Welcome to the Healing Arts Bookstore

I have included; shamanism, crystal healing, massage, reflexology, pressure points, rebirthing, breath and birth.

These are the healing modalities I am most familiar with, and can suggest with confidence. I was trained and certified as a Rebirther and worked extensively with Jim Chappelle in Ft. Colins, Colorado-I also have personally rebirthed over 100 times myself and facilitated 26 other clients and friends. I left the program/association when it became too money centered and materialistic.. I never charged anyone for their sessions..which is the Hippie way!! I studied Crystal Healing with Katrina Raphael in Taos, New Mexico, helped distribute her first book and cassette tapes, and helped host a seminar for other well known crystal healers in the region. I never went into the Healing Arts as a profession because I have always felt that these forms of healing should be a "give away" as all healing energies come from "Source" we are only conduits of that energy. I have also studied shamanism in various forms starting in the 60s with ethnogens and organic hallucinogens, sweat lodges, men's groups, vision quests, intimacy workshops, the Course of Miracles, SRF-Self Realization Fellowship, avid hotspring healings (15 years), the art of smudging, exorcising, banishing, blessing and purifying individuals, residences and towns.

I do have to give a slight warning that many of these modalities should be entered into with a very deep comittment and intention and only with very well qualified instructors..for example, if you wanted to learn Kundalini Yoga--I would suggest finding a 3HO or Sikh ashram near you....or someone who practices it and has studied it for over 15-20 years. This goes for all the modalities--Trust is of the utmost importance!!! with massage, rebirthing, crystal healing, aromatherapy, any and all alternative healing therapies. All of them can be learned on your own, of course, but without proper instruction might prove dangerous to your nervous center and emotional body. I have known too many well intentioned folks who have been literally "fried" by trying certain techniques that they should have avoided or should have been trained in.

So please enjoy my selections as they are all classics in their fields or very well known and reputed authors. I try to stay away from the 1,000's of other books that are constantly being published on the same subject--for a money fix by so many authors. If you try a technique and it works--and your belief system is strong enough to heal yourself and create results--please stay with it.

It takes 21 days to break a habit and 21 days to establish a new one. This is absoultely the Truth. If you can stay with meditation, focused breathing, massage, or shamanic healing rituals...for 21 days--it will become who you are..and not what you have carried for years, that you always thought was you, that no longer serve's the new you, you want to create! Happy, Joyous and Free!

"I really believe that the world is changing. People are changing. People are searching for a greater fullfillment. We will look at the past as a primitive time. War, money, drugs, greed, power, racism. These are primitive words. Words of the second millennium.
Cooperation, exchange of ideas, common goals, respect for nature, equality and natural means of diagnosing and dealing with disease are words of the third millenium, the new millennium." -Tom Bowen-

Om Shanti, Shakti Om

LionHeart

October 2005

To read more about healing herbs and other energy work please go to our Tao of the 60s section of our site.

Shamanism

What gives us this chip on our shoulder about any and all forms of ecstatic consciousness, chemically assisted or not?

Why is ours almost the only culture in the world to regard hallucinogenic plants

with horror, rather than with reverence and respect?

I have only read Carlos Castaneda's first three books above. They were my first glimpses into shamanism, at the time I was reading and studying the teachings I was also experimenting with peyote. mescaline and mushrooms, in the Southwest. I believe these 'organic' hallucinogens (psychedleics) coupled with a reliable shamanic path can lead to healing, rejuvenation and expanded consciousness. Experimentation with LSD, to me, were journey's into the 4th and 5th dimensions of learning and perception--stairways to higher consciousness. If I were to suggest any of these to an individual or I myself decided to resume my experimentation I would definitely ingest only the 'organics' -food of the Gods and Goddsses...Soma....Medicine. For other s that are new to 'trippng' I would caution you to experiment with an experienced guide, a safe and beautiful environment, and a healthy, well intentioned state of mind and emotions. -Many Blessings-LionHeart-(a psyhchedelic warrior)-

