Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
10 best books like Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga (Sally Kempton): The Surrender of Persephone, The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker's Guide to Extraordinary Living, The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting Your Divine Spark, Shakti Woman: Feeling Our Fire, Healing Our World, The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice, Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood: A Treasury of Goddess and Heroine Lore from Around the World, The Goddess Path: Myths, Invocations, and Rituals, Yoga from the Inside Out: Making Peace with Your Body Through Yoga, The End of Sorrow, The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice
The Surrender of Persephone
Sheltered Persephone, Goddess of Spring, never gets to do anything— thanks to the suffocating love of her mother, Demeter. Sephie is being carefully groomed to follow in the footsteps of the two “virgin” goddesses, Athena and Artemis, and while they sure do have a lot of fun together, she longs...
| Author | Stephen Cope |
| ISBN | 0553801112 |
For modern spiritual seekers and yoga students alike, here is an irreverent yet profound guide to the most sophisticated teachings of the yoga wisdom tradition–now brought to contemporary life by a celebrated author, psychotherapist, and leading American yoga instructor.
While many...
| Author | Sera Beak |
| ISBN | 0787980544 |
The Red Book is nothing less than a spiritual fire starter -- a combustible cocktail of Hindu Tantra and Zen Buddhism, Rumi and Carl Jung, goddesses and psychics, shaken with cosmic nudges, meaningful subway rides, haircuts, relationships, sex, dreams, and intuition. Author Sera Beak's unique hybrid...
| Author | Vicki Noble |
| ISBN | 0062506676 |
I enjoyed Vicki Nobles commentary. From the recommendations that I received I thought it would be one of my favorite books of all time, but I wasn't as impressed as I had anticipated. I didn't really like how she seemed to dis sorcery and tenets of magick that she didn't understand (and maybe didn't agree...
| Author | Susan Gordon Lydon |
| ISBN | 0767916336 |
Available for the first time in paperback, The Knitting Sutra reveals how women can learn to knit their way to nirvana.
When Susan Gordon Lydon was coping with a broken arm, her craft took on new significance. While knitting was essential to strengthening her hands, it also provided her with...
| Author | Merlin Stone |
| ISBN | 0807067512 |
I really like this book, but that might surprise people who know me well. That's because I studied Classics and ancient Greek goddesses, and this book does not provide a balanced academic portrayal of the deities. Which is not to say its not well researched, but neither is that the book's point, I suspect....
| Author | Patricia Monaghan |
| ISBN | 1567184677 |
Now you can find more meaning and joy in your life, journey inward, find the divine, and become transformed, when you read The Goddess Path by Patricia Monaghan.
The Goddess Path can be your guide to speed you on your spiritual quest. Think of this book as a signpost on your spiritual travels,...
| Author | Christina Sell |
| ISBN | 1890772321 |
Yoga from the Inside Out is a must-read for anyone who practises or teaches Anusara Yoga and for anyone struggling with self-esteem, body-image issues and the process of spiritual awakening. This book includes interviews with yoga students, teachers and a series of stunning photographs of "real...
| Author | Eknath Easwaran |
| ISBN | 0915132176 |
The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living is Easwaran's verse-by-verse commentary on the Bhagavad Gita.
Easwaran's translation of the Bhagavad Gita is the best-selling English edition in the US. In this verse-by-verse commentary, Easwaran brings the Gita's teachings into our own lives. Full...
| Author | Georg Feuerstein |
| ISBN | 1890772186 |
From the foremost living authority on Yoga comes the most comprehensive and reliable treatment of the subject available today. This is a work of impeccable scholarship by a person who has dedicated his life to the understanding and practice of yoga. The book offers a complete overview of every Yogic...
| Author | Cyndi Lee |
| ISBN | 1594480249 |
In Yoga Body, Buddha Mind, the first book to give readers the best of both inextricably linked practices, Cyndi Lee -- author of the bestselling series OM Yoga in a Box -- shares her twenty years of experience as a practicing Tibetan Buddhist and one of the country's most famous yoga instructors....
| Author | Judith Hanson Lasater |
| ISBN | 0962713848 |
Experience the rest of your life with restorative yoga, the supported poses and breathing practices that will help you heal the effects of chronic stress. In Relax and Renew, the first book exclusively devoted to this work, the author offers in-depth guidance in the Basic Relaxation Pose (Savasana),...
| Author | Linda Egenes |
| ISBN | 0143111809 |
A delightfully straightforward and lyrical retelling of the ancient Indian epic of loyalty, betrayal, redemption, and insight into the true nature of life -- one of history's most sacred ethical works, rendered with completeness and sterling accuracy for the modern reader.
Here is one...
| Author | Roberto Calasso |
| ISBN | 0375725431 |
Brilliant, inspired, and gloriously erudite, Literature and the Gods is the culmination of Roberto Calasso’s lifelong study of the gods in the human imagination. By uncovering the divine whisper that lies behind the best poetry and prose from across the centuries, Calasso gives us a renewed sense...
God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time
| Author | Desmond Tutu |
| ISBN | 0385483716 |
Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he exhibited while encouraging countless South Africans in their struggle for human rights. In God Has a Dream, his most soul-searching book, he shares the spiritual message that guided him through those...
The Sevenfold Journey: Reclaiming Mind, Body and Spirit Through the Chakras
| Author | Anodea Judith |
| ISBN | 0895945746 |
Combining yoga, psychotherapy, movement, and ritual, the authors weave ancient and modern wisdom into a powerful tapestry of techniques for facilitating personal growth, healing, and transformation. Based on their popular Nine-Month Chakra workshops, THE SEVENFOLD JOURNEY provides a step-by-step...
| Author | Lorin Roche |
| ISBN | 1935374036 |
At once a beautiful love song and an encyclopedia of yogic techniques, the cherished text known as the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra shimmers with new effulgence in Lorin Roche's The Radiance Sutras. Lorin brings us his unique perspective on each of 112 Sanskrit teachings, along with his one-of-a-kind...
The Breathing Book: Good Health and Vitality Through Essential Breath Work
| Author | Donna Farhi |
| ISBN | 0805042970 |
A new approach to improving quality of life through your most accessible resource: your breath.
Internationally renowned yoga instructor Donna Farhi presents a refreshingly simple and practical guide to reestablishing proper breathing techniques that will dramatically improve your...
Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit, & Joy in the Root of the Female Body
In her groundbreaking book, Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit, & Joy in the Root of the Female Body, Tami Lynn Kent invites every woman to journey deep into the heart of her female body, to her root place, and the root of all womanhood. Through stories, visualizations, and creative exercises,...
| Author | Christopher D. Wallis |
Tantra Illuminated takes the reader on a fascinating journey to the very heart of Tantra: its key teachings, foundational lineages, and transformative practices.
Since the West's discovery of Tantra 100 years ago, there has been considerable fascination, speculation, and more than a...
