Useful Links

Well-Being Links

Action for Happiness: www.actionforhappiness.org
Five Ways to Well-Being: mind.org.uk: Five ways to wellbeing

Mental Health Links

MHFA England: mhfaengland.org
Mind: www.mind.org.uk
Ending mental health discrimination: www.time-to-change.org.uk
Rethink: www.rethink.org
Sane: www.sane.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Mental Health at Work: acas.org.uk: Promoting Positive Mental Health at Work

Books recommended for specific conditions:

I Had a Black Dog by Matthew Johnstone: illustrated book about depression.
(See also Youtube: I had a black dog, his name was depression)
Living with a Black Dog by Matthew and Ainsley Johnstone: illustrated book about how to care for someone with depression.
Sunbathing in the Rain by Gwyneth Lewis: a personal account of severe depression.
My Age of Anxiety by Scott Stossel: a personal story of living with anxiety.
Henry’s Demon’s by Patrick & Henry Cockburn: a personal father/son story about living with psychosis.
The Man Who Couldn’t Stop by David Adam: personal experience of living with OCD.
Waking by Matthew Sanford: a personal reflection on recovering from physical and emotional trauma.

Mental Health Apps:

See apps.beta.nhs.uk for mental health apps recommended or being tested by the NHS.

Mindfulness Links

Research:

Mindfulnet: www.mindfulnet.org
American Mindfulness Research Association: goamra.org

Training, courses and practice sessions:

For alternative UK teachers: www.mindfulnessteachersuk.org.uk
For alternative courses in West Surrey: www.westsurreymindfulness.org.uk
London Insight: www.londoninsight.org
Bangor University: www.bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness

Organisations Offering Retreats:

Gaia House: www.gaiahouse.co.uk
Vipassana Meditation (Burmese style): http://www.internationalmeditationcentre.org/global/index.html
Plum Village: plumvillage.org

Recommended authors:

There are many books available about mindfulness, both general information, as well as relating to specific applications. Some authors recommended by Present Minds are:

Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mark Williams
Christopher Germer
Cheryl Rezek
Adam Ford
Vidyamala Burch
Saki Santorelli
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Podcasts:

There are many podcasts available that can be extremely helpful in our understanding and practice of mindfulness. Good places to look are:

Dharmaseed: itunes: Dharmaseed.org: dharma talks and meditation instruction
Gaia House: gaiahouse.co.uk/dharma-talks
Tara Brach: tarabrach.com/audiodharma.html

Apps:

Apps can provide useful portable mindfulness practices, or simply a meditation timer that can support your practice. Some recommended ones are:

Insight Meditation Timer: Google Play: Insight Timer – Meditation App
The Mindfulness App: itunes: The Mindfulness App: Meditation for Everyone
Headspace: www.headspace.com
Calm: www.calm.com
Oxford MBCT: mbctapp.oxfordmindfulness.org