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
by Carlos Castaneda
"The Teachings of Don Juan" is the first in a series of about 15 books by Carlos Casaneda describing the author's experiences with Yaqui Indian shamanism in Northern Mexico. As a studier of religion for many years (although not as knowledgeable as some scholars) I find these books to be utterly unique in their scope and subject matter. They are not like other New Age books. The journey that Castaneda takes his readers is mind-boggling, and his experiences are simply beyond what most people have even remotely encountered.
Time and again, Don Juan's lessons remind us that we are not as powerful as we think that we are. His lessons lead Castaneda into situations in which the anthropologist acts like a fool: rolling around on the ground for hours; playing with a dog, even letting the creature urinate on him; clapping his thighs and assuming a "fighting form" for hours to regain his lost soul. I do not mean to be critical of others' customs; these actions are an integral part of Yaqui culture, but to Westerners they look foolish, especially when performed by a supposedly "enlightened" and "objective" student of anthropology. Castaneda, in his search for power, must become, at least for a while, a fool. Dignity is a small price to pay for don Juan's reminder that we are out of balance with the universe.

Separate Reality
by Carlos Castaneda
This book is the sequel to the first book "The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge" and is just as meaningful and profound. The idea of spirituality under the Yaqui Indian paradigm, like other esoteric perceptions, conveys a non-ordinary reality where rationalizations and human explanations act as superficiality.
"Once a man learns how to "see" he finds himself alone in the world with nothing but folly." p. 81 Anotherwards, all the world is a stage and everything we do are roles we act. We don't leave the world as a hermit because we don't willfully abandon ourselves, but instead we recognize the superficial roles we are required to play as human beings and in turn, rest in our silent self, the silent observer who "sees" this world as a series of necessary folly and superficiality and learns to to limit mental chatter, thinking and rationalizing and to start listening.
This book reminds me of Timothy Leary's explanation of reimprinting. Each time one "trips," he takes a trip beyond static reality to the dynamic flow and each time he returns he takes an additional snapshot and reimprints as a baby does when born. Each imprint is added to the previous imprints, as well as reinterpreting former imprints. And so, when Don Juan uses the power of suggestions with Carlos Castaneda and consensus is agreed, the dynamic affect under hallucinogens conform to such ideas which are compounded during the reimprinting stages back to normal reality. And so, peyote consists of an entity called Mescalito and magic mushroom smoke produces encounters with allies.
In turn, as with many Eastern mediators, the awareness grows of the silent observer self beyond the superficial ego self we are required to live through as human beings. We see the folly of human existence and become detached while simultaneously maintaining our lives active in this world, not in inertia, but with the paradox of "seeing" our real silent witness selves and using our superficial roles with more artistic and less attachment.

Journey To Ixtlan
by Carlos Castaneda
But in Journey to Ixtlan, Castaneda goes back and says, "wait, start over, reset. I was wrong about all of that drug stuff, it's really not necessary, don Juan just put me through that because I was too stubborn and 'rational' to see that there may be other views of reality than the ones I subscribe to." In this book he discovers that he doesn't need drugs to experience other worlds. Rather, there are a series of practices for right living that enable the possibility of perceiving in nonordinary ways.
So Journey to Ixtlan is where the real lessons about living life in the warrior's way begin.
Journey to Ixtlan is a metaphor for how your life will look as you abandon your old patterns and take on a new way of living.

Breaking Open the Head : A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism
by Daniel Pinchbeck
The strengths of "Breaking Open the Head" are once again journalistic. Pinchbeck undertakes an odyssey in search of genuine shamans, who can properly initiate him into the authentic use of psychoactive plants. He takes us with us on his journey, sets us into scenes from West Africa, to the invisible perennial contemporary Woodstock in Nevada known as the Burning Man Festival, to the Amazon, to the peyote fields of Mexico, to labs in New York City where chemicals the plant kingdom never quite got around to inventing are concocted and consumed.
We get Pinchbeck's trip reports, yes. We also get his personal spiritual journey, and a refreshingly objective picture of what remains of traditional shamanistic cultures, and what is emerging of Western shamanism (or pseudo-shamanism, as the case may be.) Best of all, we get his thought-provoking ruminations, goosed by his eclectic reading from Huxley to Eliade to Walter Benjamin to Rudolf Steiner, as to what this mysterious human drive to get high at almost any cost is all about.

