Resources

Providers

Parents

For Providers: Resources for yourself or your patients/clients

Mindfulness and Meditation

Practice Centers

www.plumvillage.org The first practice center established by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in Southern France.

www.deerparkmonastery.org The closest practice center in our tradition in Escondido, California, near San Diego.

www.insightla.org The main center is located in Santa Monica with satellite centers in East Hollywood and Hollywood.

www.spiritrock.org A very inclusive practice center located in Northern California.

www.dhamma.org This organization offers Vipassana Meditation retreats at centers all over the world.

Mindfulness Organizations and Teachers

UCLA Marc Center (Mindful Awareness Research Center)

UCSD Center for Mindfulness

UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center

U Mass Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health care, and Society. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn began his research on mindfulness on patients with chronic pain and started the MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) course. It is now the gold standard in mindfulness research.

University of Rochester Mindful Practice Programs

The Lotus Institute It was established by Dr. Peggy Rowe and Dr. Larry Ward, senior Dharma teachers in the Plum Village tradition.

For People of Color

www.radicaldharma.org Featuring Reverend Angel Kyoto Williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Dr. Jasmine Sydeullah

Lama Rod Owens

For LGBTQI+

The Way of Tenderness: Awakening Through Race, Sexuality, and Gender by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

Radical Dharma by Reverend Angel Kyoto Williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Dr. Jasmine Sydeullah

Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness

www.davidtreleven.com

Books

The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh (any book by my teacher)

Nothing To It: Ten Ways to be at Home with Yourself by Brother Phap Hai

Healing: A Woman’s Journey from Doctor to Nun by Sister Dang Nghiem

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Loving Kindness by Sharon Salzberg

Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

The Way of Tenderness: Awakening Through Race, Sexuality, and Gender by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

Radical Dharma by Reverend Angel Kyoto Williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Dr. Jasmine Sydeullah

Mindful Music

Joe Reilly is a wonderful singer, songwriter and guitar player. He is also a member of the Plum Village sangha. He writes many of his songs with children and they just brighten my day.

Early Childhood Trauma and ACEs (Adverse Childhood Events)

“The Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults: The ACE Study” The original research paper by Dr. Vincent Felitti and Dr. Robert Anda

The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris A great book that revolves around her personal journey as a pediatrician providing care in an underserved area near San Francisco. It also presents all the research around ACEs in a very riveting narrative.

The Center for Youth Wellness Started by Dr Nadine Burke-Harris. It’s a great resource for physicians who are interested in screening for ACEs in their patients.

The CDC has a great website with videos and handouts

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University An amazing resource on childhood development with lots of videos and pdfs.

7 Ways to Help a Child Deal with Traumatic Stress from ACES Connection

Child Trauma Academy started by Dr. Bruce Perry. His eye-opening book, The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog, completely changed the way I looked at childhood trauma.

Child Adversity Narrative Has pdf and powerpoint presentation about the basics of ACEs if you’re interesting in creating a presentation.

International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies

acesconnection.com An online community with wonderful resources.

acestoohigh.org A news site that reports on research about adverse childhood experiences, including developments in epidemiology, neurobiology, and the biomedical and epigenetic consequences of toxic stress.

Trauma Informed Care

Trauma Informed Care: What it is and why it’s important An informative article from Harvard Medical School

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network From the US Department of Health and Human Services

Trauma Informed Oregon For individuals and organizations

Trauma Healing and Resilience

Lumos Transforms: This wonderful organization, based in Highland Park, CA, has created the “Resilience Toolkit” to help people cope with stress and trauma using mindfulness and movement techniques.

Trauma Resource Institute: It is a non-profit organization based in Claremont, CA. It “cultivates trauma-informed and resiliency-focused individuals and communities worldwide. Two types of trainings are offered, the Trauma Resiliency Model® (TRM) and the Community Resiliency Model® (CRM), which have been developed to educate individuals about their nervous system and to teach easy-to-learn wellness skills to be used for self-care as well as care for others. While TRM is oriented toward mental health professionals, CRM takes on a public health focus and has been taught to professionals and non-professionals globally.” The executive director and co-founder, Elaine Miller-Karas, wrote the book, Building Resiliency to Trauma, the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models®

Yoga

One Love Wellness My dear friend, Chia-Ti Chiu, is a trauma informed yoga teacher from New York City. She will be co-facilitating our retreat in April 2020.

Trauma Sensitive Yoga At the Center for Trauma and Embodiment, a part of the Justice Resource Institute, based in Massachusetts. They have a conference coming up on Trauma and Embodiment in April 2020.