a center for
personal and planetary
awakening

Mystic River Yoga
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Suite 3900
Medford, MA 02155

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Introduction

Our Present Moment

Spiritual Foundation

Scientific Foundation

Embodying the Practice

Collective Awakening

                 Yoga and Awakening Reading List

           for deeper studies in these areas

                                             (note: This is an extensive but not exhaustive list.

                       Any one or two of these books will provide you with quality insights. Digest slowly!

                                  And remember: all books and teachings are only pointers to mystery.

                           "If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything" )

Our Present Moment

A New Earth                                  Eckhard Tolle

The Power of Now                         Eckhart Tolle 

Practicing the Power of Now          Eckhart Tolle

Stillness Speaks                             Eckhart Tolle   

Contemplative Science                   B. Allan Wallace

A Brief History of Everything        Ken Wilber

The Great Work                             Thomas Berry  

Spiritual Foundation                             

Bhagavad Gita                              (any translation)           
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali         (any translation)

Natural Radiance                            Lama Surya Das

Consciousness and the Absolute    Nisargadatta Maharaj

This Light in Oneself                     Krishnamurthi  (or any book by K.)

The Wonder of Presence                Toni Packer

Be As You Are: The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi      David Godman

Scientific Foundation: Neuro-Biology and Emotions

Accessible reading:

The Developing Mind          Dan Siegel

The Mindful Brain                Dan Siegel

Emotional Intelligence         Dan Goleman

Social Intelligence                Dan Goleman

Descartes Error                    Antonio Damasio

Looking for Spinoza            Antonio Damasio

A General Theory of Love      Lewis, Amini and Lannon

This is Your Brain on Music    Daniel Levitin

The Biology of Transcendence    Joseph Chilton Pearce

Molecules of Emotion                 Candace Pert

Yogic Science:

Yoga and Ayurveda                     David Frawley

Yoga and Psychotherapy              Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine

Dense technical reading:

Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self  Allan Schore

i of the Vortex     Rodolfo Llinas

The Extracellular Matrix and Ground Regulation      Alfred Pischinger

Energy Medicine     James Oschman

Energy Medicine in Therapuetics and Human Performance      James Oschman

Scientific Foundation: Anatomy/Physiology/Develpmental Movement

How Life Moves                                 Caryn McHose/Kevin Frank

Sensing, Feeling and Action                Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

Anatomy Trains                                  Tom Myers

Body Stories                                        Caryn McHose and Andrea Olsen

Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery    Eric Frankin

Pelvic Power                                            Eric Franklin

Sensory Integration and the Child           A. Jean Ayers

The Endless Web: Fascial Anatomy and Physical Reality        Schultz and Feitis

Wisdom of the Body Moving       Marilyn Hartley

Embodying the Practice: Mindfulness/Meditation/Metta

Tibetan Buddhist Tradition:

A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night    The Dalai Lama

Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment         The Dalai Lama

Awakening the Buddha Within                     Lama Surya Das

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism     Chogyam Trungpa

The Myth of Freedom    Chogyam  Trungpa

 (any other book by Trungpa)

The Wisdom of No Escape           Pema Chodron

Start Where You Are                    Pema Chodron

No Time To Lose                         Pema Chodron

Zen Buddhist Tradition:

Three Pillars of Zen        Philip Kapleau

Zen Mind Beginner's Mind           Shunryu Suzuki

Nothing Special                            Joko Beck

Everyday Zen                               Joko Beck

Beyond Sanity and Madness: The Way of Zen Master Dogen      Dennis Genpo Merzel

Vipasana Buddhist Tradition:

The Experience of Insight            Joseph Goldstein

Loving Kindness                           Sharon Salzberg

Breath by Breath                           Larry Rosenberg

A Path With Heart                         Jack Kornfield

Seeking the Heart of Wisdom       Jack Kornfield

Emergent Buddhist/Western Approach:

Thoughts Without a Thinker         Mark Epstein

Coming to Our Senses                  John Kabatt-Zinn

Big Mind - Big Heart                    Genpo Roshii

A Gradual Awakening                 Stephen Levine

Yoga Tradition:

Heart of Meditation                       Swami Durgananda (Sally Kempton)

Embodying the Practice: Asana (Yoga Postures)   

Light on Yoga                                     B.K.S. Iyengar

Yoga the Path to Holistic  Health        B.K.S. Iyengar

Light on Pranayama                            B.K.S.Iyengar

Yoga the Iyengar Way                        Mira Mehta

Yoga: Awakening the Inner Body      Donald Moyer

Yoga: A Gem for Women                 Geeta Iyengar 

Yoga: The Spirit and Practice...         Eric Schiffman

Relax and Renew                              Judith Lasater

Embodying the Practice: Breathing/Pranayama

Light on Pranayama                    B.K.S. Iyengar

The Yoga of Breath                     Richard Rosen

The Breathing Book                     Donna Fahri                     

Collective Awakening:

Universe Story                              Thomas Berry / Brian Swimme

Stalking the Wild Pendulum          Itzhak Bentov

Spiral Dynamics                            Don Beck / Christopher Cowan

Enlightenment is a Secret               Andrew Cohen

Forgotten Truth                              Huston Smith

A Theory of Everything                 Ken Wilber

Dream of the Earth                        Thomas Berry

Buddha’s Nature                           Wes Nisker