Take a browse through the resources below to find out more about mindfulness.

• Twitter handles and hashtags
• Websites
• Podcasts
• Talks
• Studies

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Twitter

Follow Stella Cottrell on Twitter for top study tips to help you get the most from your time at university…

• @cottrell_study
• #SuccessfulStudent
• #StudyTip

…and join the mindfulness community, by following these accounts for inspirational articles and practical guidance on making mindfulness part of your everyday life:

• Everyday Mindfulness @mindfuleveryday
• Mindful Living @mindfulive
• Mindfulness @mindfulnesscomm
• Mindfulness Tips @visityourself

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Mindfulness sites

Check the following sites out for tips on meditation posture, daily doses of inspiration and information on mindfulness news and events for students:

Tips on posture for meditation

• Live and Dare for photographs of several different postures.
• Yoga Journal for step-by-step guidance to help you establish a suitable meditation posture.
• Wild Mind for a concise introduction to meditation posture.
• Bodhipaksa/Wildhorse Publications for a comprehensive meditation posture guide and advice on choosing the right posture for you.

About different kinds of meditation

• Live and Dare for an overview of the 23 types of meditation, drawn from a wide range of traditions.

Daily Inspiration

• GoodReads for mindfulness quotes and motivational thoughts.

Mindfulness news and events for students

• Mindfulness for Students for details of upcoming mindfulness courses and events.

Mindfulness, stress and mental health

The following sites explore the relationship between mindfulness, stress and mental health, and explain how mindfulness can be used as a tool to cope with stress and mental health issues.

• Mind, mind.org.uk
• Mental Health, mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/m/mindfulness
• NHS, nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mindfulness/
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, mbct.co.uk/the-mbct-programme/
• Oxford Mindfulness, oxfordmindfulness.org

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Mindfulness Podcasts

The Guardian has a series of podcasts on applying mindfulness to different aspects of your day, such as commuting, eating and drinking and brushing your teeth, which can be found at

• theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/audio/2011/jan/24/headspace-mindfulness

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Talks about Mindfulness

Listen to one of these talks for more information on the benefits of mindfulness and its applications.

• TED Talks - ted.com/topics/mindfulness
• Kasim Al-Mashat talks about a lack of satisfaction in life and chasing after happiness in ‘How Mindfulness Redefines Pain, Happiness and Satisfaction’ (24th November 2014)
• Sara Lazar speaks about meditation and the brain in ‘How Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains’ (23rd January 2012)
• Andi Puddicombe discusses being mindful and experiencing the present in ‘All it Takes is 10 Mindful Minutes’ (November 2012)
• Diana Winston explains some of the research into the benefits of mindfulness in ‘The Practice of Mindfulness’ (4th July 2012)
• Prof. Mark Williams discusses mindfulness from a scientific perspective in ‘The Science of Mindfulness’ (Science Oxford Live March 2012)

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Selected Mindfulness studies

If you’d like to read more about mindfulness theories and how mindfulness has been used both in the work place and by students, take a look at one of these studies.

• Brown K. W., Ryan R. M., Creswell J. D. (2007) ‘Mindfulness: Theoretical foundations and evidence for its salutary effects.’ Psychological Inquiry, 18: 211237.
• Good, D.J., Lyddy, C.J., Glomb, T.M., .Bono, J.E., Brown, K.E., Duffy, M.K., Baer, R.A., Brewer, J.A., Lazar, S.W. (2015). ‘Contemplating Mindfulness at Work’. Journal of Management Vol 42, Issue 1, pp. 114 - 142 First published date: November-19-2015
• Levy, D.M., Wobbrock, J.O., Kasniak, A.W. and Ostergren, M. (2012). The ‘Effects of Mindfulness Meditation Training on Multitasking in a High-Stress Information Environment.’ In Proceedings-Graphics Interface (pp.45-52) 38^th Graphics Interface Conference, GI 2012, Toronto, ON, Canada, 28-30 May.
• Regehr, C., Glancy, D., Pitts, A. (2013). Interventions to reduce stress in university students: A review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders; Volume 148, Issue 1, 15 May 2013, Pages 1-11.