Yoga for Emotional Balance: Simple Practices to Help Relieve Anxiety and Depression
10 best books like Yoga for Emotional Balance: Simple Practices to Help Relieve Anxiety and Depression (Bo Forbes): March: Book Three, The Undying, Sabrina & Corina: Stories, A Sand Book, Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems, The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice, Yoga for Anxiety: Meditations and Practices for Calming the Body and Mind, Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times, Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual, Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System
| Author | John Lewis |
| ISBN | 1603094024 |
It was the evening before the inauguration, and I was looking for something to read, something that would fortify me against the dark rhetoric of soon-to-be president Trump. I decided on March 3, the final volume of Congressman John Lewis’ graphic autobiographical account of the civil rights...
Award-winning poet and essayist Anne Boyer delivers a one-of-a-kind meditation on illness in the age of data—sharing her true story of coping with cancer, both the illness and the industry, in The Undying.
A week after her forty-first birthday, the acclaimed poet Anne Boyer was diagnosed...
Sabrina & Corina: Stories
| Author | Kali Fajardo-Anstine |
A haunting debut story collection on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands, centered on Latinas of indigenous ancestry that shines a new light on the American West.
Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina...
| Author | Ariana Reines |
| ISBN | 0986437360 |
A Sand Book is a poetry collection in nine parts, a travel guide that migrates from wildfires to hurricanes, tweety bird to the president, lust to aridity, desertification to prophecy, and mother to daughter. It explores the negative space of what is happening to language and to consciousness...
Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems
| Author | Robin Coste Lewis |
| ISBN | 1101875437 |
A stunning poetry debut: this meditation on the black female figure through time introduces us to a brave and penetrating new voice.
Robin Coste Lewis's electrifying collection is a triptych that begins and ends with lyric poems meditating on the roles that desire and race play in the construction...
The first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to viniyoga--yoga adapted to the needs of the individual.
• A contemporary classic by a world-renowned teacher.
• This new edition adds thirty-two poems by Krishnamacharya...
| Author | Mary Nurriestearns |
| ISBN | 1572246510 |
Many of us face daily demands and overwhelming difficulties that cause seemingly uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear. When you feel this way, it's healing to calm yourself and to reclaim your sense of innate goodness and well-being. For centuries, yoga has offered a quiet retreat away from...
| 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 | David Swenson |
| ISBN | 1891252089 |
Whether new to Ashtanga or an experienced student or teacher, readers will find this book to be invaluable. It contains over 650 photos and multiple variations for every asana in the primary and intermediate series plus three short forms. Its spiral binding assures easy use while practicing and the...
| Author | Anodea Judith |
| ISBN | 0875423205 |
As portals between the physical and spiritual planes, the chakras offer unparalleled opportunities for growth, healing, and transformation. Anodea Judith's classic introduction to the chakra system, which has sold over 200,000 copies, has been completely updated and expanded. It includes revised...
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...
Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants
| Author | Claudia Müller-Ebeling |
| ISBN | 0892819715 |
An in-depth investigation of traditional European folk medicine and the healing arts of witches
Explores the outlawed medicine of witches suppressed by the state and the Church and how these plants can be used today
Reveals that female shamanic medicine can be found in cultures...
The Valedictorian of Being Dead: The True Story of Dying Ten Times to Live
| Author | Heather B. Armstrong |
| ISBN | 1501197045 |
Armstrong shares her story of living with debilitating depression and the radical treatment she underwent to cure it. For years she controlled her depression with a mixture of prescriptions, but when their effects start fading, Armstrong experiences an 18-month period of deep depression fueled...
Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Houston’s ranch becomes her sanctuary, a place where she discovers how the natural world has mothered and healed her after a childhood of parental...
| Author | Leslie Kaminoff |
| ISBN | 0736062785 |
See inside every yoga pose! With clear, expert instruction and full-color, detailed anatomical drawings, Yoga Anatomy depicts the most common asanas to provide a deeper understanding of the structures and principles underlying each movement and of yoga itself.
From breathing to standing...
Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body
| Author | David Emerson |
| ISBN | 1556439695 |
Survivors of trauma—whether abuse, accidents, or war—can end up profoundly wounded, betrayed by their bodies that failed to get them to safety and that are a source of pain. In order to fully heal from trauma, a connection must be made with oneself, including one’s body. The trauma-sensitive...
Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self
| Author | Anodea Judith |
| ISBN | 1587612259 |
In EASTERN BODY, WESTERN MIND, chakra authority Anodea Judith brought a fresh approach to the yoga-based Eastern chakra system, adapting it to the Western framework of Jungian psychology, somatic therapy, childhood developmental theory, and metaphysics. This groundbreaking work in transpersonal...
