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RESOURCES FOR PURCHASE Consciousness – Interviews with 20 Scientists (9 hr DVD set) Brace yourself! All the questions you ever had about your identity, your mind, your dreams, your place in the universe, and your role in eternity, are about to be addressed in a head on, take no prisoners, no holds barred fashion by a group of professors and scientists who are now daring to go where science itself is just beginning to venture – into the realms of interior human existence! There is great excitement afoot and you are about to become part of it. Physiology of Stress DVD This 3 hour workshop is intended to update the stress physiology chapter of Full Catastrophe Living and serve as a guide to non-scientist MBSR instructors. Being versed in stress physiology and the physiological effects of meditation practices gives instructors a universal language that promotes communication with patients and administrators. The first part includes an introductory didactic that covers the physiology of acute and chronic stress and the cognitive and affective consequences. The second section reviews environmental, behavioral, and cognitive contributors to stress reactivity. The third section includes a review of the effects of meditative practices. Detailed handouts are available with purchase. Please contact Dr. Britton to purchase this DVD. ($60)

Cheetah House Cheetah House is a non-profit semi-residential social service organization that aims to support the cultivation of greater awareness and deeper intentionality in engagement with the world. In short, Cheetah House is a “Contemplative Thinktank” aimed at using first-person, contemplative methods to support and foster the vision and successful implementation of globally beneficial social activism. Contemplative Studies The Contemplative Studies Initiative is a group of Brown faculty with diverse academic specializations who are united around a common interest in the study of contemplative states of mind, including the underlying philosophy, psychology, and phenomenology of human contemplative experience. Meditation Instructions Dr. Britton has collected and developed several handouts that provide guidance for some basic mindfulness practices. Mindfulness of Breath Everyday Mindfulness Workplace Mindfulness  Mind and Life Institute The Mind & Life Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organization devoted to establishing a mutually respectful working collaboration and research partnerships between modern science and Buddhism – two of the world’s most fruitful traditions for understanding the nature of reality and promoting human well-being. The NeuroDevelopment Center The NeuroDevelopment Center is a private multi-disciplinary center dedicated to providing traditional and innovative assessment and intervention options for individuals with neurologically based difficulties in their lives. They work with children and adults who have problems with attention, anxiety, mood, social relatedness, learning, and behavior. Contemplative Mind in Life As a global collection of mindfulness and meditation research resources, this blog provides a cyber space for news dedicated to contempaltive research in the cognitive neurosciences, clinical sciences, developmental and social and health psychology, and education. Brown Sleep Research Laboratory University of Arizona Sleep Research Laboratory UMASS Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Mindful.org – A Shambhala Sun publication Mindfulness.org.au Mind Body Awareness Project Mindful Research Guide (David Black) The Mindfulness Center Shinzen Young – Meditation in Action Upaya Zen Center (Roshi Joan Halifax) Metro-Area Research Group on Awareness & Meditation (MARGAM)

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COLLABORATORS
Collaborators at Brown University:
Angela Anderson, M.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics Mary A. Carskadon, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Marcel De Dios, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (Research) Psychiatry & Human Behavior Catherine Kerr, Ph.D. Director of Translational Neuroscience, Contemplative Studies Initiative Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Family Medicine Monique LeBourgeois, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior	Gary-Epstein Lubow Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Ellen Flynn Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior Brandon_Gaudiano, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior (Research) Debra Herman Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine Laurence Hirshberg, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior	Mitchell Levy, M.D. Professor of Medicine Mayank R Mehta, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience Ivan Miller, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Harold Roth, Ph.D. Professor of Religious Studies Michael Stein, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Collaborators at other institutions:
John Allen, Ph.D. Director, Psychophysiology Laboratory University of Arizona Richard Bootzin, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry Director, Arizona Sleep Disorders Center University of Arizona Judson Brewer Department of Psychiatry Yale University John Dunne Department of Religion Emory University Jake Jacobs, Ph.D. Director, Anxiety Research Laboratory University of Arizona	Tish Jennings, Ph. D. Director, Contemplation and Education Garrison Institute Amishi Jha, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Pennsylvania Alfred Kaszniak Neuropsychology, Emotion and Memory Lab University of Arizona Matthias Mehl Department of Psychology University of Arizona David E. Meyer, Ph.D. Director, Brain, Cognition, and Action Laboratory University of Michigan	Jessica Payne, Ph.D. Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory Harvard Medical School Ben Shahar, Ph.D Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya Israel Zindel Segal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program University of Toronto Marieke van Vugt,Ph.D. Computational Memory Lab University of Pennsylvania