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Good general overview of stress, its role in health and ideas for implementing programming that supports health.

Wellness Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Maintaining Health and Treating Stress-Related Illnes

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The early recounting of the programming Jon developed at Mass Gen Hospital that has evolved into the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction program. Very helpful in illustrating the power of a mindful practice to reach across a number of systems challenges and diagnoses.

A must for those who work with clients experiencing spine dysfunction. 
 Back Care Basics: A Doctor's Gentle Yoga Program for Back and Neck Pain Relief

A very readable introduction to the topic of yoga therapeutics.

Have you had the experience of wanting to recommend to a patient or client a yoga-based program for pain relief and awareness training, but it seemed those you'd seen were to strenuous or advanced for most clients? Well look no more, because DSR affiliate Sarah Bates, OTR/L, RYT has produced a wonderful DVD resource, Yoga for Healing,  for us to recommend to our patients.

This amazing DVD walks the viewer through so many thoughtful considerations from proper supports, moving up and down from the floor, and basic breathing. The technology of the DVD provides the ability for the viewer to move to their ability level without having to view what might already be familiar to them. Sarah's own experience as someone with fibromyalgia generates an awareness for the mistakes often made by those in the enthusiasm for the new practice. She consistently points out areas of awareness of over-striving based on her own experiences.

The DVD provides bed/mat yoga, standing series, a well constructed chair series for those with limited mobility, conventional postures series, detailed instruction for the most popular restorative poses, and a solid, but well-reasoned series for strength and stability. Sarah offers a unique blend of attention for alignment from her Iyengar certification and self compassion from her primary teacher, Judith Lasater, PT, Phd, RYT.

I highly recommend this DVD for your library of resources and one to make available for your clients challenged with chronic pain, arthritis or fibromyalgia. Sarah is a leader in bringing compassion to rehabilitation.

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A beautiful treatise on yoga and the man who is responsible for so much of the yoga practiced in the west; a must have.

This work is a wonderful bridge piece for connecting a physical understanding of yoga with the more subtle heart of yoga. Healthcare professionals grounded in the physical sciences will feel right at home and Stiles provides wonderful structural grounding for the yoga teacher lacking depth in structure and yearning for the tangible.

Structural Yoga Therapy shows how to evaluate yourself or a client using several methods, a series of joint freeing exercises which can assess for normal flexibility, asana kinesiology of 24 foundational poses, musculoskeletal anatomy charts, pranayama guidelines, how to use Yoga therapeutically with case studies sampling from 10,000 cases covered since the method was created in 1976.

Mandatory reading for every pediatric therapist; and it wouldn't urt the ortho folks to read it as well!

Yoga for the Special Child: A Therapeutic Approach for Infants and Children With Down Syndrome, Cerabral Palsy, and Learning Disabilities

Perfect for those who work with fibromyalgia, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, etc. Easily adaptable to a clinic or home environment. Clear, concise directions with contraindications.

Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times

A  nice modification for adaptation in an aquatics program.

Wateryoga: Water Assisted Postures & Stretches for Flexibility & Wellbeing

A great addition for the medical professional's library by a brilliant man living the challenges of MS.

Recovery Yoga: A Practical Guide for Chronically Ill, Injured, and Post-Operative People

Good adaptations for chair-users. Short and appropriately illustrated.

Gentle Yoga for People with Arthritis, Stroke Damage, Multiple Sclerosis & in Wheelchairs

If you teach ergonomics or use a keyboard, this is for you!

Desktop Yoga

Excellent Feldenkrais based lessons for the clinic.

Relaxercise: The Easy New Way to Health and Fitness

A very traditional approach to the application of yoga for specific conditions. Does not address contraindications in detail.

Yoga Therapy: Safe, Natural Methods to Promote Healing and Restore Health and Well-being

A wonderful blend of yoga, tai chi and theater with EXTREMELY functional lessons; also a brilliant model for group delivery of rehab services.

Parkinson's Disease & the Art of Moving

Good primer for someone unfamiliar with the general principles and traditional approaches to relaxation.

Relaxation Techniques: A Practical Handbook for the Health Care Professional

A look into the evolution of the PRYT method by its founder.

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy: A Bridge from Body to Soul

Destined to be a classic reference for yoga therapy beyond asana, honoring all the koshas and the profound richness of yoga.

Yoga for Wellness: Healing with the Timeless Teachings of Viniyoga

A very easy to read book with sound action ideas for the reader.