How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali
| Author | Prabhavananda |
| ISBN | 0874810418 |
The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali is a major work on the practice of yoga and meditation. Through these ancient aphorisms you will learn how to control your mind and achieve inner peace and freedom. Although these methods were taught over 2,000 years ago, they are as alive and effective today as they have...
Pranayama: A Path to Healing and Freedom
| Author | Allison Gemmel Laframboise |
| ISBN | 1517790271 |
From the Dean of the acclaimed Kripalu School of Yoga and founder of Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts come the wisdom and tools to help you leverage your yoga practice as a vehicle for profound self-growth. Pranayama (yogic breathwork) is a journey of self-discovery that is, above all, about being...
Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home
| Author | Toko-pa Turner |
| ISBN | 1775111202 |
2017 Nautilus Award Gold Winner for Personal Growth
The world has never been more connected, yet people are lonelier than ever. Whether we feel unworthy, alienated, or anxious about our place in the world the absence of belonging is the great silent wound of our times.
Most people...
Sparks from a Nine-Pound Hammer: Poems
| Author | Steve Scafidi |
| ISBN | 0807126942 |
Sometimes a fact swings down like a hammer and we are changed. The fact of loss, the fact of desire, and all the wild, unruly facts of history hammer down and sparks fly up. This, then, is a collection of facts. In a rushing, rolling style, poems sweep to the edge of falling apart, take great delight in defying...
| Author | Mary Batten |
| ISBN | 0375825339 |
I am slowly discovering the wonderful world of non-fiction in children's literature. Who knew that there are so many informative and educational kid's books out there?
One of the most interesting books I've found recently is Hungry Plants. It is an early reader level 4 book all about carnivorous...
How Healing Works: Get Well and Stay Well Using Your Hidden Power to Heal
| Author | Wayne Jonas |
| ISBN | 0399579249 |
Drawing on 40 years of research and patient care, Dr. Wayne Jonas explains how 80 percent of healing occurs organically and how to activate the healing process.
In How Healing Works, Dr. Wayne Jonas lays out a revolutionary new way to approach injury, illness, and wellness. Dr. Jonas explains...
Thus Spoke the Plant: A Remarkable Journey of Groundbreaking Scientific Discoveries and Personal Encounters with Plants
An accessible and compelling story of a scientist's discovery of plant communication and how it influenced her research and changed her life.
In this "phytobiography"--a collection of stories written in partnership with a plant--research scientist, Monica Gagliano, reveals the dynamic...
Nature as Measure: The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson
| Author | Wes Jackson |
| ISBN | 1582437009 |
Wes Jackson can teach us many things about the land, soil, and conservation, but what most resonates is this: The ecosphere is self-regulating, and as often as we attempt to understand it, we are not its builders, and our manuals will often be faulty. The only responsible way to learn the nuances of the...
The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook: A Seasonal Guide to Eating and Living Well--with over 100 Recipes for Simple, Healing Foods
| Author | Kate O'Donnell |
| ISBN | 1611802296 |
Eat delicious seasonal food, balance the body, and heal the gut with simplified, traditional Ayurvedic wisdom and over 100 simple recipes designed to get you cooking in the kitchen.
Even the simplest Ayurveda practices complement Western medicine because of their focus on righting imbalance...
The Emotionally Absent Mother: How to Recognize and Heal the Invisible Effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect
The groundbreaking guide to self-healing and getting the love you missed.
Was your mother preoccupied, distant, or even demeaning? Have you struggled with relationships—or with your own self-worth? Often, the grown children of emotionally absent mothers can’t quite put a finger...
Tending the Bull: A Tradition of Dionysian Devotion
| Author | H. Jeremiah Lewis |
| ISBN | 1543270247 |
The Starry Bull tradition is a contemporary expression of Bacchic Orphism with roots in mainland Greece, Crete, Southern Italy, Asia Minor and North Africa. At its heart lies passionate devotion for Dionysos, God of drunkenness, madness, ecstasy and deliverance. Within the pages of Tending the...
Spirits of Initiation: A Study of the Toys of Dionysos
| Author | H. Jeremiah Lewis |
| ISBN | 1519399669 |
H. Jeremiah Lewis takes us on a guided tour of the divine nursery--a museum as much as a theatre--where we see as both exhibits on display and actors on stage the Toys of Dionysos. The labyrinthine corridors of their associated imagery and the intoxicating panoply of their legacies in ancient, medieval,...
| Author | Jenny Colgan |
| ISBN | 0349131902 |
Polly heard a CRASH downstairs. Was it a monster? NO! Was it a spider alien? NO!
It was a little puffin with a broken wing...
When Polly discovers an injured puffin, she and her mummy look after him in their cottage by the sea.
Slowly, Neil's wing heals and Polly must prepare herself...