The Archaic Revival : Speculations on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, Evolution
by Terence Mckenna
Much of Terence Mckenna's experience comes from trips--physical and drug-induced--to and with Amazonian Indian shamans. McKenna is best when he describes the multicolored landscapes and backgrounds of his visions and their settings. Such description, though, is rare; the author serves mostly as millenarian missionary, predicting an apocalypse for the year 2012. He gives short shrift to the demonstrable healing properties of the Amazon drugs, neglecting the most persuasive data as to why natural hallucinogens ought to be taken more seriously. He opts instead to promote hallucination as a messianic panacea for the individual psych.
Terence Mckenna is not just a scientist, philosopher, theorist, new age thinker, and shamman, he is someone who took it upon himself, at the cost of his own life, to teach humankind the truth, or something that came closer to truth than any other intellectual or prophet in human history. No one else of the 60's generation will likely go down in history as infamously as Terence will in the changing times we live in and will continue to change. Through the use of psychedelics, Mckenna has delved into the deepest levels of human consciousness and with the rigour and skepticism of a scientist. Deffinently a chalenge to those who think mind altering drugs dullen or stupify the intellect. Terence Mckennas intellect and thought processing speed capacity appear to have been accelerated by his use of DMT and psylocybin if you listen to him on interviews. Here is a person came into the world, underwhent formal schooling and academic training and managed to decondition himself evolving into genuine spiritual domains; surpassing the academic minds and spiritual models of his time and culture. Time-Wave Zero was his project, Novelty Theory his lifes work. Archaic Revival touches upon the ideas of novelty theory in relation to shammanism and extratterestrials, psychedelics and human cultural evolution into the surreal dimensions of hyperspace-spirituality. This is our future, our destiny as a species of absolute evolving consciousness.

Shamans Through Time: 500 Years On The Path Of Knowledge
by Jeremy Narby, Frances Hayles
A survey of five centuries of writings on the world's great shamans-the tricksters, sorcerers, conjurers, and healers who have fascinated observers for centuries.
This collection of essays traces Western civilization's struggle to interpret and understand the ancient knowledge of cultures that revere magic men and women-individuals with the power to summon spirits. As written by priests, explorers, adventurers, natural historians, and anthropologists, the pieces express the wonder of strangers in new worlds. Who were these extraordinary magic-makers who imitated the sounds of animals in the night, or drank tobacco juice through funnels, or wore collars filled with stinging ants?
Shamans Through Time is a rare chronicle of changing attitudes toward that which is strange and unfamiliar. With essays by such acclaimed thinkers as Claude Lévi-Strauss, Black Elk, Carlos Castaneda, and Frank Boas, it provides an awesome glimpse into the incredible shamanic practices of cultures around the world.

Ross Bishop sent us a copy of both his books--they ere incredible, timely and translatable.

I highly recommend them both.-LionHeart-

The Age of Conquest was part of The Age of Karma, a 20,000 year period that has covered much of the period of man’s social existence. During The Age of Karma, certain aspects of spiritual development, like enlightenment, were virtually impossible. We are entering a 50 year period that will be known as The Age of Awakening, and the rules regarding what is possible will be changing.
The Age of Awakening will encourage us to find different and more profound ways to be and that involves learning to live from the place of truth. Learning to live from truth powerfully changes how we see and feel about ourselves and how we deal with life.

Healing The Shadow
by Ross Bishop, Allison Ursky
Bishop's book is a very valuable and inspirational book for any one wishing to heal their innerchild. Bishop is an experienced shaman who writes from his own experiences as well as other case studies. The reading material is easy to follow as well as pleasant to read. Bishop leads the reader into learning how to recognize and even accept the "Beast" within. He explains how the "Beast" is manifested by the innerchild and gives easy to follow steps on how to communicate with the "Beast". He explains that once the "Beast" is heard, blockages can be removed and healing can occur.This book is both enlightening and healing.

