my favorite books that have supported me on my creative spiritual journey

Energy Healing and Creative Spiritual Practice Books

-The Wakeful Body: Somatic Mindfulness As a Path to Freedom by Willa Blythe Baker

-Listening Below the Noise: The Transformative Power of Silence by Anne D. LeClaire

-The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living by Hillary L. McBride

-Quantum Touch: The Power to Heal by Richard Gordon

-Quantum Touch 2.0: The New Human by Richard Gordon

-The Healer’s Manual: A Beginner’s Guide to Energy Healing for Yourself and Others by Ted Andrews

-How To Do Psychic Readings Through Touch by Ted Andrews

Art is a Way of Knowing: A Guide to Self-Knowledge and Spiritual Fulfillment Through Creativity by Pat B. Allen

-The Art of Listening in a Healing Way by James E. Miller

-The Soul of Ethical Service by Kathy Ginn

-How Can I Help? Stories and Reflections on Service by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman

-Trust the Process: An Artist’s Guide to Letting Go by Shaun McNiff

-Rituals: Simple and Radical Practices for Enchantment in Times of Crisis by Yarrow Magdalena

-Beauty: The Invisible Embrace: Rediscovering the True Source of Compassion, Serenity and Hope by John O’ Donohue

-Earth Meets Spirit by Douglas Beasley

-The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Dr. Elaine Aron

-Lightworker by Sahvanna Arienta

-The Wisdom of the Shamans by Don Jose Ruiz

-Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self by Sandra Ingerman

-The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner

-Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings by John Seed, Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Arne Naess

Buddhism Books:

-Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach

Deep Hope: Zen Guidance for Staying Steadfast When the World Seems Hopeless by Diane Eshin Rizzetto

-Recovery Dharma: How to Use Buddhist Practices and Principles to Heal the Suffering of Addiction

-Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life & Practice by Charlotte Joko Beck

-The Deepest Peace: Contemplations from a Season of Stillness by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

-Welcoming the Unwelcome: Whole Hearted Living in a Broken Hearted World by Pema Chödron

-Ensō; Zen Circles of Enlightenment by Audrey Yoshiko Seo

-Zen and the Art of Photography: A Guide to Mindfulness in Creativity by Douglas Beasley (applies beautifully to any art form, I believe)

-The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life by John Daido Loori

-Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets, & Philosophers by Leonard Koren

-Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence by Andrew Juniper

-The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path by Norman Fischer

Fiber & Textiles Books

-Resilient Stitch: Well Being and Connection in Textile Art by Claire Wellesley-Smith

-Poetic Cloth: Creating Meaning in Textile Art by Hannah Lamb

-Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art by Claire Wellesley-Smith

-Fragmentation and Repair for Mixed-Media and Textile Artists by Shelley Rhodes

-Natural Processes in Textile Art From Rust Dyeing to Found Objects by Alice Fox

-The Intentional Thread: A Guide to Drawing, Gesture, and Color in Stitch by Susan Brandeis

-Drawn to Stitch: Line, Drawing and Mark-Making in Textile Art by Gwen Hedley

-Creating Sketchbooks for Embroiderers and Textile Artists by Kay Greenlees

-Experimental Textiles: A Journey Through Design, Interpretation and Inspiration by Kim Thittichai

-Mark Making: Fresh Inspiration for Quilt and Fiber Artists by Helen Parrott

-Layered Cloth: The Art of Fabric Manipulation by Ann Small

-The Hand Stitched Surface: Slow Stitching and Mixed Media Techniques for Fabric and Paper by Lynn Krawczyk

-True Colors: World Masters of Natural Dyes and Pigments by Keith Recker

-African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent by John Gillow

-Embroidering within Boundaries: Afghan Women Creating a Future by Rangina Hamidi & Mary Littrell

-Threads Around the World: From Arabian Weaving to Batik in Zimbabwe by Deb Brandon

-Women Artisans of Morocco: Their Stories, Their Lives by Susan Schaefer

-The Unbroken Thread: Conserving the Textile Traditions of Oaxaca by Kathryn Klein

-Every Thread a Story: Traditional Chinese Artisans of Guizhou Province by Karen Elting Brock, Linda Ligon and Wang Jun

-Joomchi & Beyond by Jiyoung Chung

-The Quilts of Gee’s Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin

-A Textile Traveler’s Guide to Peru & Bolivia by Cynthia LeCount Samake

-Oaxaca Stories in Cloth: A Book about People, Belonging, Identity and Adornment by Eric Sebastian Mindling

-Three-Dimensional Embroidery by Janet Edmonds

-Rug Money: How a Group of Maya Women Changed Their Lives through Art and Innovation by Mary Anne Wise and Cheryl Conway-Daly

-Hand Dyed: A Modern Guide to Dyeing in Brilliant Color for You and Your Home by Anna Joyce

You can see my favorite books about writing and poetry here.