Healing Back Pain Naturally: The Mind-Body Program Proven to Work

A very classical reference for the application of asana for healing.

Therapeutic Yoga

The best introduction to classical Hatha Yoga with a focus on working with the individual and on Patanjali's yoga sutras as the foundation for yoga practice.

Excellent overall introduction to the field of yoga for newcomers.

The definitive resource on Yoga.

The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice

An extremely user-friendly introduction beyond yoga.

Yoga for Dummies

The simplest and most complete overview of yoga philosophy.

A brilliant work giving practical instruction in allowing one to trust and be moved by the spirit/breath with solid alignment detail.

Beginner/intermediate level with a general focus on all types of yoga.

Another great intro to yoga; don't let the title offend you!

Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga

Excellent bridging work for physical therapists with a biomechanical bent.

The Runner's Yoga Book: A Balanced Approach to Fitness

Feldenkrais-based work with a fresh new perspective on yoga.

How Yoga Works: Introduction to Somatic Yoga

An incredible set of Feldenkrais lessons for running and ordinary gait. Simply descrbied and easy to follow. Great for top athletes to frail seniors!

Tulku is both a meditator and successful businessman;a very practical approach.

Gesture of Balance: A Guide to Self-Healing & Meditation (Nyingma Psychology Series)

A warm and wonderful introduction to meditation for professionals and patients alike.

Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness

Dr. Tushar K. Ray has brought together a wonderful group of poems on the science of quatum mechanics and yoga meditation. The art of the poetry allows for the richer expression of quantum principles not available through linear logical argument.

He allows the reader to taste the science while experiencing the essence of an integral, quantum experience that forms the foundation for a Dynamic Systems approach.

Sample poem:

The Clock- and the Quantum-Universe

The man who introduced so many to meditation;a classic text in the field.

Remember, Be Here Now

The classic eastern approach to dying; a sharp and valuable contrast to our western orientation to death.

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and Updated Edition

A great general overview to the multiple forms of meditation. Excellent for matching a mindful practice to specific patients.

The Meditative Mind

A practical intro to mindfulness and its wide dynamic systems influence.

Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

Another Tulku resource which dives deeply into knowledge, what is and isn't and that comes to effect our way of relating on many systems levels. A very deep ride into the realm of knowledge, ontology and who we are. Contains exercises for application after each chapter. A book that will require multiple readings.

Knowledge of Freedom: Time to Change (Nyingma Psychology Series)

Good reading for pushing the mind to the edges of possibilities.

The Future of the Body: Explorations Into the Further Evolution Of Human Nature

Wilber introduces an excellent, though  deep summary of the evolution of consciousness and its implications in systems.

The Spectrum of Consciousness (Quest Books)

The practical, personal exercise of consciousness development for the individual; a great for healers or advanced patients.

No Boundary

A classic introduction to Zen from one of the first Westerners to bring mindfulness back to the West.

The Way of Zen

Inspiring short stories about healing, loving, and living.  A quick and delightful read.

Wherever You Go, There You Are (ROUGH CUT)

A personal account of transformation and this man's attempt to integrate his experience with his traditional Catholicism.

A well referenced work on the science of prayer and healing.

An excellent of the western research to date at the time of publication. Well referenced.

Prayer of Heart and Body: Meditation and Yoga As Christian Spiritual Practice

Interesting perspectives by an engaged and modern day saint.

A short, easy to read work for bringing mindfulness into every day life.

A Christian orientation to the topic with excellent class activities.

An easy to read introduction to the origins of Buddhism.

One of the forerunners of the topic of religion and health. Written from a Christian perspective.

The classic reference for prenatal and postpartum exercise principles by physical therapist and women's health pioneer, Elizabeth Noble.

New mothers and health care practitioners alike will benefit from these postpartum exercise ideas. Photos depicting full-body stretching and strengthening workouts are complemented by helpful advice on tightening abdominal muscles; squeezing in workout time; spicing up routine exercises using an exercise ball; exercising with baby; and improving posture. Female "taboo" topics are boldly addressed, including urinary incontinence and cesarean and episiotomy scar tissue. Included are 18 unique workouts, 40 strengthening exercises, and 17 stretching exercises, many of which can be performed within 24 hours after giving birth. A flow chart helps users keep track of progress, and a glossary assists with medical terminology.

