Mindfulness and Healing Resources

E. Katherine Kottaras holds an M.A. in English and an M.S. in Kinesiology with a focus on Integrative Wellness, and she is a writer and teacher, having worked at the middle, high school, and community college levels for over two decades. She is a registered yoga teacher and an ACE-certified personal trainer, and ACE-certified health coach while also living with invisible illnesses and neurodivergence, and she is passionate about mindfulness, bodily self-determination, and health equity. As the queer daughter of an immigrant, Katherine believes that holistic and inclusive approaches to healing and growth should be accessible to all.

A safe place for the Black community to develop a daily meditation habit.

The mental wellness app developed by two women of color for "better mornings, brighter days, and the truest you."

Waking Up helps you explore the transformative aspects of meditation from the very beginning, so you can make more progress—faster. We also spend a great deal of time exploring the theory behind the practice by taking ancient wisdom and pressure-testing it with modern teachers, scientists, and scholars.
If you would like to use the app but truly can't afford it, you can request a scholarship.

A library of guided meditations from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. They also provide an introduction with advice about getting started and choosing a meditation.

An audio excerpt from Guided Mindfulness Meditation Series 1 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD. You can also explore more of his guided meditations.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is the founder and director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the UMass Medical School.

Beth Berila, Ph.D. is the Director of the Gender & Women’s Studies Program and Full Professor in the Ethnic, Gender, & Women’s Studies Department, St. Cloud State University, where she teaches courses in Feminist Leadership, Feminist Theory, and other inspiring topics. Beth is also an Embodied Leadership Coach & Facilitator. She integrates mindfulness and somatics into her work in unlearning and healing from oppression in order to co-create individual and collective liberation. She has earned her 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training certification and is a long-time yoga and mindfulness practitioner.

A 6-minute breathing meditation to reduce stress, anxiety, and negative emotions, cool yourself down when your temper flares, and sharpen your concentration skills.

From the Center for Mindful Eating.

In conjunction with her colleague Dr. Chris Germer, Dr. Kristin Neff has developed an empirically supported training program called Mindful Self-Compassion, which is taught by thousands of teachers worldwide. They co-authored The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook as well as Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program: A Guide for Professionals. Dr. Neff is currently an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, and is also co-founder of the nonprofit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion.

From the Center for Guided Self-Compassion.

Chris Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. He co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program with Kristin Neff in 2010 and MSC has since been taught to over 100,000 people worldwide. They co-authored two books on MSC, The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program.

from Healthline.com