Earlier this week, I started a little online Sustainable Book Sale. So far so good. It’s turning out to be a win win win as my readers are getting great books at great prices that will help their health. And no new trees are being destroyed to make more books.
As I shift my focus in 2012 onto growing more vegetables and learning about permaculture principles, I feel its important to make way for new books. I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to share my beloved books with you, knowing they’ll have a good home and will be appreciated. Today I took a look at my library and noticed that I have a huge amount of books that help with stress reduction. For more than a decade, I’ve been a student of meditation and guided imagery. I’ve got a ton of books on these topics.
I feel that stress reduction is as important as the quality of the food we eat. Stress plays havoc on all facets of digestion and is implicated in worsening most chronic disease states. And besides, it just plain sucks to be stressed out!
I’ve bundled my books into small collections that can help to transform your life in a good way. Here’s the latest batches:
Meditation Classics
Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn. This timeless book on mindfulness meditation will help you to see opportunities for mindfulness in all facets of your everyday life.
Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron. This little book contains 108 short essays on compassion and fearlessness. Pema is an American Buddhist nun, she offers strategies for seeing and thinking differently. Really useful in these tumultuous times.
Pass It On: Five Stories That Can Change the World by Joanna Macy I picked up this gem last fall when I was fortunate to attend weekend retreat with Joanna Macy, a spiritual activist and huge environmental inspiration. This sweet little book of inspiration and possibility will help you to be hopeful in difficult times.
Asking price $14 A savings of $25 off the original prices
When it comes to meditation, there are many, many paths up the mountain. Way back in the summer of 2001, I spent some time in Pune, India at the Osho Meditation Resort. Osho was one wild dude, a truly spiritually incorrect mystic, who had a lasting impact on how I look at life. This collection of meditation and stress reduction books is a little more offbeat than the one above.
The Eclectic Meditation Collection
Meditation: The First and Last Freedom by Osho This practical guide offers many many different meditations that are great for beginners or seasoned veterans. Open up any page at random and see if the meditation suits you!
The Tao of No Stress: Three Simple Paths by Stuart Alve Olson I found this little book to be very helpful in using Taoist principles to eliminate stress completely. In addition to philosophy, it gives step by step instructions on how to massage stress away and breathing techniques as well. This tiny book packs a wallop of good info.
Unclutter Your Mind: 500 Ways to Focus on What’s Important by Donna Smallin. Books like this can keep you off of anti-depressant meds! This collection of one minute tips can help you to enjoy a simpler and more rewarding life. The world would be a better place if everyone read little gems like this one!
31 Words to Create a Guilt-Free Life If you’re like most people, myself included, guilt can find a way to cloud a sunny outlook. This tiny portable book offers up 31 strategies to help you release that guilt and put a little more light and freedom back into your life.
Asking price: $14 A $30 savings off original prices
Meditation isn’t just for grown ups! In my years as a parent and as a teacher of children of all ages, I’ve worked to include forms of mindfulness, creative visualization, relaxation and stress reduction into my work. I have a feeling that this collection of books for children will be snatched up quickly!
The Children's Meditation and Imagery Collection
Mindful Movements: Ten Exercises for Well Being by Thich Nhat Hanh This simple illustrated book is great for both kids and adults. It includes a DVD of Thich Nhat Hanh, a well known Vietnamese Buddhist monk, and members of his Plum Village Sangha demonstrating the Mindful Movements.
Teaching Meditation to Children by David Fontana and Ingrid Slack This book is a practical approach to teaching meditation to children from 5 to 18 years old. Its loaded with practical exercises for kids, I’ve used some of these when I taught 8 WAH!- 8 Weeks to Amazing Health to middle schoolers in NYC. Also good info for using meditation for kids with asthma and insomnia too.
Guided Imagery for Healing Children and Teens by Ellen Curran Visualization is a powerful tool, guided imagery is a way to use imagination in a focused way to help the mind and body to self-heal. Good stuff!
Spinning Inward: Using Guided Imagery with Children for Learning, Creativity & Relaxation by Maureen Murdock This book is loaded with exercises designed for ages 3 to 18 to help build strong self-image, stimulate creativity and cultivate inner peace. Both parents and teachers will find this book very useful.
Asking price: $21 A savings of $61 off original prices
Contact me via email if you’re interested in any of these book collections! DrSuRu@me.com
If you’re local and want to suggest a barter instead of cash, I’m open to that too!
A note about shipping: if you live outside of driving distance, I can mail you the books. Shipping costs should run about $3
