RPI Resources

General

Chögyam Trungpa, Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, 1984

Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, 1973

Chögyam Trungpa, Meditation in Action, 1991

Sakyong Mipham, Ruling Your World, 2005

Pema Chödrön, Awakening Loving-Kindness, 1996

Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart, 1997

Pema Chödrön, Start Where You Are, 1994

Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, The Three Vehicles of Buddhist Practice, 2003

Meditation & Mindfulness in Prisons

Meditation research: The state of the art in correctional settings. Samuel Himelstein, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (2010).

The Use of Meditation in Corrections. David W. Orme-Johnson, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (2010)

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in Massachusetts Correctional Facilities, Marlene Samuelson, James Carmody, Jon Kabat-Zinn and Michael A. Bratt,The Prison Journal (2007)

Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Dillworth TM, Chawla N, Simpson TL, Ostafin BD, Larimer ME, Blume AW, Parks GA, Marlatt GA, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (2006)

Programmes in Correctional settings: Innovative State and Local programmes – See page 65 for details of a mindfulness program run for over 100 inmates.

Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation in a Corrections Setting, James M. Dunn Upaya Chaplaincy Program, 2010

Mindfulness and Addictions

Alterman, A. I., Koppenhaver, J. M., Mulholland, E., Ladden, L. J., & Baime, M. J. (2004). Pilot trial of effectiveness of mindfulness Meditation for substance abuse patients. Journal of Substance Use, 9(6), 259-268.

Brewer, J. A., Bowen, S., Smith, J. T., Marlatt, G. A., & Potenza, M. N. (2010). Mindfulness-Based treatments for co-occurring depression and substance use disorders: What can we learn from the brain? Addiction.

Britton, W. B., Bootzin, R. R., Cousins, J. C., Hasler, B. P., Peck, T., & Shapiro, S. L. (2010). The contribution of mindfulness practice to a multicomponent behavioral sleep intervention following substance abuse treatment in adolescents: A treatment-development study. Substance Abuse, 31(2), 86-97.

Breslin, F. C., Zack, M., & McMain, S. (2002). An information-processing analysis of mindfulness: Implications for relapse prevention in the treatment of substance abuse. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 9(3), 275-299.

Garland, E. L., Gaylord, S. A., Boettiger, C. A., & Howard, M. O. (2010). Mindfulness training modifies cognitive, affective, and physiological mechanisms implicated in alcohol dependence: Results of a randomized controlled pilot trial. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 42(2).

Marlatt, G. A., Witkiewitz, K., Dillworth, T. M., Bowen, S. W., Parks, G. A., Macpherson, L. M., et al. (2004). Vipassana meditation as a treatment for alcohol and drug use disorders.

Witkiewitz, K., Marlatt, G. A., & Walker, D. (2005). Mindfulness-Based relapse prevention for alcohol and substance use disorders. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 19(3), 211-228.

Zgierska, A., Rabago, D., Zuelsdroff, M., et al. (2008). Mindfulness meditation for alcohol relapse prevention: A feasibility pilot study. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 2(3), 165- 173.

Mindfulness and Aggression

Borders, A., Earleywine, M., & Jajodia, A. (2010). Could mindfulness decrease anger, hostility, and aggression by decreasing rumination? Aggressive Behavior, 36(1), 28- 44.

Singh, N. N., Wahler, R. G., Adkins, A. D., Myers, R. E., & The Mindfulness Research Group. (2003). Soles of the feet: A mindfulness-based self-control intervention for aggression by an individual with mild mental retardation and mental illness. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 24(3), 158-169.