Truth
by Ross Bishop
Life. It confuses, perplexes and confounds. Many people have written about it, few have offered explanations. In TRUTH, Shaman Ross Bishop offers a unique perspective of life that differs significantly from our normal understanding of it. Bishop provides insight into why life is the way it is and offers some groundbreaking insights into how we might live "fearlessly and passionately."
Bishop says, "Life can been viewed from many perspectives, and our present view is based upon the antiquated values of the age of conquest. Those old beliefs and values have simply outlived their usefulness. They inhibit our growth and development both as individuals and as a society."

Animal Speak
by Ted Andrews
Have you ever dreamt about an animal, a panther, a snake, a bear or a hawk? Did you wonder why the dream seemed important. Have you ever glanced out the door or window to see a spider casually weaving an intricate web or a raccoon or dog glancing back at you? What does a totem mean and do the inhabitants of this modern civilization have personal totems? Do you have pictures of a particular animal scattered throughout your house? I have many pictures of panthers and jaguars in the rooms in which I spend my time because I feel connected to the jaguar of South American history, especially the Mayans. Why?
My answers were in this book, but even without questions I have found Animal Speak is loaded with wonderful information about so many different creatures. Plus, it is a delight to discover what the underlying emotions may be when someone tells you that they like (or hate) dolphins, woodpeckers, ants, bees or perhaps a coyote which is actually linked to the dog.
For the mystic the answer is yes we have totems. The animals (perhaps pets) in a totem can change as they bring messages that are to warn, protect, comfort, guide, remind or whatever is needed.

Please check out the Medicine Cards Oracle Deck.

The Way of the Shaman : Tenth Anniversary Edition
by Michael Harner
Michael Harner has taken a misunderstood and often misinterpreted subject and has written a very good book for those who have little to no experience with cultural shamanism. He has extensive experience with native shamen and tells of his adventures in a way that allows the reader to grasp the ecstatic methods of these priests. His is not the sum of all knowledge on shamanism and it can be seen as a condensed version, but this is still a very good book to begin with. His techniques are good enough to allow one to develop a shamanic connection from within themselves and their own culture. This book is NOT a rip-off of native practices. No one culture can claim to be the first shamen, everyone's ancestors practiced it at some point. For those who wish to journey, this book will guide you to your path and from there, you can fly.

Shamanic Dream (Audio CD)
Anugama
Music to Clear Your Chakras and Heal Your Spirit,
When it comes to meditation nothing is set in stone and everything is subjective. These CD's may be too busy..
Angugama uses the didgeridoo and a drum beat, along with the sounds of nature, and synchronization with certain brain wave patterns, to clear the emotions and help focus the mind and heart on these beautiful sounds. It certainly works for me. The music is peaceful and meditative. It surely heals one from the stresses and tensions of daily life ... they seem to melt away ... or at least are viewed from a different, more clear perspective and feeling when the music is played and for a long time afterwards.

Shamanic Dream, Vol. 2 (Audio CD)
Anugama
Shamanic Dream 2 is a great CD for Yoga. It sooths as well as energizes and makes a wonderful addition to yoga teachers library of music.

For more music to assist you on your Shamanic Path please visit my New Age Music Store.

Massage, Acupressure, Reflexology & Kinesiology

The Massage Book : 25th Anniversary Edition
by George Downing

This was the first book on massage that I ever read and led me into the art-The Massage Book will teach you all the basics and then if you want to explore more there are 100's of massage books. This one totally excited me about the art.--LionHeart-

-A HIPPIE CLASSIC-
"This fine book is a classic.  No collection of books on bodywork, relaxation or health would be complete without The Massage Book."  --Bon Anderson, author of Stretching
"The Massage Book is the best single book on massage ever printed."  --Mac Fry, H.H.P.

Back Rub Book
by Anne Kent Rush
The themed chapters progressively introduce you to new techniques and combinations of strokes in a friendly, unintimidating way. I heartily recommend this book for those looking for a intro to massage.
Anne Rush explains a multitude of techniques in easy-to-understand language and provides "recipes" for massage sessions. These sessions have themes (i.e., a wake-up massage, massage for lovers, etc.) as well as specific techniques not found in other massage books.

