Mindfulness can be helpful as individuals seek to increase their tolerance for various types of physical and psychological discomfort. Mindfulness has been used to treat substance abuse, hypersexual behavior, eating disorders, depression, anxiety and stress. The following resources can provide additional information on this topic.

• Mindfulness Body Scan with Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn (28 Minutes)
• Mindfulness Body Scan with Dr. Christiane Wolf (35 Minutes)
• Mindfulness Body Scan with Trudy Goodman (43 Minutes)

• Mindfulness for Beginners (Audio CD)
• The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Book)
• Full Catastrophe Living (Book)
• Wherever You Go There You Are (Book)
• Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness (Book)
• Mindful Path to Self-Compassion (Book)

The website for Mindful Awareness Reseach Center at UCLA has additional exercises.

The following mindful audio files come from Renee Burgard, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California.

Album 1: Stopping, Breathing, Body Scanning and 5 Breath Practices

• Stop/Notice/Breath/Release (2 min.)
• Body Scan (20 min.)
• Smiling to the Body Scan (24 min.)
  
• 5 Breath Introduction (5 min.)
  
• 5 Breath Practice (18 min.)
  
• 5 Breath in 5 Breaths (5 min.)

Album 2: Mindful Yoga and Meditation

• Instructions: Turning a Stretch into Yoga (3 min.)
  
• Turning Any Stretch into Yoga (9 min.)
  
• Carol Dickman's Bed Top Yoga (33 min.) www.stretch.com
  
• Sitting Meditation Instructions (5 min.)
  
• Guided Sitting Meditation (26 min.)

Album 3: Informal Cell Phone & Driving Practices

• MBSR Overview (1 min.)
  
• Phone Practice (24 min.)
  
• Driving Practice (3 min.)
  
• Red Light Mindfulness (3 min.)
  
• Red Light Stretch (4 min.)
  
• Bee Humming Breathing for Driving (3 min.)