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Note: Books addressing the pros and cons of Cathartic-oriented breathwork are labeled in red (Catharsis).
Breathing
- Super Brain Breathing, Paul Bragg. Paul lived to be 96. Vibrant and healthy until a swimming accident shortened his life.
- Radiance! Breathwork, Movement & Body-Centered Psychotherapy, Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks. If you are a serious student of the breath, read it again and again. (Catharsis)
- The Breath Connection, Robert Fried, PhD.
- Breathe Well, Be Well, Robert Fried, PhD. In my estimation the best book on the science
of why better breathing is so important. This is MUST BUY for anyone at any time.
- Breathing, Michael Sky. One of the best breathing books in existence. Strong rebirthing influence. Reread several times.(Catharsis)
- The Breath of Life, Ellis. Good exercises and breathing based information.
- Breathing Into Life, (Poems About The Breath. An absolute jewel of a book.), Bijou Bennett
- Miracles of the Breath, Tom Goode. Husband and wife team of insightful first person(s) accounts of the benefits of Transform™ Breathing. (Catharsis)
- Ways to Better Breathing, Carola Speads. She studied and taught about the breath for over 80 years to almost age 99. Nuff said.
- Science of Breath, Rama, Ballantine, Hymes. Members of the Himalayan Institute in Pa. They also study the breath.
- Science of Breath, Swami Ramacharaka. The famous "little blue book". Hard to find. Worth the effort.
- The Perceptible Breath, Ilse Middendorf . Leader of the school of what I call "undirected breathing". Another must for serious students of the breath
- The Tao of Natural Breathing, Dennis Lewis. A true seeker and student of the breath. Very strong in internal sensing and the words that go with that. Too western medical doctor oriented though for my tastes. Click on the book jacket to see more.
- Chakra Breathing, Helmut Sieczka. A great audio tape of these exercises is very useful.
- Wheels of Life, Anodea Judith. A long term serious study of the Chakra system. Many good insights and exercises.
- The Art and the Way of Hara, Seigen Yamaoka. Much of ancient Japanese philosophy focuses around the lower third (or upper second) chakra/zone they call the Hara.
- Hara, The Vital Centre of Man, Karlfried Graf Durekheim. A classic. Hard to find. Should be reprinted.
- Conscious Breathing, Gay Hendricks. An excellent addition to anyone wanting re-enforcement about how important breathing is. I have included similar breathing exercises in the #191 Secrets of Optimal Natural Breathing manual.
- The Psychology and Physiology of Breathing, Robert Fried and Joseph Grimaldi
- Behavioral and Psychological Approaches to Breathing Disorders, Timmons and Ley. The first major attempt to bring it all to- together about breathing. Needs work but is an excellent place to start. (Catharsis)
- Breathing Free, Teresa Hale. The Buteyko Method for asthma. A mixture of deep insights, contradictions, fantasies, crashing misunderstandings, and brilliant deductions. Must reading for any student of the breath. But don't take it too seriously. The exercises in this method may work initially but may also have long-range negative results.
- Thorax, Behavioral Breathlessness, Howell, J.B.L.-1990, 45, 287,292
- Hypoxia/hypercapnea study abstract, Abstracts 21 March 12995 American Physiological Society
- Breathe Again Naturally, Bernard Jensen
- Integrated Respirational Theory/Therapy, Lillemor Johnson. In the Ilse Middendorf and Carola Speads world of spontaneous breathing work.
Food / Nutrition / Diet
- Your Body's Many Cries for Water, F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. Great insights for anyone with a body.
- Healthy Steps, Dr. Albert Zehr Down to earth basics of nutrition.
- Staying Healthy with Nutrition, Elson Haas, MD . Elson's book is the one I go to when I can't remember a specific detail about specific nutrients, their component and influences.
Indispensable for scientific aspects of nutrition.
- Nutrition and Your Mind, George Watson. A classic in nutrition work.
- Conscious Eating, Gabriel Cousens, MD Unless you are studying or curious about Ayurveda, scan only the first three chapters. One can easily get bogged down in this.
- Stress, Diet & Your Heart, Dean Ornish, MD. A master of diet and the heart. Click on the book jacket to see more.
- Licking the Sugar Habit, Nancy Appleton, PhD. Get the Sugar Blues as well.
- Sugar Blues, Wm. Duffy. Get Licking The Sugar Habit as well.
- Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill, Udo Erasmus. A classic even among professional nutritionists.
- Healing with Whole Foods, Paul Pitchford. Good herbal slant on balanced nutrition.
- Enzymes, the Agents of Life, David M Locke. Enzymes, vitamins, minerals, fats, complex carbohydrates, exercise and breathing are the keys to health and longevity
- New Facts About Fiber, Betty Kamen. Absolute must fiber book.
- Living in the Raw, Rose Lee Calabro. Great collection of raw food recipes that taste fantastic.
- The New Vegetarian Epicure, Anna Thomas
- May All Be Fed, John Robbins. A case for vegetarianism and having more energy and clarity.
- Diet for a New America, John Robbins. Pulitzer prize nominee. Must reading.
- Rejuvenating the Body, Christopher Hills, D.Sc. How to regenerate with a simple mono diet of Spirulina
- Secrets of Spirulina, Christopher Hills, D. Sc. An incredibly well balanced and complete superfood. Indispensable as a dietary adjunct/booster food. Food from sunlight.
- Fresh Vegetable Juices, Norman Walker. Norman invented the Norwalk triturating fruit and vegetable juicer. Lived to be approximately 114. Get the message?
- The Wheatgrass Book, Ann Wigmore
- Juice Fasting, Paavo Airola.
- The Miracle of Fasting, Paul Bragg
- Natural Weight Control, Norman Walker
- Jumpstart Your Metabolism, Pam Grout. Very funny woman with a lot of great breathing insights. Click on the book jacket to see more.
- The Body Ecology Diet, Donna Gates. A must for Candida sufferers. Write to me for the Candida Self Assessment.
- A Diet for All Seasons, Elson Haas, M.D.
- Diet and Nutrition, Rudolph Ballantine, M.D. One of my Nutritional Educator textbooks.
- The Book of Whole Meals, Annemarie Colbin. Great cookbook.
- Joy of Cooking, Rombauer and Rombauer
- Rx Prescription for Cooking and Dietary Wellness, Balch and Balch. Another great cookbook. Get the most recent version.
Emotions / Trauma / Abuse
- Living With Joy, Sanaya Roman.
- Emotional Anatomy, Stanley Keleman
- Emotional Clearing, John Russian. Good insights and well organized. (Catharsis)
- Emotions and Your Health, Emrika Padus and the Staff of Prevention Magazine. Many jewels included.
- Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman, PhD. Must reading for a science based understanding of conscious brain utilization.
- Descartes Error, A. Dames, MD. Neurosurgeon. More scientific backup for understanding the dynamics of brain function and the unstated implications of nutrition and emotional well being.
- What You Feel You Can Heal, John Gray, PhD. Improve your languaging and understanding of your emotional world
- Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan Jeffers, PhD. Great book, but don't become a "fear junkie." Transform fear into excitement with #191 Secrets of Optimal Natural Breathing.
- Manic Depression, Illness or Awakening, Robert Kelly. A great self study and autobiography.
- Body, Self & Soul, Rosenberg and Rand. Integrating bodywork and psychotherapy. Excellent.
- For Your Own Good, Alice Miller . Think of "I'm doing this for your own good", as you are being bent over and beaten until you bleed or can't scream or cry anymore. Must reading for everyone. Sometimes technical. Maybe skip the tough stuff and fast forward to the case histories.
- Healing the Shame that Binds, John Bradshaw. -- The first 60 pages were like my life story. Perhaps yours as well?
- The Courage To Heal, Bass and Davis. A classic on the subject of Woman Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse.
- I Never Told Anyone, Bass and Thornton. Abuse victims MUST read this.
- Family Secrets, John Bradshaw. My Dad spent much time with me as a Cub Scout helping me with my badges and scouting lore. I got thrown out of the Boy Scouts for smoking cigarettes and couldn't upon fear of reprisal, tell him about. I told him I just wasn't interested anymore. The beatings began soon thereafter. Read John's Family secrets to gain insight about that.
- Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma- Peter Levine. A world class expert on trauma resolution. I've taken a workshop with him.
- I Got Tired of Pretending, Bob Earll. Major Twelve Step author lecturer. Sharing and disclosure is very healing. You must breathe with it.
- Molecules of Emotion, Candace Pert.
Spiritual
- Your Body Speaks Its Mind, Stanley Keleman. An incredible poet and astute observer of the human body.
