some helpful insights
Grants
- Mind and Life Institute Francisco J. Varela Research Awards for Contemplative Science
The Varela Awards emphasize empirical examinations of contemplative techniques with the ultimate goal that findings will provide greater insight into the mechanisms of contemplative practice and its application for reducing human suffering. - Mind and Life Institute/1440 Foundation Awards for Real-World Contemplative Research
geared towards the investigation of real-world (as opposed to lab-based) outcomes of contemplative practice. These awards are intended to promote research that evaluates whether and how contemplative practice can promote inner well-being and healthy relationships, as well as the development of new methods to assess these outcomes in everyday life.
Core group of Varela Awardees from 2009:
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