Diana Winston wrote one of the first guides for teenagers. She is now at UCLA studying the scientific evidence for the benefits of meditation. If you have an hour, listen to her talk "The Science of Meditation" that describes the benefits of meditation. Tricycle Magazine lists her book "Wide Awake" first in a list of resources for teenagers.
"Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at MARC and has been teaching mindfulness since 1993. She is the co-author (with Susan Smalley, Ph.D.) of Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness (2010). She has brought mindful awareness into schools, hospitals, and nonprofits, as well as to adolescents, seniors, leaders, teachers, activists, and health professionals in the US and Asia. She is also the author of Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens (2003) and the CD, "Mindful Meditations." Diana is also a member of the teacher's council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. She spent a year as a Buddhist nun in Burma and has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1989."
Wide Awake (book)
http://sundownatthundercreek.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Wide-Awake-Buddhist-Guide-Teens/dp/0399528970
Wide Awake (audio,
iTunes)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/wide-awake/id357994462?mt=11
Fully Present (book)
http://www.fullypresentthebook.com/
Fully Present (Audio iTunes)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/fully-present/id385534815?mt=11
Mindful Meditation (audio)
iTunes U
MARC
http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22
The Science of Meditation (talk, audio, free)
Diana Winston
2008-06-25 58:57
Mindfulness Training for Yoga Teachers.
http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/53/talk/3748/
Broken into six 10-minute sections of research-based confirmation of the benefits of Mindfulness practices: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Physical Illness, Immune System, ADD/ADHD, Depression, Self-compassion (vs. self-esteem), attunement, cultivation of the mind creates new neural pathways.
Mentioned in Diana Winston's talk to Yoga teachers:
Time Magazine cover story
The Science of Meditation
August 4, 2003
http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20030804,00.html
Time Magazine
How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time
January 10, 2006
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1147167,00.html#ixzz1pfMLT25A
Time Magazine
Losing Focus? Studies Say Meditation May Help
August 6, 2010
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2008914,00.html
Print (no image):
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,2008914,00.html
Collection of other resources:
Bringing Up Buddhists: A Resource Guide
The best Buddhist books and websites., Mary Talbot
http://www.tricycle.com/special-section/bringing-buddhists-resource-guide
This is from http://teach.kralsite.com/