Teachers and Places
The One-Minute Meditator is a book for people to learn meditation on their own. But if you feel a teacher would be helpful, click on the links below. You'll find lots of places to learn from experienced teachers. You may also find a group to sit with, often a good way to deepen your meditation.
Clinically-based stress-reduction clinics
The Mind Body Medical Institute. (Clinics nationwide under the aegis of Harvard Medical School's Herbert Benson, MD.) http://www.mbmi.org/pages/mp_csas1.asp
Mind Body Stress Reduction, Center for Mindfulness. (Clinics nationwide under the aegis of University of Massachusetts Medical School's Jon Kabat-Zinn) http://www.umassmed.edu.cfm/mbsr/
Transcendental Meditation centers
Meditation centers for learning Transcendental Meditation, one of the most popular of meditation techniques. http://maharishi.org/locations/locations.htm
Spiritually-based meditation centers
The World Community for Christian Meditation, links to groups and instruction http://www.wccm.org/
Vipassana Meditation Centers, Worldwide. www.dhamma.org/centers.htm
Theravada Meditation Centers & Practice Groups www.enabling.org/ia/vipassana/practiceGroups.html
www.meditationcenter.com provides helpful links and exercises
San Francisco Zen Center. http://www.sfzc.com/
Buddhist meditation centers in the Midwest. http://members.ync.net/jfred
Insight Meditation Centers. www.insightmeditation.org/Centres_Teachers.htm
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (California) http://www.spiritrock.org/
Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Mass. http://www.dharma.org/ims.htm
Shinzen Young, vipassana meditation teacher. http://www.shinzen.org/
Meditation Society of Australia, Wollongong http://www.meditation.org.au
