Interesting Reads

 

Amma

 

Cornell, Judith. Amma, Healing the heart of the world.

Mata Amritanandamayi Center.  2001

 

Canan, Jamine, ed.  Messages from Amma, Celestial Arts, 2004.  

 

Inner Contemplation 

 

Adyashanti.  The end of your world: uncensored straight talk on the nature of enlightenment.  Sounds True, 2008. (Author of many books on looking inward, Buddhist teacher) 

 

Beattie, Melody.  Codependent no more; how to stop controlling others and start caring for yourself, 1987, 2022.   (Groundbreaking at the time, remains the best book on the subject)

 

Brach, Tara, Ph. D., Radical acceptance; embracing your life with the heart of a buddha. Bantam, 2003.  

 

Gangaji. Hidden treasure, uncovering the truth of your life story. Penguin books, 2012.  (Lives and teaches in Ashland, OR). 

 

Goldstein, Joseph and Jack Kornfield.  Seeking the heart of wisdom, the path to Insight Meditation, 1987.  (Groundbreaking book into Vipassana practice.  Founders of Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Marin County, CA  )

 

Tolle, Eckhart.  A new earth.  Awakening to your life’s purpose, Penguin books, 2005.

 

Tolle, Eckhart.  The power of now; a guide to spiritual enlightenment. Namaste Publishing, 1999.  

 

Wiest, Brianna.  The life that’s waiting; all this time, for you to arrive.   Thought Catalog Books, 2025.

 

 

Jin Shin Jyutsu Acupressure

 

Burmeister, Alice.    The touch of healing, energizing body, mind, and spirit with the art of Jin Shin Jyutsu, Bantam Books, 1997.  

 

Burmeister, Mary.   Jin Shin Jyutsu is - the art of living, Jin Shin Jyutsu Inc, 1994.  Series of three manuals  used  in teaching Self Care Courses. (www.jsjinc.net). 

 

 

Vortex Healing

 

Weinman, Ric.  Vortex Healing, Divine energy healing.  A magical path of healing and awakening, Balboa Press, 2015.

 

Weinman, Ric.  Awakening through the veils, a seeker’s guide.  Balboa Press, 2013.  

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