Resources
Recovery is a life long process. Here are some resources that we have found useful along the path. This list is continually being updated. Let us know if you have any reading or viewing suggestions.
Online Videos:
Jill Taylor’s, Stroke of Insight
Erich Schiffmann’s The Big Picture. The Video. The Transcript.
Brene Brown’s, The Price of Invulnerability
Kevin McCauley’s Pleasure Unwoven
Lulu Bandhas. Become a Garden member for access to an amazing library of online videos, especially Kira Ryder and Paul Grilley.
Books:
A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery, Kevin Griffin
A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
Anatomy of the Sprit, Caroline Myss
Alcoholics Anonymous (“The Big Book”)
A Gradual Awakening, Stephen Levine
A Return to Love, Marianne Willilamson
After the Ecstacy, the Laundry, Jack Kornfield
Bliss Divine, Swami Sivananda
Buddha’s Brain: the Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdon, Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius
Dharma Punx, Noah Levine
Eternal Echos, John O’Donohue
Feeding Your Demons, Tsultrim Allione
Free to Love, Free to Heal: Heal your body by healing your Emotions, Dr. David Simon
How Yoga Works, Michael Roach and Christie McNally
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Dr. Gabor Mate and Peter Levine
InnerWork, Robert A. Johnson
Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie
Light on Yoga, BKS Iyengar
Loving What Is, Byron Katie
Meditations from the Mat, Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison
Mudras, Gertrud Hirschi
Non Violent Communication, Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
On Becoming a Person, Carl Rogers
One Breath at a Time, Kevin Griffin
Spiritual Enlightenment. The Damndest Thing. Jed McKenna
The Breathing Book, Donna Farhi
The Body Remembers, Babette Rothschild
The Drama of the Gifted Child, Alice Miller
The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz
The Untethered Soul, Michael A. Singer
The Passionate Mind, Joel Kramer
The Sacred Art of Anointing, Allison Stillman
The Spiritual Roots of Yoga by Ravi Ravindra
The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck
The General Theory of Love, Thomas Lewis, M.D., Fari Amini, M.D., Richard Lannon, M.D
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, Brene Brown
The Thirst for Wholeness, Christina Grofz
The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, Chip Hartranft
The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi, Shambhala Publications
The 12 Step Restorative Yoga Workbook, Jon Platania
The Wisdom of Patangeli’s Yoga Sutras, Ravi Ravindra
The Wisdom of Yoga: A seeker’s guide to Extraordinary Living, Stephen Cope
The Zen of Recovery, Mel Ash
Total Freedom, J. Krishnamurti
Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman Lewis, M.D.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine
We’re All Doing Time, Bo Lozoff
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, Pema Chodron
Women, Food, and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything, Geneen Roth
Yoga and the Teaching of Krishna. Ravi Ravindra
Yoga for Transformation, Gary Kraftsaw
Movies:
What the Bleep Do we Know
Thy Will be Done
Addiction Science Research and Education Center, University of Texas at Austin
Buddhistrecovery.org
Carrie Coppola
Cathy O’Neill. Yoga Of Recovery. YogaofRecovery.com.
Fearless Nation: PTSD Support
Humankindness.org. Human Kindness Foundation, sponsor of Prison-Ashram Project.
JoinTogether.org. Newsletter from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
Integrative Recovery Therapy. www.Yogaforrecovery.net
Kevin Griffin
Kevin McCauley. Addiction Doctor.com
Kyczy Hawk, Yoga and Recovery: Yoga in Support of the 11th Step, YogaRecovery.com
Nikki Myers and Nate Rush, Yoga of 12-Step Recovery, Cityoga School of Yoga and Health
Oxnard College, Addictive Disorders Program
Richard Miller, Integrative Restoration Institute
Rolf Gates
Saagara.com. Pranayama apps.
The Art of Yoga Project
Turning Point Foundation
Vinnie Marino
Yogahope.org
Yoga and Addiction Recovery Conference, October 30-November 4, 2011. Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California
Articles:
Free Will: Now you Have it, Now You Don’t. Dennis Overbye, NYT
The addiction revolution: Old habits get new choices: How to quit the holistic way. Psychology Today, Marianne Apostolides
Yoga as therapeutic component in treating chemical dependency. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, Anne Calajoe.
The twelve steps to spiritual recovery. Prabuddha Bharata, Georg Feurstein.
Backyard Rituals, Yoga (Sivananda Math), Mike Hartog
On yoga, off drugs, Yoga International, Linda Johnson
Yoga and Healing Addiction, LA Yoga, Felicia Tomasko
Yoga in Addictive Diseases, Yoga Magazine, Dr. Karel Nespor
The Recovery Sutras: Yoga, Habit and Freedom from Addiction, Yogi Times, Robert Bimberg
Yoga of Recovery, Yoga Chicago, Cathy O’Neill
Nourishing Mind by Nourishing body, LA Yoga, Cathy O’Neill
Q. Did you Smoke Pot? A. Its complicated., New York Times, July 13, 2010, Perri Klass, M.D.
A New Take on 12 Steps, Moonshine Ink, Cathy O’Neill
Yoga, Ayurveda , 12 step Recovery,, Connect Magazine, Cathy O’Neill
Yoga For People Who Need It, Elephant Journal, Laura Winslow
Aroma-Yoga for PTSD: combining Yoga and Aromatherapy, SelfGrowth.com, Robin Barnette
Thank you. No, thank you: Greateful People are Happier. WallStreetJournal.com, Melinda Beck
