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| A hard to read book; awakening and brilliant. "At once a beautifully poetic memoir and an exploration of the various ways we live in the world," A Language Older Than Words explains violence as a pathology that touches every aspect of our lives and indeed affects all aspects of life on Earth. This chronicle of a young mans drive to transcend domestic abuse offers a challenging look at our worldwide sense of community and how we can make things better." "Jensen's ground-breaking first book clarifies the very real parallels between human-human abuse and human environmental degradation." |
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| My teacher for over 10 years, Lorie has written a beautiful book on the five spirits which incorporates Taoist alchemical philosophy with Chinese traditional medicine. Her writing is poetic, rich and insightful. | ||
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A selection of writings by James Hillman, a seminal the Jungian psychoanalyst. I found much insight and wisdom on existence and being through his writings on family, politics and love. |
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Johnson writes clearly about how to use dream work and active imaginings to explore the unconscious. It's great it you are interested in looking at your dreams and want a foundation to work from. |
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| A beautiful book of poems about loss, memory and being alive. "The nuanced mysteries of light, darkness, presence, and memory are central themes in W.S. Merwin's new book of poems. "I have only what I remember," Merwin admits, and his memories are focused and profound — the distinct qualities of autumn light, a conversation with a boyhood teacher, well-cultivated loves, and "our long evenings and astonishment." |
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| A wonderful collection of essays on how psychology and the health of our environment are interconnected but often not acknowledged. This pathfinding collection shows how the health of the planet is inextricably linked to the psychological health of humanity, individually and collectively. As such, it is sure to become a definitive work for the burgeoning ecopsychology movement, which is both a new beginning for environmentalism and a revolution in modern psychology. |
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| Incredibly beautiful books about the relationship Slater has with his garden. He covers one vegetable or fruit per chapter by going over his relationship to the plant, how to garden it, different species and how they taste, recipes. Richly thought out, ripe and sensual. Truly a gardeners treat for the winter months. (He just released Volume 2, a book of Fruit but it is still in hardback. I highly recommend both.) |
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| Written in 1893, Celia Thaxter takes you through a tour of her flower garden which is located on one of the Isles of Sholes off the Shores of Portsmouth, NH. I found it inspiring. Some reviewers think it was too repetitive but it's worth it just to read a chapter on her relationship to slugs. | ||
| This was the best book on tree houses we found. Simple and direct. (It says a lot that Michael was able to build the foundation of a tree house during his chemo from following this book.) | ||
| I have a problem with the title of this book but got a lot out of the information in it on how stress manifests in the body and what we can do to slow down this process. The information was easily accessible and clearly written. | ||
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This is my favorite book to suggest to new parents on how to heal your children. I've studied with Mary Bove and like how she approaches healing. She incorporates various modalities from body homeopathy to herbs. She is also responsible for the children's herbal formulas that Gaia makes. |
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A great introduction to practical homeopathy for the home. |
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I learned the first series by studying this book. He also has a DVD which is great. |
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| The best book I know of by BKS himself on asanas, yoga and practice. | ||
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