trauma, ptsd
The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel Van Der Kolk
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - Peter A. Levine
No Bad Parts - Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model - Richard Schwartz
Yoga, Mindfulness & Spirituality
Be Here Now by Ram Dass
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (various commentaries available; Swami Satchitananda’s is a good start)
Fire Without Fuel by Baba Hari Dass
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
Psychosynthesis - John Firman & Ann Gila
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing by Dr. Vasant Lad
Aghora Series by Robert Svoboda
Siddhartha
The Alchemist
Meditation in Action by Chogyam Trungpa
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodran
The Bhagavad Gita
Anxiety & Depression
Full Catastrophe Living - Jon Kabat-Zinn
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute https://sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org/
Tara Brach Guided Meditations https://www.tarabrach.com/guided-meditations/
Relationships
Non-violent Communication by Jean Rosenthbaum
The Gottman Institute https://www.gottman.com/
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples - Hendrix, Harville, and Helen LaKelly Hunt
Hold Me Tight - Sue Johnson
Tarot, Astrology & Esoterica
The Mystical Qabalah - Dion Fortune
Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey - Sallie Nichols
Astrological Signs - Dane Rudhyar
Light on Life - Robert Svoboda & Hart Defouw
The Philosophical Research Society
Mitch Horowitz https://www.mitchhorowitz.com/
Ziggy Tarr - Vedic Astrologer trailoflightastrology@gmail.com
Kirti Wright - Evolutionary Astrologer https://www.innerskyhypnotherapy.com/
WOMen’s wellbeing
Women’s Power to Heal Through Inner Medicine by Maya Tiwari
Hygeia – A Woman’s Herbal by Jeanne Parvati
Santa Cruz Community
Shine a Light Counseling Center https://www.shinealight.info/
Village Yoga https://www.villageyogasantacruz.com/
GOAT https://goatsantacruz.com/
Mount Madonna Center https://mountmadonna.org/
Santa Cruz Neurofeedback Center: https://santacruzneurofeedback.com/
Sage Float Spa https://www.sagefloatspa.com/
Tom Pettengill Massage Therapy https://tompettengill.com/
Dr. EmilyAnne Pillari Chiropractic Kinesiologist https://www.drpillari.com/
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“May all that is unforgiven in you
Be released.
May your fears yield
Their deepest tranquilities.
May all that is unlived in you
Blossom into a future
graced with love.”
— John O’Donohue