Some of the books that have supported me on my journey
Books about Healing
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller
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
Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field by Barbara Ann Brennan
The Healer’s Manual: A Beginner’s Guide to Energy Healing for Yourself and Others by Ted Andrews
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
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Dr. Elaine Aron
Lightworker: Understand Your Sacred Role as Healer, Guide, and Being of Light by Sahvanna Arienta
Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self by Sandra Ingerman
Books about Buddhist Practices:
The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path by Norman Fischer
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
Books on Writing as a Healing Practice
Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What is Sacred by Mark Nepo
Drinking from the River of Light: The Life of Expression by Mark Nepo
Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives by Louise DeSalvo
Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words by Kim Rosen
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy
Sacred Sounds: Magic & Healing Through Words & Music by Ted Andrews
These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson by Martha Ackmann
A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry by Mary Oliver
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice by Pat Schneider
Finding What You Didn’t Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity Through Poem-Making by John Fox
poemcrazy: freeing your life with words by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
Wild Words: Rituals, Routines, Rhythms for Braving the Writer’s Path by Nicole Gulotta
Poetry Books:
-Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems by Phyllis Cole-Dai and Ruby R. Wilson
-Poetry of Presence II: More Mindfulness Poems by Phyllis Cole-Dai and Ruby R. Wilson
-The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy, Edited by James Crews
-The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal, Edited by James Crews
-How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope, Edited by James Crews
-The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns by Matty Weingast
-Space Between Stones: Poetry and Practices for Connecting with Nature, Spirit, and Creativity by Kai Siedenburg
-A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
-Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
-To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O’Donohue
-Words Under Words: Selected Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye
-The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
Stitching and 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
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
A Textile Traveler’s Guide to Peru & Bolivia by Cynthia LeCount Samake
Hand Dyed: A Modern Guide to Dyeing in Brilliant Color for You and Your Home by Anna Joyce