Ayurvedic Massage : Traditional Indian Techniques for Balancing Body and Mind
by Harish Johari
The essence of the messages of the Ayurvedic, Johari translates with diamond like clarity. Spirituality is expressed with pragmatic excersises that can lead to a well balanced spiritual and physical state of health and satisfaction. This book increases your hunger for knowledge of the mind, body and soul as discussed through the arevedic traditions. The books are genuine filled with beauty and real teachings by artist, musician, healer and holy man, Harish Johari.

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Acupressure's Potent Points: a Guide to Self-Care for Common Ailments
by Michael Reed Gach
The technique of using acupressure to relieve pain has been around for 5000 years and even predates acupuncture. It is possible to learn to perform acupressure on oneself by following the well-illustrated instructions and diagrams in this book. Two clearly written chapters give the history, theory behind the technique, and some general instructions, followed by 40 chapters which cover specific disorders--acne, insomnia, shoulder tension, etc.--and how acupressure can help relieve them. There is also a glossary.

Reflexology: The Definitive Practitioner's Manual
by Beryl Crane
This book is concise, clearly written and easy to read. It includes the usual topics covered in reflexology books e.g. what is reflexology, history, how it works, zone theory, etc. Plus it covers areas that few other reflexology books have covered before: setting up a practice, consultation procedures, hand reflexology, ear reflexology and face reflexology.
It touches on all aspects of reflexology and health, mental, physical and spiritual. As the title says the definitive guide!

Applied Kinesiology: A Training Manual and Reference Book of Basic Principles and Practices
by George Goodheart (Foreword), Robert Frost
Applied kinesiology uses diagnostic muscle tests in conjunction with standard examination procedures to determine the causes of health problems. Written for professionals and nonprofessionals alike, Applied Kinesiology includes 32 muscle tests and a step-by-step guide for applying specific correction techniques.
Detailed introduction to applied kinesiology as it is performed by chiropractors and other health professionals. Presents the principles and basic practices in their original forms as developed by George Goodheart. Halftone illustrations, case histories, and 33 muscle tests are included.

Bowen Therapy
by Frank Navratil

My sister and her partner taught Bowen Therapy in New Mexico with a great degree of success.

It's non-intrusive, gentle and it totally works! -LionHeart-

One of the few books in the world written on this very popular Australian method of muscle pressure release therapy commonly referred to as Bowen Therapy. Over 40 years ago in Australia, this method was conceived by Tom Bowen and now it is taught and practiced in over 25 countries around the world. This miraculous method has been responsible for so many success stories regarding relief of pain and allows the body to self-heal. An exciting account by one of natural medicine's foremost authorities.
From the Author
"I really believe that the world is changing. People are changing. People are searching for a greater fullfillment. We will look at the past as a primitive time. War, money, drugs, greed, power, racism. These are primitive words. Words of the second millennium.
Cooperation, exchange of ideas, common goals, respect for nature, equality and natural means of diagnosing and dealing with disease are words of the third millenium, the new millennium."

Crystal Healing

If you have a sincere love for the "rock, crystal and gemstone people" and want to learn about their healing properties..I would suggest Katrina and Melody, and a good, reputable instructor in your area. Personally, with these books, and your sincere devotion to the crystals--this is easily learned by yourself--as a private study, quest and true adventure into the metaphysical realms of belief and manifestation! -LionHeart-

Crystal Healing
by Katrina Raphaell.
A must for any crystal lover, a beautifully written guide to healing through the stones. This book introduces the unique and powerful healing properties of crystals. Katrina's healing technique is to put a pattern of stomes, based on intuition, along the different chakras of the recipient. She also integrates many practical therapeutic skills on the crystal healing which enhance the healing effect. When I firstly received the crystal healing in Crystal Academy, I realized the crystal energy can bring me to a different dimension which I can't imagine before. The informationm of the 12 Master Crystals is also advanced material .

Crystal EnlightenmentThe Transforming Properties of Crystals and Healing Stones--by Katrina Raphaell
This book is perfect for those who are just begining their study of crystals and their psychic properties.Katrina Raphaell is very clear and simple,but no less informative in her writings. Even if you have long been studying the subject of crystals I suggest this book. It will take you on paths you never even considered garuanteed!