Author Biography: Caroline C. Creager is CEO of Executive Physical Therapy, Inc., and the author of six fitness books, including Therapeutic Exercises Using the Swiss Ball, Therapeutic Exercises Using Foam Rollers, and Caroline Creager's Airobic Ball Strengthening Workout. She has written for or been featured in numerous magazines, including Cooking Light, Men's Health, and Fitness. She lives in Berthoud, Colorado.
 

If you are one of the more than 700,000 Americans who suffers from Interstitial Cystitis (IC), you probably know its symptoms of recurring bladder pain and other discomforts can have a devastating impact on the quality of life -- for both you and your family. Often misdiagnosed, IC sufferers are routinely put through a battery of unfamiliar tests, prescribed a variety of medications, or even encouraged to have surgical interventions.

If you've experienced the medical system runaround or live in dread of your next IC flare-up, The Interstitial Cystitis Survival Guide offers both real help and hope. This self-care guide is designed to uncomplicate the process and empower readers to make sure they are getting the most appropriate treatment for their condition by addressing the many systems affecting their condition.

An all too common challenge that gets brushed aside or ignored for many reasons. You will discover many new insights into the challenge of this problem that responds well to competent care that includes the many systems contributing to pelvic pain.

What has been the most frustrating aspect of chronic pelvic or low back pain for you? The discomfort? The disruption in your daily and sexual lifesttyle? The lack of progress in becoming a whole and healthy individual? This new book provides new options and alternatives for the treatment of pelvic pain and low back pain, in addition to more traditional strategies. This book helps you take a step by step approach to assessing chronic pelvic pain and proceeds with uniquely designed treatment approaches to stabilize the underlying dysfunctions so chronic pelvic and low back pain disappear.

 

Janet A Hulme, M.A., P.T., has been a physical therapist for over 30 years. She lectures extensively throughout the country on women's health, chronic pain and incontinence.

Pelvic Pain & Low Back Pain: A Handbook for Self Care & Treatment

A thoughtful and thorough book on a fresh way to view women's health and strategies to manage the myriad of systems that impact a women's health.

A scholarly work well annotated that bridges the western traditions with the eastern chakras. Also serves to identify spirituality crises and imbalances with a Christian perspective.

Kundalini Yoga for the West: A Foundation for Character Building Courage and Awareness

Chakra Therapy: For Personal Growth & Healing (Llewellyn's New Age)

Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field

Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System (Llewellyn's New Age Series)

Rainbow Stress Reduction: Play Your Stress Away With Colorful Healing Art and Stress Reducing Games

Healing with Chakra Energy: Restoring the Natural Harmony of the Body

Kundalini & the Chakras: Evolution in this Lifetime (Llewellyn's new age series)

Chakra Breathing: Pathway to Energy, Harmony and Self-Healing

The breakthrough book on valuing emotional development for healthy human interaction and group dynamics.

Two well respected authors share their perspective into a somatic approach of healing.

Recommended by local counselor Mary Lou Philage, CSW, the good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs! In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life.

Start the creative juices flowing for developing your own clinical tools to allow your patients to explore their experience of illness and healing.

A little dated, but a good look at some earlier thinking on the mind-body connection.

A very interesting approach that can change the perspective of the more physical minded healthcare provider;and how we can affect so many different systems in our work.

Dr. David Burns is one of the prime developers of cognitive therapy, a fast-acting, drug-free treatment for designed to help the clinically depressed. In The Feeling Good Handbook, he adapts cognitive therapy to deal with the wide range of everyday problems that plague so many (chronic nervousness, panic attacks, phobias, and feelings of stress, guilt, or inferiority). The Feeling Good Handbook teaches how to remove the mental obstacles that bar you from success--from test anxiety and fear of public speaking to procrastination and self-doubt.

Filled with charts, quizzes, weekly self-assessment tests, and a daily mood log, The Feeling Good Handbook actively engages its readers in their own recovery. With a new section on the latest prescription drugs for treating depression and anxiety disorders, The Feeling Good Handbook is an indispensable guide to help change thinking, control mood swings, deal with disasters, and feel better about yourself and those around you.

Great reference for developing guided imageries.

Levine writes clearly and simply. Many good insights into how we approach death and the effect it has on our quality of living.

A powerful, personal exercise designed to bring us to face to face with our immortality, and consequently improve our living. Excellent for the healer and the serious patient wanting more.

Inspiring short stories about healing, loving, and living.  A quick and delightful read.

A very practical and accessible resource for people wanting to understand why and how to decrease meat and animal product consumption in their diets.