Useful Links

Other Local Recommended Resources:

  1. Live Well. Be Wise

    Wenatchee Valley’s very own community-based storytelling podcast. A place for healing, inspiration, connection and growth. Listen in and learn something from your neighbors!

  2. Mindfulness Northwest
    A non-profit organization offering Mindfulness & Compassion groups and retreats Online + in person.  Also offering Mindfulness teacher certification programs in MBSR & MSC.

  3. Stone Blossom Sangha
    A Buddhist group offering Zen & Tibetan formal practice of meditation in Wenatchee. Offering daily free silent practices, downtown Wenatchee.

  4. Cloud Mountain
    A residential Meditation Retreat Center in SW WA.  A personal favorite.

  5. NCW Healing Arts Collective

    NCW Healing Arts Collective is a growing network of healing artists, wellness practitioners, and conscious guides serving North Central Washington and beyond. Our members offer a wide range of holistic services including bodywork, energy work, yoga, meditation, breathwork, coaching, creative healing arts, nervous system support, and integrative wellness practices.

  6. Wakes
    Musicians + storytellers– using music & mindfulness to guide you through hardship and toward healing. Sound baths on Insight Timer, Sound Healing album “Journey Through The Chakras.”

App Recommendations

  1. Simply Being: Meditation For Relaxation & Presence

  2. Insight Timer: #1 Free Meditation App for Sleep, Anxiety & Stress

  3. Headspace: An app for your personal use anytime, anywhere

Book Resources

  1. “Wherever You Go, There You Are” by John Kabat-Zinn– A great beginners guide with short vignettes, very approachable and practical.

  2. “Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying” by Stephen Levine– Written for those suffering, especially relevant for those living with chronic disease and illness, for those dying, or caring for a loved one.  Wonderful guided pain meditation exercises.

  3. “Meditation for the Love of It: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience” by Sally Kempton–More of a spiritual journey into the heart via the practice of meditation.  Very well written and full of practical exercises for the beginner and more advanced practitioner.

  4. “Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation” by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.– A scientific understanding of why Mindfulness works and how it works, an excellent read for everyone, especially those working in the healthcare field.

  5. “Living Well with Pain and Illness” by Vidyamala Burch–Oriented towards people living with chronic pain and illness but applicable for any and all interested in the practice of Mindfulness.