So I was looking for an actionable item and failed to find one in your post. What do I do to get my feet… err.. mind wet in this mindful mediation thing? Are there some especially good books or sites or youtube videos you recommend to a novice? Googling around brings a lot of hits, but it’s hard to assess which ones are worth it.
John Kabat Zinn offers a nice, nonsense-free angle on mindfulness meditation. His book full catastrophe living is very good but long and somewhat focused on people with anxiety disorders etc. (although served as a very good introduction for me).
He has a number of other books I’ve heard are also good.
I strongly recommend reading a book as opposed to a website. Using a computer is just about the polar opposite of meditation.
Be prepared also for a fair bit of anti-reductionist nonsense if you go delving into the literature. Over time you’ll learn to interpret it in such a way that you can extract the useful parts, without being overly annoyed by it.
If you want a light introduction to meditation, you could try the Take10 program over at Headspace. I found the structure very helpful to get me started.
So I was looking for an actionable item and failed to find one in your post. What do I do to get my feet… err.. mind wet in this mindful mediation thing? Are there some especially good books or sites or youtube videos you recommend to a novice? Googling around brings a lot of hits, but it’s hard to assess which ones are worth it.
John Kabat Zinn offers a nice, nonsense-free angle on mindfulness meditation. His book full catastrophe living is very good but long and somewhat focused on people with anxiety disorders etc. (although served as a very good introduction for me). He has a number of other books I’ve heard are also good.
I strongly recommend reading a book as opposed to a website. Using a computer is just about the polar opposite of meditation.
Be prepared also for a fair bit of anti-reductionist nonsense if you go delving into the literature. Over time you’ll learn to interpret it in such a way that you can extract the useful parts, without being overly annoyed by it.
If you want a light introduction to meditation, you could try the Take10 program over at Headspace. I found the structure very helpful to get me started.