- The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing, Ernest Rossi, PhD.
- Breath and Spirit, Gunned Minuet . Strong rebirthing influence. A little esoteric but I like it. (Catharsis)
- The Breathwork Experience, Kyle Taylor. Holotropic breathwork articulated simply and clearly. The spiritual aspect of the breath.(Catharsis)
- The Breath of God, Swami Chetanananda. Excellent but hard to find a copy
- 365 Tao, Ding Ming Dao. As you breathe more you value this Wonderful collection of daily meditations.
- A Gradual Awakening, Stephen Leaven. Rich insights stemming from meditation and its subtle signals.
- Hidden Mind of Freedom: Meditation for Compassion and Self-Healing, Tarthang Tulku. His phrasing lets me breathe his teachings.
- Gesture of Balance: A Guide to Awareness, Self-Healing and Meditation, Tarthang Tulku.
- Embodying Spirit, Jacquelyn Small. Food for the soul.
- Light on Pranayama, BKS Iyengar. Esoteric aspects of breathing.
- The Way to Vibrant Health, Alexander Lowen. MD. Connecting Eastern and Western medical insights. Yoga meets Western psychiatry. A wonderful person.
- Yoga, Youth and Reincarnation, Jesse Stern. Good first person accounting of the benefits of Yoga exercises.
- Kundalini Experience Lee Sanella. Psychiatrist Sanella lends some clarity to an abstract subject. (Catharsis)
- Kundalini, Evolution and Enlightenment, Edited by John White. More helpful insights on a truly abstract subject. (Catharsis)
- Energies of Transformation, Bonnie Greendale, PhD. Kundalini awakening and 23 case histories.(Catharsis)
- Stretching, Bob Anderson. (American version of what many call Hatha Yoga but in a simpler and more organized format with easily understood drawings. Includes special series of stretches for most common physical activities including computer work, walking, soccer, jogging etc.
- The Gospel of the Redman, Ernest and Julia Seton,
ISBN 0-8395-35740 May be hard to find.
- Mutant Message Down Under, Marlo Morgan. American doctor walks across Australia with Aborigines and describes their culture.
- Road To Heaven, Encounters with Chinese Hermits, Bill Porter. This is a sweet accounting of some very special spiritual teachers. For me, it's a lot about aloneness without loneliness.
- A Deep Breath of Life- Allan Cohen Daily Inspiration for Heart Centered Living. Highly recommended.
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The Life We are Given, George Leonard and Michael Murphy. From two absolute masters of personal growth comes the integration of a movement practice coupled with affirmations and visualizations with an overall goal orientation balanced with the experience of flow and process. This book is a must for everyone.
- Get More Done & Have More Fun, M.G.White, Balanced Breathing Press.
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey. Add breathing better to make it Eight.
Treatments
- The Pill Book, Howard Silverman. The consumer's version of the Physicians Desk Reference. Find out what the drug companies are doing to your body.
- Talking Back to Ritalin What Doctors Aren't Telling You About Stimulants for Children by Peter R. Breggin
- What You Need to Know About Ritalin by James Shaya, et al
- Ritalin Nation Rapid-fire Culture and the Transformation of Human Consciousness, Richard J. DeGrandpre
- The Myth of the A.D.D Child 50 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Attention Span Without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion by Thomas Armstrong
- Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Michael Murray, Naturopath with solid credentials and peer respect.
- Alternative Cures, best-selling author Bill Gottlieb interviewed over 300 of America's top natural clinicians, doctors, herbalists, nutritionists.
- The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Giovanni Macioca
- Encounters With Qi, David Eisenberg, M.D. A western medical doctor goes to China to learn about traditional Chinese medicine.
- Tsubo, Katsuzake Serizawa. Possibly the major Acupressure textbook. Still needs Michael Gach's insights and guidance.
- Acupressure Institute Books and Training Manuals Acupressure Institute, Berkeley, CA.
- Taking Your Back to the Future, A Pain Free Back and Total Health with Chiropractic Care, W. Michael Gazdar, D.C.
- Back Designs, 1045 Ashby, Berkeley, CA 94710. Excellent catalogue of back related supports, chairs, desks and other devices. Also Relax the Back stores nationwide.
- Postural Integration, A Technical Manual, Jack W. Painter, PhD.
