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