CrystallineTransmission: A Synthesis of Light
by Katrina Raphaell
Katrina introduces the 12 chakra system in this book. She uses higher vibration crystal to activate the chakras outside our body. Crystalline Transmission (transform our physical body to be a crystal!!!) is the goal of crystal practice to adapt the increasing frequency in the Earth. Though this book has be written for 10 yrs, it is still advance for most crystal users.

Love Is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals
by Melody
Melody discusses various types of crysyals (clusters, dendric, gateway, generator, manifestation, obelisk, etc).
Then goes on to other sections (acquiring, dedication, cleansing, awakening, charging, programming, meditation, protection, making elixirs, etc).
Then the larger portion of the book is used to list the properties of hundreds of different kinds or stones. The author even goes so far to list the astrological sign, and which number the stones are associated with.
This book is an incredible resource for information about crystals.

Love Is in the Earth: Kaleidoscopic Pictorial Supplement A
by Melody
"This marvellous reference work tells you everything about the metaphysical properties and use of crystals.
The chapter Configurations describes the shapes and structures of the mineral kingdom, from the Ankh to the Window Crystal. There are chapters on Numerical Vibrations, Master Numbers and Preparatory Methodology, which serve as guides for those who wish to speed up their progress on the spiritual path. The last mentioned chapter deals with acquiring, dedicating, cleansing, awakening, charging and programming your crystals.
The chapter Practical Applications provides information on crystal meditation, protection, elixirs and how to treat food, plants, your car and your aura with crystals. The chapter Additional Definitions serves as a glossary of terms, from Akashic Records to Yin-Yang.
The main body of the book consists of an alphabetical list of crystals and their properties, from Acanthite to Zunyite. Here the appearance of the stone and its metaphysical and healing qualities are discussed. Astrological correspondences and numbers are also provided.
The book has a beautiful cover painting, Crystals Of Life, by Charley Berryhill and concludes with a thorough index. It is a very useful and extensive guide to crystals. (Amazon Review)

Love Is in the Earth: Kaleidoscopic Pictorial Supplement Z
by Melody
Over 120 NEW Minerals with photographs, and updated old minerals. The update to the most comprehensive reference book addresses the metaphysical properties of hundreds of minerals, correlated to the astrological signs. The book takes the reader on an intimate journey into the subtle realms of crystal energy. Find the configurations, numerical vibrations, master numbers, preparatory methodology, and practical applications of all the minerals from A-Z.

Love Is in the Earth - Mineralogical Pictorial: Treasures of the Earth
by Melody
The most extensive mineralogical pictorial published to-date. This 400-paged full-color book beautifully displays the mineral treasures of the earth. Complete with an easy-reference index to all the minerals. Includes an extensive mineralogical pictorial containing color photos of hundreds of minerals with molecular formulae, descriptions, and localities found. As a sequel to her first two books, Love is in the Earth: Kaleidoscope of Crystals and Love is in the Earth: Laying-on-of-Stones, and due to the multitude of requests for photographs of the minerals discussed, this pictorial was complied to illustrate typical examples of mineral specimens available from our Earth
Internationally known, best-selling author of the "Love is in the Earth" series, Melody was born in Cumberland, Maryland, and now resides in the Rocky Mountain region. She is a scientist and holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Art degrees in mathematics. She has been working with stones since she was a child, always evidencing an interest in the geological and mystical properties of these children of the Mother Earth. Due to the desire to share her research and knowledge with her brothers and sisters of the planet, and due to the need to make the information available at the onset of the "Age of Love", she has updated this popular book. In addition to her work within the United States, she has taught crystal workshops in Brazil, the Republic of South Africa, and Australia, and has held private consultations in India and Nepal.