- Posture, Getting it Straight, Janice Novak
- During a conversation with Dr. Thomas Browne, Biofeedback Specialist San Francisco, CA.
- Healing Within, Stanley Weinberger. From a master colonic specialist.
- Pantox Profile 1 619 272 3885. State of the art antioxidant measuring via blood analysis.
- The Un-medical Miracle, Oxygen. Elizabeth Baker, PhD.
- Oxygen Therapies, Ed McCabe. A must for serious students of the breath
- Oxygen Multistep Therapy, Manfred von Ardenne. Prof. Manfred von Ardenne's classic textbook is dedicated to his teacher, Nobel-Prize winner Otto Warburg (1883-1970), and belongs into the hands of every practitioner and researcher seriously interested in oxygen therapies. Oxygen Multistep Therapy improves cellular energy by offering excess oxygen far below toxic concentrations. It targets more than 20 conditions comprising circulatory disorders, myocardial infarction and mental disorders and complaints, and reaches up to problems of cancer immunology. The frequent repetition of Oxygen Multistep Therapy, combined with adjusted regular exercise, can prevent physical and mental decline in old age. The therapy is practiced in several hundred clinics and health spas in Europe.
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Using HBO therapy to increase circulation, repair damaged tissue, fight infection , Neubauer. Avery Publishing Group.
Miscellany
- The Oxygen Breakthrough, Sheldon Saul Hendler, MD. A much researched, simply understood collection of helpful and interesting facts and anecdotes about oxygen.
- NASA CO2 Balance
- Core Energetics, John Pierces. MD. A system based on Reichen work that incorporates the subtle energy systems as well.
- Opening the Energy Gates of the Body, Bruce Kumar Frantzis. Good insights and exercises with many conservative cautions around "energy work".
- Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow, Marsha Sinetar. But you better breathe and move. Don't hold your breath until the money arrives.
- Brain Boosters, Potter and Orfali
- Adventures of Self Discovery, Stanislav Groff, M.D. The creator of Holotropic Breathwork. LSD is/was a catalyst to creativity. So is breathing, big time. (Catharsis)
- Celebration of Transcendence, Caron Goode and Tom Goode. More Transform Breath™ Insights form a dedicated pair of breathwork researchers and facilitators. (Catharsis)
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A Complete Guide to Chi-Gung, Daniel Reid
- Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman. Rite of passage and inspiring paradigm shifts.
- The Conscious Heart, Kathlyn Hendricks and Gay Hendricks. The best relationship book on the market. Two seasoned, absolutely dedicated professionals using their relationship as an arena for incredible positive energy and rapid transformation.
- Where Were You When I Needed You, Dad? , Jane Myers Drew, PhD.
- Boundaries, Where You End and I Begin, Anne Katherine, MA. Self love is your primary boundary. Ground it with optimal breathing and spiritual principles.
- Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child, John Bradshaw.
- Learning to Love Yourself, Gay Hendricks, PhD. My favorite book on the subject.
- Age Wave, Ken Dychtwald, PhD. (Because you are probably going to live a lot longer. than you imagined.
- The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity, Daniel Reid. Click on the book jacket to see more.
- The Art of Sexual Magic, Margo Anand. I included Margo's book because when you breathe more you often feel more sexual. Sexuality in Western Culture has many taboos and contradictions. Margo is a world-class teacher and a person of high integrity.
- Why Do Babies Cry, Abstract of talk by Aletha Solter. See appendix Tape obtainable from Sounds True Recording, Boulder Co.
- Birth Without Violence, Frederick LeBoyer. A major step towards water birth. For more clarity on the issue see also Why Do Babies Cry
- Water Baby: Experiences of Water Birth, Hour-long award-winning video about the newest innovations in safe, gentle joyous childbirth. Plus waterbirth resources list; hundreds of
practitioners and facilities that assist and support waterbirth. Where and how-to information about waterbirthing in USA. Karil Daniels Point of View Productions, 2477 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. 415 821-0435 e-mail:karil@well.com. Waterbirth Web site at: http://www.well.com/user/karil.
- Watsu, Freeing the Body in Water, Harold Dull. You could also add, freeing one's breathing. Second in nurturing only to your mother's breast.
- Rebirthing in the New Age, Orr and Ray. The original Rebirthing book. Outdated but somewhat informative. (Catharsis)
- Home Safe Home: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Everyday Toxics and Harmful Household
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