BOOKS TO HELP YOU HEAL & THRIVE
MY LIST OF PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
My Top Recommendations
Outlive By Dr. Peter Attia
A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert.
Breath By James Nestor
Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.
The Body Keeps The Score By Bessel Van Der Kolk
In The Body Keeps the Score, he transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring—specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust.
SELF knowledge
Outlive by Peter Attia. MD
Exercised By Daniel Liberman
Light on Life by B.K.S. Iyengar
Women, Food, and Hormones by Sara Gottfried, MD
Young Forever by Mark Hyman, MD
The Telomere Effect by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr. Elissa Epel
The Balance Within by Dr. Esther M. Sternberg
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel Lieberman
Minding the Body, Mending the Mind by Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk M.D.
The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté M.D.
Nutrition/cookbooks
Cancer Fighting Kitchen by Rebecca Katz
Longevity Kitchen by Rebecca Katz
Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison
Everyday Ayurveda Cooking for a Calm, Clear Mind by Kate O'Donnell
The Rancho Gordo Vegetarian Kitchen by Steve Sando and Julia Newberry
The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters
Chez Panisse Vegetables by Alice Waters
Clean Eats by Alejandro Junger
The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Ellix
Katz
Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden
Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi
Body & Movement
The Genius of Flexibility by Bob Cooley
Wisdom of the Body Moving by Linda Hartley
Deep Tissue Massage: A Visual Guide to Techniques by Art Riggs
Back Care Basics by Mary Pullig Schatz, MD
The Book of Massage by Lucinda Lidell
Somatics: Reawakening the mind's control of movement, flexibility and health by Thomas Hanna
Anatomy Trains by Thomas W. Myers
When I read this book my entire approach to how I work changed. It's the "magic" behind the excellent results my students get. If you want to understand how your body is connected, read this.
The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies and Davies
I learned about trigger points soon after I started teaching yoga and I saw that in five minutes I could give a student a release that would take a month with stretching. If you want to learn how to give yourself a "quick fix", read this.
Thai Yoga Therapy For Your Body Type by Kam Thye Chow
Massage Basics by Davide Sechi
Cure Back Pain With Yoga by Loren Fishman MD and Carol Ardman
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews
Atlas of Human Anatomy by Frank Netter MD
The Concise Book of Trigger Points by Simeon Neil-Asher
Muscles Testing and Function with Posture and Paid by Vincent M. Conroy PT DScPT, Brain Murray, Quinn Alexopulos
A Physiological Handbook for Teachers of Yogasana by Mel Robin
Breathing
Body by Breath by Jill Miller
Breath by James Nestor
If I could make Breath required reading for all humans, I would.
Light on Prãnãma By B.K.S Iyengar
The Breathing Book by Donna Farhi
Yoga Nidra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Yoga
Light on Yoga by B.K.S Iyengar
This is my yoga "bible". I've spent countless hours studying Iyengar yoga, whether thru books or their highly qualified teachers. I believe it is the most therapeutic system of yoga out there and I regularly use it in my teaching.
Many of the books below are written by Iyengar or teachers of his method, which means they are excellent.