Love Is in the Earth: Laying on of Stones
by Melody
A guidebook for laying-on-of-stones-including a mineralogical update, information addressing master numbers, and a cross-reference index of astrological signs and their associated minerals. Information is derived from "hands-on" experience by the author, historical research, and experimentation; any channeled information included was first validated via experimentation. "This book is meant to facilitate the continuance of ones intimate journey into the subtle realms of crystal energy, via the application of "laying-on-of-stones" in symbolic arrays from ancient times. The combinations bring one toward additional avant-garde adventures in the world of the mineral kingdom."- Melody

Breathing, Birth and Re-birthing

Breath, Mind, and Consciousness
by Harish Johari
Modern scientists are just now beginning to understand what yogis have known for centuries--that the life force animating our physical bodies is regulated by breath, and that the breath energy is controlled by the mind. The esoteric and practical science of Swar Yoga--presented in this book for the first time in English--teaches conscious observation and control of breathing patterns to maximize energy and vitality.
Tantric Scholar and author of Tools for Tantra, Chakras, and The Healing Power of Gemstones, HARISH JOHARI brings an in-depth knowledge of ancient Hindu sciences to this discussion of breath and the yoga of balanced living. His is the first guidebook for Westerners to offer a comprehensive treatment of the subject, providing information from Sanskrit texts otherwise unavailable in the English Language. He explains the sensory network of the nose and its effect on the subtle channels of energy throughout the body, showing the direct link between the practice of conscious breathing and the electrochemical balance of the brain and nervous system. He also shows how the breath, alternating between left and right nostrils, is influenced by solar and lunar forces and how one can attune to these natural rhythms and universal laws for greater health and well-being.

Pranayama: may our breath be our prayer (Audio CD)
by Nubia Teixeria, Jai Uttal, Ben Leinbach
Prana, the vital energy present in the air that we breathe, links our inner and outer environments and connects us with all beings and all nature. The volume and quality of prana that circulates within our bodies determines the level of our vitality, and this internal reserve of energy can be increased and purified by pranayama, or conscious breathing. Nubia Teixeira guides the listeners through a restorative practice interweaving these breathing techniques with open-hearted-meditation, visualization, and singing. Celebrated world music artist Jai Uttal and his longtime collaborator Ben Leinbach, who provide a vibrant new soundscape of progressive world music to enhance your pranayama practice, join Nubia.

Science of Breath: A Practical Guide
by Swami Rama
People laughed at the image of pretzel-legged yogis focusing on the tip of their noses- until Swami Rama walked into a laboratory and showed scientists what a yogi with control over his respiration can actually do. Before astonished researchers, he demonstrated perfect control over his heart rate and brain waves- control physiologists hadnt believed humans could possibly achieve.
For thousands of years, yogic adepts have claimed that breath is the essential link between body and mind, energizing a subtle body which connects the physical and mental aspects of our being. In this landmark book, Swami Rama and two noted American physicians explore the science of breath as the missing key to both physical health and the attainment of higher states of consciousness. Basic yogic breathing techniques are explained so that we can immediately begin working with this powerful ancient science.-

I was introduced to Re-birthing and all the connections with the process through friends of mine in Ft. Collins, Colorado who were also Yogananda devotees, so I had no doubts in trusting them. It was intense, releasing, healing, painful and brought up everything I had been holding in for 30 years..I wasn't quite sure I could handle so much in so little time--but I did, and went on to self-rebirth over 100 tmes and also facilitate friends and clients over a priod of 2 yrs..never charging a penny. There can be emotional and mental danger in this process if you are not with reputable, conscious and loving guides and teachers--I was fortunate to have found a second guide in Taos, New Mexico, who facilitated more cleaning and clearing. It's a beautiful process if you have the right guides. The books below are from Leonard Orr and Sondra Ray--which--tongue in cheek--I would hold with some skepticism as to their personal integrity..the books themselves will introduce you to the process of Re-birthing and the validity of it being a therapy of value--lasting value! For this, these books are worth the few dollars spent to educate youself on your own birth-death experience on the Panet!

As for the Leboyer and Birthing books--I offer them as a confirmation that Re-birthing can be a legitimate therapy and you can, if devoted and dedicated, to the modality, reclaim your birthing memories and deep inner child, adolescense, young adulthood and even past lives. Certainly you will find out just how important the birth experience is to a new born..an Indigo, Crystal , Rainbow or Star Child...and help raise the consciousness of new parents.

If you have any quetions, I would b glad to try to answer them..just puch the "Contact" sphere below!

Many Blessings!

