Recommendations
COVID-19 might be “over” (not really, but you know, MUST NOT STOP..) but we are living through an unprecedented moment of global trauma and unrest. People are in need of more support and resources for physical, emotional, and mental health, including meditation and mindfulness. I’ve offered some longer guided meditations that you can access here.
If you’re white and don’t know what to do about the garbage fire that is this country, start here. Petition, protest, donate—whatever you can do.
Above all, I encourage you to remember that this time is not “normal.” We are all under extreme stress, so please take care of yourself and each other as best you can, and be as forgiving as possible. Take action, take rest, repeat.
Be CREATIVE—maybe right now you can sit and meditate, and maybe right now you can’t and instead need to rest and nap, or get safely outdoors and move. Now is the time to trust our intuition and not be overly harsh with ourselves.
Some good questions every day, not just quarantine
Online Classes and Resources
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Apps:
Insight Timer is a free cross-platform app (with some optional paid features) that offers a TON of teachers, styles, and techniques.
I work at 10% Happier, and we often do free “challenges” to help get/keep the habit going. You can use this link to get a 30-day free access pass.
Guided Online Meditations & Resources:
Here’s a great list of free online insight meditation groups.
I’ve taken yoga classes with Frank for years and recommend him! He also does stuff in-person in New York City
My friend Lissa Edmond has really good recommendations and occasionally offers things.
Dharma Homies is a collective of badass teachers mainly based in California.
Boo to all the New Yorkers who moved to my home state and made it impossible to afford. ;)Kathy Cherry is offering daily guided meditations (8-8:30 am Eastern, weekdays) for free / donation.
My buddy Gabriel has recorded some videos for kids, teachers, and parents to watch on YouTube.
Vinny Ferraro teach at Big Heart City in San Francisco has some online offerings going on.
Tara Brach is an amazing teacher and author, and has compiled some offerings on her website.
Ajahn Geoff is a Buddhist teacher who is no-nonsense and offers really simple guided instructions on his website as well as a ton of talks. He’s got a very dry sense of humor.
Lama Rod Owens is fantastic, funny, deep, and is always doing things.
Go buy his book.Leslie Booker is a great yoga/meditation teacher, and Booker offers things too.
Dawn Mauricio has a lot of offerings, including a 10-day “challenge” of short meditations helpful for building up a practice. Go buy her book and check out her other recommendations.
Josh Korda offers guided sits and talks on his podcast feed.
My teaching colleague Chris DiMeglio is offering public sessions on Zoom.
If you’re offering mindfulness practices, check out David Treleaven’s work on trauma-sensitive mindfulness.
Online Retreats / Centers:
Many retreat centers or organizations are offering in-depth meditation classes and workshops and most are sliding scale or pay what you can.
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) - stuff mainly for teens & young adults
Apologies to all my friends who I forgot to list here. If you’ve got another great resource to add to the list, please email me!
