RECOMMENDED READING
Self-Energy Regulation and Chakra Work:
The Path of Emotions by Dr. Synthia Andrews
The Path of Energy by Dr. Synthia Andrews
Neurobiology and Mind/Body Healing:
You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter by Dr. Joe Dispenza
Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza
The Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss
The Mind's Own Physician - A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation, ed. Jon Kabat-Zinn & Richard Davidson
Embodiment and Authentic Movement:
Authentic Movement: Essays by Mary Starks Whitehouse, Janet Adler and Joan Chodorow
The Intuitive Body: Discovering the Wisdom of Conscious Embodiment and Aikido by Wendy palmer
Radical Sufficiency and Breaking Free from the Trap of Productivity:
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist
The Money Fix
Career Planning:
Creating the Work You Love: Courage, Commitment, and Career by Rick Jarow
Jungian Psychology:
The Power of Myth (DVDs) - Bill Moyers interviews Joseph Campbell
Buddhist Psychology (Beginners):
Be Here Now by Ram Dass
A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield
Faith - Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience by Sharon Salzberg
The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield
Buddhist Psychology (Advanced):
Perspectives on Satipatthana by Bhikkhu Analayo
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
Creative Practice:
The Zen of Creativity by John Daido Loori
True Perception - The Path of Dharma Art by Chogym Trungpa (Advanced)
The Divine Feminine & Sacred Pleasure
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown
Sacred Pleasure : Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body - New Paths to Power and Love by Riane Eisler
Touching Our Strength by Carter Heyward
The Sacred Prostitute by Nancy Qualls Corbett
New Relationship Paradigms (Required Reading for Mentees):
Elements of Intimacy by Caffyn Jesse
The Educated Heart by Nina McIntosh
Ecstatic Energywork & Erotic Psychology:
The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment by Jack Morin
Ecstasy Is Necessary: A Practical Guide by Barbara Carrellas
Shamanic Practice:
Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation by Hank Wesselman and Sandra Ingerman
The World of Shamanism by Roger Walsh
Healing Touch:
The Uncommon Touch by Tom Harpur
The Touch of Healing: Energizing the Body, Mind, and Spirit with Jin Shin Jyutsu by Alice Burmeister and Tom Monte
Jin Shin Jyutsu Website
Jin Shin Jyutsu FAQ
Applied Quantum Physics
All The Time In The World by Lisa Broderick
Alchemy (Beginner):
The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
Alchemy (Advanced):
Merlin: In His Own Words by Mataare
The Old Soul's Guide: A Handbook for a Joyous Existence by Mataare
The Red Lion
Poetry:
The First Free Women: Original Poems Inspired By The Early Buddhist Nuns, translated by Matty Weingast
Naomi Shihab Nye
Hafiz
Rumi
Rainer Maria Rilke
Mary Oliver
John O'Donohue
Lineage Teachers
Buddhism:
Root Teachers: Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santacitta, Jack Kornfield, Narayan Helen Liebenson, Bhikkhu Anâlayo, Joseph Goldstein
Additional Teachers: Steve Armstrong, Tara Brach, Christina Feldman, Gil Fronsdal, Kittisaro + Thanissara, John Peacock, Sharon Salzberg, Tempel Smith
Sustainable Abundance:
Root Teachers: Jen Cohen & Gina LaRoche, Seven Stones Leadership
Seven Stones' teachings include:
• Complex, systemic contexts of capitalism, consumerism, scarcity, racism, and oppression
• Radical sufficiency through interdependence and inclusion
• Somatic practices of centering, release, and completion
• Engaging experimentation as our primary teaching modality and worldview
Authentic Movement:
Root Teachers: Alton Wasson + Daphne Lowell
Additional Teachers: Tiffany Sankary and the Authentic Movement peer community
Focusing-Oriented Therapies:
Sharon Bauer
Jin Shin Jyutsu:
Root Teachers: Sara Harper, Wayne Hackett
Additional Teachers: Jed Schwartz