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Resources

Recommended Reading

Barrett, Ruth. Women’s Rites, Women’s Mysteries: Intuitive Ritual Creation. Woodbury, MN, Llewellyn, 2007. Pages 177-210.
Denton, Lynn Teskey. Female Ascetics in Hinduism. Albany: State University of New York
Press, 2004. 
Gates, Janice. Yogini: The Power of Women in Yoga. San Rafael, CA: Mandala Publishing,
2006.
Gifford, Jane. The Celtic Wisdom of Trees: Mysteries, Magic and Medicine. London:
Godsfield Press Ltd, 2000.
Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones: freeing the writer within. Boston,
Massachusetts: Shambala Publications Inc., 1986.
Griffin, Susan. Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her. London, UK: The Women’s
Press ltd., 1984.
Gupta, Roxanne Kamayani. A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance: the yogini’s mirror.
Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, 2000.
Holmes, Jean, with Bowker, John. Women in Religion. New York, New York: Continuum,
2004, Pages 59-84.
Kindred, Glennie. Earth Wisdom: A heart-warming mixture of the spiritual, the practical and
the proactive.
London: Hay House Hay House UK, 2004.
Kindred, Glennie. Earth Alchemy London: Hay
House Hay House UK, 2005
Lasater, Judith. Living your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life. Berkeley, CA:
Rodmell Press, 2000.
McDaniel, June. Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls: Popular Goddess Worship in West
Bengal.
New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Monk Kidd, Sue. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A woman’s journey from Christian
Tradition to the sacred feminine.
New York, New York: HarperCollins, 2002.
Nhat Hanh, Thich. The Long Road Turns to Joy: A guide to walking meditation. Berkeley,
California: Parallax Press, 2011.
Pinkola Estes, Clarissa. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild
Woman.
London, UK: Random House, 1992.
Pintchman, Tracy. Women’s Lives, Women’s Rituals in the Hindu Tradition. New York, New
York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Simmer-Brown, Judith. Dakini’s Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan
Buddhism.
Boston, Massachusetts: Shambala Publications Inc., 2003.
Stoler Miller, Barbara. Yoga: Discipline of Freedom. The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali.
New York, New York: Bantam Books, 1998.
Stone, Merlin. When God was a Woman. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace & Company,
1976.
Walker, Alice. We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of
Darkness.
London, UK: Orion Publishing Group, 2007.
Walker, Barbara G. The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects. New York,
NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1988.
Walker, Barbara G. The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. New York, NY:
HarperCollins Publishers, 1983.
Wohlleben, Peter. The Hidden Life of Trees: What they feel, how they communicate.
Discoveries from a secret world.
Vancouver, BC, Canada: Greystone Books Ltd.,
2015.
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Yoga Practice

Bennett, Bija. Emotional Yoga: How the body can heal the mind. London, UK: Bantam
Books, 2002.
Farhi, Donna. Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A return to wholeness. New York, NY: Henry Holt
Company, 2000.
Kraftsow, Gary Yoga for Transformation. New York, NY: Penguin Group, 2002.
Kraftsow, Gary Yoga for Wellness: Healing with the timeless teachings of Viniyoga. New
York, NY: Penguin Group, 1999.
Lee, Cyndi. Yoga Body, Buddha Mind. New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2004. 
Powers, Sarah. Insight Yoga. Boston, Massachusetts: Shambala Publications Inc., 2008.
Sabatini, Sandra. Breath the essence of yoga: a guide to inner stillness. London, UK:
Thorsons, 2000.
Scaravelli, Vanda. Awakening the Spine: The stress-free new yoga that works with the body
to restore health, vitality and energy.
New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991.

Yoga for Beginners

Lasater, Judith. 30 Essential Yoga Poses for Beginning Students and Their Teachers.
Berkeley, CA: Rodmell Press, 2003.
Pierce, Margaret D., and Pierce, Martin G.  Yoga for Your Life: a practice manual of breath
and movement.
Portland, Oregon, Rudra Press, 1996. 
Rountree, Sage. Everyday Yoga At-home routines to enhance fitness, build strength, and
restore your body.
Boulder, Colorado: Velopress, 2015.

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion

Burch, Vidyamala, and Irvin, Claire. Mindfulness for Women: Declutter your mind, simplify
your life, find time to ‘be’.
London, UK: Piatkus, 2016.
Gilbert, Paul. The Compassionate Mind. London, UK: Constable & Robinson Ltd., 2009.
Nhat Hanh, Thich. Mindful Movements: Ten exercises for well-being. Berkeley, California:
Parallax Press, 2008.
Susan M. Orsillo, and Roemer, Lizabeth. The Mindful Way through Anxiety: break free from
chronic anxiety and reclaim your life.
New York, NY: The Guildford Press, 2011.
Williams, Mark, and Penman, Danny. Mindfulness: a practical guide to finding peace in a
frantic world.
London, UK: Piatkus, 2011.

Websites

Yoga Journal Website for a yoga pose index and lots of great articles

Ekhart Yoga Website, a wonderful resource for establishing a home yoga practice.

Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World this website has lots of mindfulness resources, apps, and free meditations to download.

The Mindful Way Through Anxiety website had some really helpful mindfulness meditations to download.

Breathworks website gives in formation on  mindfulness-based pain management.

Woodland Trust website  for a guide to British trees and the UK's largest woodland conservation charity.

​BBC Earth website: for an article detailing how nature is good for our health and happiness.

The Hidden Life of Trees website with Peter Wohlleben

Planting Trees Worldwide, Earth Day website aiming to plant 10 billion trees
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The Yoga Through the Year Book is  available online from Amazon USA, Amazon UK,  Barnes and Noble, Indiebound,
Waterstones (UK) or from my publishers Llewellyn Worldwide 
Also available as an ebook. 
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