RESOURCES FOR LIVING WELL

"Yoga in conjunction with meditation can indeed lower stress and improve work performance."
Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

"Many doctors now prescribe yoga for patients suffering from heart disease, arthritis, or diabetes. Imagine what it can do for people whose biggest complaint is stress headaches."
US News and World Reports, 1997

"Yoga is a very powerful tool of stress management."
Dr. Dean Ornish

"The bottom line is that yoga is an exercise that is food for the heart."
Dr. Noel Bairey Merz; Medical Director Cardiac Center at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Our recommended reading list includes (but in no way is limited to):

Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Ingar

Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness, Erich
Schiffmann

The Breathing Book, Donna Farhi

Relax and Renew, Judith Lasater

The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice, T.K.V.
Desikachar

Yoga and the Quest for the True Self, Stephen Cope

A Path with Heart, Jack Kornfield

The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle

The Art of living - Vipassana Meditation, S.N. Goenka by William Hart

Insight Meditation - The Practice of Freedom, Joseph Goldstein

A Still Forest Pool - The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah, Jack
Kornfield and Paul Breiter

 

 

 

 

 

Resources

Music
"Breath of the Heart" by Krisha Das
"Essense" by Deva Premal
"Shanti" by Snatum Kaur

Books
"Yoga for Your Type" by Frawley,
Dr. David & Kozak, M.S. Sandra
Summerfield
"A Path with Heart" by Jack
Kornfield

For the Very Stressed
"Relax and Renew" by Judith
Lasater (Book)
"Relax into Greatness" by Rod
Stryker (CD)

For the Very Athletic
"Advanced Yoga" by Bryan Kest
(Instructional CD)

For the Non-Athletic
"The Gentle Yoga Kit" by Stephen
Cope (Book and Instructional CD)

For the Expressive-Creative
"Shakti Yoga" (CD/DVD) by Shiva
Rae

For the Contemplative
"What the Bleep Do we Know?"
(Movie)
"Journey to the Wild Divine", a
new adventure game using
biofeedback

For Those Seeking Mindfulness
"Insight Yoga with Sarah Powers", a
practice DVD by Sarah Powers
Any book by Thich Nhat Hanh

For the Jewel-Inspired
Om/Peace Necklace from Satya

For Parents
"Everyday Blessing: The Inner Work
of Mindful Parenting" book by Myla
and Jon Kabat-Zinn.

For Everyone
Subscription to Yoga Journal