LionHeart

Birth and Relationships: How Your Birth Affects Your Relationships
by Sondra Ray, Bob Mandel
I learned so much about myself and my past from this book. I highly reccommend it to anyone who wants to know where and how they developed their negative patterns in life. I don't think it all comes from birth trauma, but after reading this book I've realized that being born is one of the hardest things most of us ever do in our lives, and it's no wonder our experiences then continue to affect us for so long aftewards. You and your mate will make so much more sense to each other in the context of the information offered here!

Birth without Violence: Revised Edition of the Classic
by Frederick Leboyer
This book is so full of common sense, compassion and beauty while still being founded upon simple yet so often unpracticed scientific priciples that is almost annoying to read. "How is it possible that we haven't been doing this for ten thousand years? How is it possible that we don't do this today as a matter of course?"; these will be just some of the first questions that will pop up in your mind. It is so clearly written and so important, that the attributes of this not just life-altering but culture-altering book about the first moments of life for a newborn child cannot be understated. It reads, and to a large degree is constructed, like great poetry--in much the same way the work of Galileo and Darwin and Alice Miller and Stephen Hawking read like epic poetic novels as they sing with human, universal truths.

Babies Remember Birth : And Other Extaordinary Scientific Discoveries About the Mind
by David Phd Chamberlain
The best part of this book is its collection of awesome, authenticated birth (and pre-birth) memories. They support the belief that babies are beings of a very high level of consciousness at the time of birth, to a degree that most people would never suspect. This book belongs on a list about spirituality as much as it belongs on a list about birth. The memories that many people are able to retrieve about their births indicate that tiny infants indeed come into the world "trailing clouds of glory". Their emotions and level of understanding at birth are those of fully evolved spiritual beings, who--one assumes--lose their memories of a former spiritual existence as they mature. Anyone who is truly open to the message of this book will be deeply moved by stories such as the one about the baby in the womb who was worried about his mother because he understood that she was bleeding and near death. After reading this book, you're very likely to want your baby to have as gentle and natural a birth as possible--and you just might be careful what you say in the delivery room!

Rebirthing is a healing process that engages with the mind, the body and the spirit to cleanse away toxic patterns of being and facilitate new, healthy and fulfilling goals and choices. The core practice of Rebirthing is a breathing technique; the core metaphor is the rebirth of the personality through the integration of suppressed experience.

Rebirthing in the New Age
by Sondra Ray, Leonard Orr
Most people are ignorant to the issues discussed in this book and are walking around pretending to live. You have not lived until you experience the concepts of Rebirthing. I first read this book prior to my first Rebirth in January,1990. I woke up, I was no longer amongst the walking dead, it healed me, Rebirthing is the fastest tool/modality for clearing old negative programming and healing all of our stuff/emotional baggage.
Truly amazing reading, it is more than a read it is an experential exercise!!! An ongoing process which transforms your whole life.....!!!

Celebration of Breath: Rebirthing, Book I; Or How to Survive Anything and Heal Your Body
by Sondra Ray
For those who have never done Rebirthing and only have just read about it…. Reading about Rebirthing cannot tell you what it is. Like every spiritual path, one must do the practice and not mearly read about it and apply the technique without fail to get the rewards. Rebirthing is simple but not easy and it takes heroic commitment to stay with the process. Rebirthing is the only technique I know that swiftly purifies at a rapid rate negative karma, birth-related trauma and all spiritual and physical bodies. For those rebirthers who have been doing it over 20-500 times can attest that this technique will indeed change your world view from the experiences you have – not from what you read about. Rebirthing is about breathing. It is not a breath of fire technique, but a very gentle circular breath that when done correctly will make all other spiritual disciplines easier. After doing this technique over 500 times, I am still amazed at its power. For all that are interested in reading more, I encourage you to buy this book since it’s one of the originals.

Rebirthing: The Science of Enjoying All of Your Life
by Jim Leonard
In addition to information about the rebirthing process, it shares a philosphy of life that includes physical immortality, "integrating" instead of releasing negative belief patterns, and the "ecstasy principle". My favorite quote is, "All statements are equally true because truth is a function of context. Everything is the way it is but 'truth' is how the mind thinks about it. Do not mistake truth for the thing itself." That quote may sound esoteric but the book is chock full of exercises to help us recognize our personal boundaries.

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