diversity and inclusivity resources
103 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
White Awake website
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War PBS 4-hour series
Why Gender Pronouns Matter youtube
Resources for Personal Pronouns
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness David Treleaven
Books:
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community by Larry Yang
mindfulness meditation
Meditation FAQ pdf by Tara Brach with assistance from Jennifer Stanley and Dori Langevin
How to Meditate pdf by Tara Brach
Radiant Heart Qigong with Teja Bell
Wise Brain Bulletin from The Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom
How to Meditate Insight, Mindfulness & Lovingkindness (brief overview from Spirit Rock website)
What is the Difference between Mindfulness and Meditation?
on-line resources
Community Mindfulness Project talks and guided meditations
buddhism on-line
Buddhism for Beginners
The Buddha’s Advice to Laypeople by Lynn Kelly
audio dharma talks
Dharma Seed
Insight Meditation Community of Washington D.C.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center – video also
Insight Meditation Society
Dori’s Dharma Talks
dori’s list
Some of the books that I have found helpful in awakening both though contemplative practice and in life include:
Tsultrim Allione – Feeding Your Demons: Ancient wisdom for resolving inner conflicts
Tara Brach – Radical Acceptance, True Refuge, Radical Compassion, Trusting the Gold
Pema Chödrön –The Places that Scare You
Clarissa Pinkola Estes – Untie the Strong Woman
Joseph Goldstein – Mindfulness: A practice guide to awakening, A Heart Full of Peace
Roshi Joan Halifax –The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting with the body of the earth
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson – What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures
Loch Kelly – Shift into Freedom: The science & practice of open-hearted awareness
Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor – Traveling with Pomegranates: A mother-daughter story
Ruth King – Mindful of Race: Transforming racism from the inside out
Jack Kornfield – A Path with Heart, The Wise Heart
Anne Lamott – Somehow: Thoughts on love
Vanessa Machado de Oliveira – Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism
Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone – Active Hope: How we face the mess we’re in with unexpected resilience & creative power
Resmaa Menakem – My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies
Mingyur Rinpoche – In Love with the World: A monk’s journey through the bardos of living and dying
Sharon Salzberg – Loving-Kindness: The revolutionary art of happiness, Real Happiness: The power of meditation, Faith
Thanissara –Time to Stand Up: An engaged Buddhist manifesto for our Earth
Larry Yang – Awakening Together: The spiritual practice of inclusivity and community
John Welwood –Perfect Love Imperfect Relationships: Healing the wound of the heart, Awakening the Heart: East/West approaches to psychotherapy and the healing relationship (Ed)