Resources
Articles & Chapters
Book
Clips
Podcasts
Others in the Field
The field of those interested in practicing mindfulness with children and families is rapidly growing. It would be hard to maintain a complete list of resources on this website, but there is a Resource Forum within the Mindfulness Together online community set up for that purpose. The intention of the Mindfulness Together Resource Forum is to create a dynamic, up-to-date list of resources for those looking to learn more about practicing mindful awareness with children, teens and families. We encourage you to add your recommendations to the Forum.
I've also listed on this page a few pioneers with whom I have worked and for whom I have high regard. This page is far from an exhaustive list of those working in the area, but it's a place to begin your own exploration into the strong work that is in progress now. Many of those listed below are members of the mindfulness together online community - we've linked to their comment walls so that you can contact them directly.
Contemplatives Interested in Mindfulness with Children
Mindfulness and Education
- Marv Belzer, PhD - Mindful Awareness Research Center; Contact Marv on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Gina Biegel - Author: Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens; Contact Gina on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Richard Brady - Founder, Mindfulness and Education Network; Contact Richard on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Trish Broderick, Ph.D., Professor of Health, and Director, Stress Reduction Center, West Chester University,
- Richard Brown, PhD - Founder, Contemplative Education Department, Naropa
- Mirabai Bush - Associate Director & Senior Fellow, Contemplative Mind.
- David Forbes - Author: Boyz 2 Buddhas: Counseling Urban High School Male Athletes in the Zone; Contact David on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Soren Gordhamer - Author: Wisdom 2.0 and Just Say Om!; Contact Soren on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Laurie Grossman - Mindful Schools
- Annaka Harris - Co-Author Inner Kids Manual (in progress); Co-Founder Project Reason; Contact Annaka on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Tobin Hart, PhD - Founder, ChildSpirit Institute; Author: The Secret Spiritual World of Children (2003)
- Tish Jennings, PhD - Director of Initiative on Contemplation & Education Garrison Institute; Contact Tish on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Sumi Loundon Kim, Minister - Editor, Blue Jean Buddha and The Buhhda's Apprentice; Contact Sumi on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Rick, Midge and Wynne Kinder - Wellness Works; Contact Rick and Wynne on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Theo Koffler - Founder, Between 4 Eyes; Contact Theo on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Yaffa Lerea - Teacher, Inner Kids Program; Contact Yaffa on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Jenny Manriquez - Teacher, Inner Kids Program; Contact Jenny on mindfulnesstogether.net
- John H. Meiklejohn - Executive Summary - Integrating Mindfulness Training into K-12 Education: Fostering the Resilience of Students and Teachers
- Tom Nolan - Dean of Students - Crossroads High School, Santa Monica California; Contact Tom on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Daniel Rechtschaffen - Founder & Director, Mindful Children; Contact Daniel on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Amy Saltzman, MD - Co-Founder & Director, Association for Mindfulness in Education; Contact Amy on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Maureen Shannon-Chapple - Teacher, Chadwick School and Growing Spirit.
- Diana Winston - Director Mindfulness Education, Mindful Awareness Research Center; Contact Diana on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Arthur Zajonc - Director, Contemplative Mind.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Steve Flowers, MFT; Founder of Mindful Living Programs; Author: The
Mindful Path Through Shyness; Contact Steve on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Elisha Goldstein, PhD -Co-Founder of The Mindfulness Center for Psychotherapy and Psychiatry; Author: A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook; Contact Elisha on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Trudy Goodman, PhDFounder, Insight LA ; Contact Trudy on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD - Founder, Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction in Medicine, HealthCare and Society, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Author: Coming To Our Senses: Healing Ourselves And The World Through Mindfulness; Wherever You Go There You Are; and many others
- Florence Meleo-Meyer Director, Oasis - An International Learning Center for Mindfulness-Oriented Professional Education and Training, Center For Mindfulness, Medicine, HealthCare and Society, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Diane K. Reibel, PhD - Director - Stress Reduction Program, Jefferson University Hospital; Contact Diane on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Saki Santorelli - Executive Director, Center for Mindfulness in Medicine Healthcare and Society; Director, Stress Reduction Clinic, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Bob Stahl - Founder, Awareness and Relaxation Training; Author: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Workbook
- Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD - Director of MBSR Programs, Insight LA
Mindfulness in Medicine, Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
- Daniel Siegel, MD - Founder of the Mindsight Institute, psychotherapist; Author: Mindsight: The Developing Mind: Toward a Neurobiology of Interpersonal Experience and The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in The Cultivation of Well-Being.; Contact Dan on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Marjorie Schuman, PhD - Founder - Center for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy; Contact Marjorie on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Jeffrey Schwartz, MD - Faculty, UCLA; Author; Mind and the Brain; Brainlock; and Dear Patrick
- Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D - Faculty at Harvard Medical School and the Institute for Meditation School and the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy; Author of The Mindfulness Solution: Everyday Practices for Everyday Problems.
- Lonnie Zeltzer, MD - Director, Pediatric Pain Program at UCLA; Author; Conquering Your Child's Chronic Pain
- Lidia Zylowska, M.D. -Adult psychiatrist, co-developer of Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs) for ADHD and the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center; Contact Lidia on mindfulnesstogether.net
Policy Makers
Scientists
- Richard Davidson, PhD - Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Director, W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Lisa Flook, PhD - Research Scientist Center for Investigating Healthy Minds; Contact Lisa on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Brian Galla, M.A. - Doctoral Student, Graduate School of Education, UCLA; Contact Brian on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Philippe Goldin, PhD - Research Scientist, Psychology Department, Stanford University; Director, Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience Research Group
- Mark T. Greenberg, PhD - Program Developer of Promoting Alternative Thinking Skills (PATHS); Director, Prevention Research Center, for the Promotion of Human Development, Penn State University; Contact Mark on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Amishi Jha, PhD- Assistant Professor of Psychology, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
- Jean Kristeller PhD - Co-founder the Center for Mindful Eating - Duke University
- Michele Mietus-Snyder, MD - Preventive Pediatric Cardiologist University of California, San Francisco
- Kimberley Schonert-Reichl, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
- Randye Semple, PhD - Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, USC
- Sue Smalley, PhD - Founder and Director, MARC; Founder, Mindful Awareness Research Center, UCLA; Contact Sue on mindfulnesstogether.net
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
- Mark T. Greenberg, PhD - Program Developer of Promoting Alternative Thinking Skills (PATHS); Director, Prevention Research Center, for the Promotion of Human Development, Penn State University; Contact Mark on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Linda Lantieri, MA - Founder, Project Renewal/Resolving Conflict Creatively; Author: Waging Piece in our Schools; and Building Emotional Intelligence - Techniques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children
- Tom Nolan - Dean of Students - Crossroads High School, Santa Monica California; Contact Tom on mindfulnesstogether.net
- Pamela Seigle - Founder, The Open Circle Program; Executive Director, Courage and Renewal NorthEast
- Robin Stern, PhD - Faculty Coach, The School at Columbia University;Understanding Emotions in the Classroom Author:
- Roger Weissberg, PhD - President, CASEL, The Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning
