Developing Your Own Practice
Do you want to start your own practice? Enhance your current practice?
Below we’ve compiled lists, guides, and resources to support your inquiry into the world of mindfulness. The volume of information out there can get overwhelming—which is why we made it simple.
Guided Meditations from our Community
Saifa Hussain
Associate Chaplain, Muslim Advisor
Email:sthussain@middlebury.edu
Tel: (802) 443-5762
Office:Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Carter Branley
LCMHC
Staff Counselor
Email:cbranley@middlebury.edu
Tel:(802) 443-5141
Office:Service Building 206
Marc Lapin
Associate Laboratory Professor in Environmental Studies
Email:lapin@middlebury.edu
Tel: (802) 443-3239
Office:Franklin Env Ctr-Hillcrest 216
Zoya Kobets
Middlebury College Student Class of ‘24
Independent Scholar in Contemplative Studies
Email:zkobets@middlebury.edu
Tel: (802) 443-5762
Office:Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Danielle Stillman
Associate Chaplain, Rabbi
Email:dastillman@middlebury.edu
Tel: (802) 443-5762
Office:Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Michelle Kaczynski
Licensed Psychologist - Master
Staff Counselor
Email:mkaczynski@middlebury.edu
Tel:(802) 443-5141
Office:Service Building 202 B
Free Guided Meditation Recommendations
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UCLA Mindfulness Awareness Research Center
UCLA offers a variety of meditation practices in multiple languages!
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Tara Brach Meditations
Tara Brach is a leading psychologist, author, teacher, and researcher in the field.
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Self Compassion
Researchers Kristen Neff and Christopher Germer have created a library of compassion-based meditations.
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Koru Mindfulness
Here you can find a list of the koru-developed meditations like gatha meditation, body scans, and belly and dynamic breathing.
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Foundation for Active Compassion
Find meditations from leader John Makransky and resources in media formats "watch" and "read."
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Heart Works
A collection of short, helpful, and relevant meditations.
“Contemplative Looking”
Videos and Verbal guidance from our very own Middlebury College Museum of Art.
“Sounding Sculpture” by Harry Bertoia
“Nocturne: Battersea Reach” by Walter Greaves
Online Campus Resources
Campus Well archives articles, programs, and recommendations across all areas of wellness. On the Campus Well Website there is a specific section dedicated to Mindfulness.
The Health and Wellness Education Office offers many resources for deepening one’s understanding of mindfulness. Check out their applications of mindfulness for stress reduction.
App, Podcast, and Book Recommendations
Free Apps
Liberate: Black Meditation App
“Meditation app for us, by us, that is Black-owned,” aimed at supporting a Black community of practitioners but open to all; meditations led by teachers of color
Oak
No “premium” or “pro” ads; approachable; includes a meditate, breathe, and sleep section
Insight Timer
One of the most popular meditation apps; includes a bell, guided meditations, tracker, etc.
Plum Village
Thich Nhat Hanh’s app is created from a Buddhist perspective; find a bell, dharma talks, and meditations
Podcasts
Books
Find our list of books for developing your own practice on our research and resources page.
Poster Guides
For more information please contact the 2022 Mindfulness Fellow Zoya Kobets ‘24 at zkobets@middlebury.edu, or the Scott Center at scfsrl@middlebury.edu.