Mindfulness Room

This well-organized, beginner-friendly article presents various mindfulness practices in a clear, accessible manner. It also includes streaming audio of several short guided meditations and breathing practices, as well as links to further reading.

2022 NPR interview with Jon Kabat-Zinn that includes a guided mediation practice for beginners.

A concise intro to mindfulness benefits from a medical/neuroscience perspective, with simple exercises for beginners

Insight Timer has a huge library of content: over 80,000 free guided meditations from over 10,000 teachers on topics like stress, relationships, healing, sleep, creativity, and more. It also allows you to track your meditation stats, which can be motivating for some, and connect to other users in the Insight Timer community. When you sign into the app there is a map showing everyone currently using the app across the globe!

With this easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime with the guidance of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.

With a combination of podcast-style lessons and both seated and active meditations, you’ll learn what the science says about the brain while developing skills to tap into these learnings for a healthier, happier you.