Mindfulness Resources

• Centre for Mindfulness Studies Meditations page – free guided meditations
• UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Centre – free guided meditations
• Insight Meditation Society – free guided meditations
• Christopher Germer – free self-compassion meditations from the co-developer of the Mindful Self-Compassion program
• Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare – free guided meditations and other resources
• Oxford Mindfulness Centre – free guided meditations and other resources

• Oxford Mindfulness Centre – The neuroscience of mindfulness (3:34)
• The Centre for Mindfulness Studies – Videos and practices

• American Mindfulness Research Association – Mindfulness research database, reviews, and a monthly newsletter about the latest scientific advances in mindfulness by David S. Black PhD
• Centre for Healthy Minds (University of Wisconsin) – home of leading mindfulness and neuroscience researcher Richard Davidson, whose mission is to cultivate well-being and relieve suffering through a scientific understanding of the mind
• Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society (University of Massachusetts Medical School) – MBSR research publications
• Mind and Life Institute – leading mindfulness research organization founded by the Dalai Lama and a group of eminent scientists. Its mission is to alleviate suffering and promote flourishing by integrating science with contemplative practice and wisdom traditions.
• UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Centre – Mindfulness bibliography and research summary

• Artists’ Health Centre Foundation
• Board of Naturopathic Medicine
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Candlelighters (Childhood Cancer Family Alliance)
• College of Family Physicians of Canada
• OMA Physician Health Program
• Ontario Psychological Association
• Physician Health Program and the Professionals Health Program of the Ontario Medical Association
• University Health Network
• Village Family Health Team

• A Mindful Society – Toronto-based conference exploring the integration of mindfulness and compassion in work and life
• The Center for Mindful Eating – helps professionals, institutions and the general public implement the principles and practices of mindful eating
• UCSD Center for Mindfulness Professional Training Institute – Offers professional training in MBSR, MBCT, MSC (Mindful Self-Compassion) and ME-CL (Mindful Eating – Conscious Living)
• Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society (University of Massachusetts Medical School) – All about MBSR and MBCT
• Discover Mindfulness – Mindfulness in education information hub, days of mindfulness for educators, free downloads of mindfulness in education Fact Sheets
• Mindful.org – website and magazine about mindfulness
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy – All about MBCT
• Mindfulness Everyday – Mindfulness in education, smartEducation, mindful families, and MBSR, featuring the Centre’s faculty members Heidi Bornstein, Stephen Chadwick and Dianna Last
• Mindfulness Toronto – community of professionals dedicated to the principles and practice of mindfulness in all sectors of society
• Mindfulnet.org – mindfulness information website that bills itself as “everything you need to know about mindfulness on one website”
• Oxford Mindfulness Centre – international centre of excellence within Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry.

• Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, John Teasdale – MBCT
  • The Mindful Way Through Depression – the original MBCT book, Jon Kabat Zinn also an author
  • The Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-Week Program to Free Yourself from Depression and Emotional Distress – MBCT workbook, “guides you step by step along the path of change”
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression – MBCT for professionals
  • MBCT Training Pathway – This pathway describes how to train MBCT teachers
  • What defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft
• Jon Kabat Zinn – MBSR
  • Full Catastrophe Living – the original MBSR book
  • Wherever you go, there you are – a practical guide to meditation
• Other healthcare
  • A Contemplative Dialogue: The Inquiry Process in Mindfulness-Based Interventions (2016) – An academic article exploring the essential elements of teaching mindfulness, written by 3 of our faculty – Susan Woods MSW LICSW, Patricia Rockman MD CCFP FCFP, and Evan Collins MD FRCPC.
  • Mind Over Mood – Dennis Greenberger PhD & Christine A. Padesky PhD
  • 2016 Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: Section 2. Psychological Treatments – Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT)
• Buddhist
  • Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life – Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Transformation and Healing – Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Buddhism Without Beliefs – Stephen Batchelor

Toronto-based Practice Support & Retreats:

• Centre for Mindfulness Studies – free weekly practice sessions every Thursday. Click here for more information
• Consciousness Explorers Club – weekly practice sessions every Monday, 7:30 – 9:30 pm at Mosaic Yoga near Lansdowne and Bloor, eclectic mix of practices, urban and residential retreats
• Dharma Friends – weekly practice sessions every Wednesday at 7:30 pm near Gerrard and Mutual, LGBT community, diverse practices
• Kadampa – locations at Bloor/Crawford, Beaches, Richmond Hill, Etobicoke and elsewhere, meditation sessions and retreats, Tibetan tradition.
• Luminous Ground – on Queen W near Spadina, meditation sessions every Wednesday, residential and day-long retreats, Ken McLeod and Thich Nhat Hanh traditions
• Mindfulness Practice Community of Toronto – on Roncesvalles, meditation sessions every Saturday (except July/Aug), residential retreats, days of mindfulness, in tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh
• Ontario Vipassana Centre – in Orangeville, free 10-day retreats in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka
• Satipanna Insight Meditation Toronto – in Annex, meditation sessions every Tuesday, residential and non-residential retreats, traditional insight meditation
• Shambala Meditation Centre of Toronto – in Annex, meditation sessions, courses, retreats, Tibetan practices
• Toronto Mindfulness Community – weekly meditation sessions Fridays, 7:30 – 9:00 pm, near Pape and Danforth, secular
• Toronto Zen Centre – between High Park & Roncesvalles, daily meditation sessions, retreats, Japanese Zen tradition
• True Peace – meditation sessions every Monday (U of T) and Friday (Annex), residential retreats, days of mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh tradition

Retreat Centres

• Insight Meditation Society – Massachusetts, residential retreats, founded by Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein
• Omega Centre – New York State, various types of retreats
• Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre – near Midland, Ontario, meditation, mindful eating and other retreats
• True North Insight – Ontario and Quebec, insight meditation
• UCSD List of Mindfulness Meditation Centers – list of over 30 retreat centres in U.S. and Canada

• UC San Diego 5-day Online Retreats 

• BC Insight Meditation 

• Spirit Rock

• Insight Meditation LA

• Bodhi Meditation

Meditation Retreat Training

• UCSD MBPTI – Mindfulness Retreat Training with Susan Woods

Online Retreats

• Mindfulness Center at Brown – Live Online Silent Retreat
• Center for Mindful Self-Compassion – Live Online Silent Retreat

ACCESS MBCT is an international listing of mental health professionals who are committed to excellence in the delivery, training and dissemination of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy.

The Centre for Mindfulness Studies is among the list of MBCT training organizations and our therapists are among those listed in the directory.