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.
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:
Anatomy of the Sprit, Caroline Myss
A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
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
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
InnerWork, Robert A. Johnson
Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie
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 Ravindaz
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 Thirst for Wholeness, Christina Grofz
The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, Chip Hartranft
The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi, Shambhala Publications
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
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
Cathy O’Neill. Yoga Of Recovery. YogaofRecovery.com.
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 McCauley. Addiction Doctor.com
Oxnard College, Addictive Disorders Program
Siddhi’s Kundalini detox. Siddhisyoga.com.
Sister B recovery retreats
Yogahope.org
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
