This webpage provides additional resources, including meditations, podcasts, books, and articles, to help you deepen your enjoyment of the Janice Cordova Garden of Well-Being and learn about the healing benefits of nature.
Meditations and Podcasts
Guided Meditations
- Jon Kabat-Zinn, 10 Minute Guided Mindfulness Meditation
- Thich Nhat Hahn, Mindful Breathing Meditation
- Eckhart Tolle, Reconnecting with the Body
- Tara Brach, Various Meditations
- Daily Calm | 10 Minute Mindfulness Meditation | Be Present
- Daily Calm | 10 Minute Mindfulness Meditation | Forgetting Time
- Rain Sounds for Relaxing, Focus or Deep Sleep | Nature White Noise | 8 Hour Video
Podcasts
Readings
Articles
- How Nature Helps Us Heal - Greater Good Magazine
- How Nature Can Make You Kinder, Happier, and More Creative - Greater Good Magazine
- How Being in Nature Can Spur Personal Growth - Greater Good Magazine
- Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health - Yale Environment 360
- Nurtured by Nature - American Psychological Association
Books and Audiobooks
- Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life.
- Meditation Is Not What You Think: Mindfulness and Why It Is So Important.
- The Healing Power of Mindfulness: A New Way of Being.
- Nhat Hahn, Thich. You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment.
- Selhub, Eva. Your Brain on Nature.
- Tolle, Eckhart. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose.
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment.
- Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from The Power of Now.
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment.
- Williams, Florence. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative.
The books included above are available through the Los Angeles Public Library.