Articles on mindfulness meditation from popular journals
Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain Harvard Business Review – link
How Mindful Meditation Boosts Creativity and Innovation The Huffington Post – link
Today’s Workplace needs Mindful Leaders The Financial Post – link
Give your Brain a Boost Washington Post – link
Politicians joined by Ruby Wax as parliament pauses for meditation The Guardian – link
Compassion in Business Benefits Employers and Employees The Huffington Post – link
Research findings from participants completing the MBSR course
Improve health and well being
MBSR significantly improves health related quality of life, including reduced physical symptoms and psychological distress – link
Alleviate stress and anxiety
Mindfulness training has been proven to alleviate symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression – link
Reduce Burnout at Work
MBSR decreases burnout and improves wellbeing among healthcare providers – link
Pain management
MBSR can assist with pain management or can lead to the reduction of the experience of pain. Many participants have been able to reduce their pain medication over time – link
Hypertension
MBSR has shown reduced rates in hypertension – link
Coronary Heart Disease
Mindfulness training in standard cardiac rehabilitation regimes has been shown to significantly reduce mortality, morbidity and psychological distress – link
Supporting patients with cancer
Research supports that MBSR has significantly decreased symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, anger and confusion with many cancer patients – link
Asthma
MBSR has been shown to reduce the frequency of asthma attacks and leads to improvements in psychological well being – link
Menopause and hot flushes
MBSR can reduce the degree of distress women experience from hot flushes and night sweats – link
Mindfulness Articles from Scientific Journals
A clinical intervention for anxiety (2007) – link
Mindfulness and Marital Satisfaction (2005) – link
Mindfulness Books
Full Catastrophe Living
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness: a Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World
Mark Williams and Danny Penmann
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindful Compassion: using the power of mindfulness and compassion to transform our lives
Paul Gilbert and Choden
Buddha’s Brain: the practical neuroscience of happiness, love and wisdom
Hanson and Mendius
The mindful way through depression: Freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness
Williams, Teasdale, Segal & Kabat-Zinn
The Brain that Changes Itself
Norman Doidge
