Here is a list of inspiring and life-changing books that I love and that have been really helpful for me. They can definitely support you on your self-discovery journey, as well as deepening your understanding of yoga, meditation, healing and well-being.

 

Healing and Personal Development

• You can Heal your Life, Louise Hay

• The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn, Florence Scovel Shinn

• The Monk who Sold his Ferrari, Robin Sharma

• The Complete Book of Chinese Health & Healing: Guarding the Three Treasures, Daniel Reid

• The Hidden Messages in Water, Masaru Emoto

• Ix Chel Wisdom: 7 Teachings from the Mayan Sacred Feminine, Shonagh Home

• The Subtle Body, An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy, Cindy Dale

• When Things Fall Apart, Heart Advice for Difficult Times, Pema Chodron

• Journey to the Heart, Melody Beattie

• The Body Keeps the Score, Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma, Bessel Van Der Kolk

• Your Sacred Self, Making the Decision to Be Free, Wayne Dyer

 

Mindset

• The Shift, Wayne Dyer

• The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Joseph Murphy

• The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle

• The Breakthrough Experience, Dr John Demartini

• Wishes fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting, Dr. Wayne Dyer

• Mind over Medicine, Dr Lissa Rankin

• Healing Beyond the Body: Medicine and the Infinite Reach of the Mind, Larry Dossey

• The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz

• Ask and It Is Given, Esther and Jerry Hicks

• Earth is Hiring, Peta Kelly

 

Life Purpose

• The Purpose of Your Life, Carol Adrienne

• The Map of the Soul, Tricia Brennan

• Path to the Soul, The Union of Eastern and Western Wisdom to Heal your Body, Mind and Soul, Ashok Bedi

• Life on Purpose: How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything, Victor J. Strecher

• To Be Soul, Do Soul, Hiro Boga

 

Meditation and Mindfulness

• Wherever you go, There you are, Jon Kabat-Zinn

• The Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh

• Your True Home, Thich Nhat Hanh

• You are Here, Thich Nhat Hanh

• The Art of Living, Vipassana Meditation as Taught by SN Goenka, William Hart

• Minding Mind, A Course in Basic Meditation, Thomas Cleary

• Why Meditate: Working with Thoughts and Emotions, Matthieu Ricard

• Mindfulness in Plain English, Henelopa Gunaratana

• The Mindful Way through Depression, Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness, Mark Williams

• Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, Joseph Goldstein

• I Am That, Nisargadatta Maharaj

 

Yoga

• The Yoga Sutras, Patanjali

• Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar

• Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramhansa Yogananda

• Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Svami Svatmarama

• The Tree of Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar

• The Mirror of Yoga: Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind, Richard Freeman

• The Five Tibetans: Five Dynamic Exercises for Health, Energy and Personal Power, Christopher S. Kilham

• Mudras: Yoga in your Hands, Gertrud Hirschi

• The Deeper Dimension of Yoga, Georg Feuerstein

• Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief, Julie Lusk

• Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace and Ultimate Freedom, B.K.S. Iyengar

 

Pranayama

• Power Pranayama, Dr Renu Mahtani

• The Yoga of Breath, Richard Rosen

• Light on Pranayama, B.K.S. Iyengar

• The Tibetan Yoga of Breath, Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo

 

Fear

• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan Jeffers

• The Gift of Fear, Gavin de Becker

• The Big Leap, Conquer your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level, Gay Hendricks

 

Grief

• Motherless Daughters, The Legacy of Loss, Hope Edelman

 

Highly Sensitive & Empath

• The Highly Sensitive Person, How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You, Elaine N. Aron

• Empath Healer: 13 Principles of Healing Presence, Lysa Black

 

Buddhist Philosophy

• The Art of Happiness, the Dalai Lama

• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche

• The Dhammapada

• The Buddha walks into a Bar, Lodro Rinzler

• Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill, Matthieu Ricard and Daniel Goleman

• Magic and Mystery in Tibet, Alexandra David-Neel

 

Hindu Philosophy

• Living at the Source, Swami Vivekananda

• The Bhagavad Gita

• The Brahma Sutras

• Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Ramakrishna

• The Vedas

• The Upanishads

 

Taoism

• Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu

• A New Way of Thinking, a New Way of Being: Experiencing the Tao Te Ching, Dr. Wayne Dyer

• Daoism, A Short Introduction, James Miller

 

Zen

• Appreciate your life, the Essence of Zen Practice, Taizan Maezumi Roshi

• Zen in the Art of Archery, Eugen Herrigel

 

Chinese Medicine

• 5 Spirits, Alchemical Acupuncture for Psychological and Spiritual Healing, Lorie Dechar

• The Way of the Five Seasons, Living with the Five Elements for Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Health, John Kirkwood

• The Way of the Five Elements, 52 Weeks for Powerful Acupoints for Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Health, John Kirkwood

 

Reiki

• Reiki, A Comprehensive Guide, Pamela Miles

• Ki in Aikido: A Sampler of Ki Exercises, C.M. Shifflett

• Modern Reiki Method for Healing, Hiroshi Doi

 

Creativity

• The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron

• 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew, Garth Johnson

 

Ayurveda

• Ayurveda and the Mind, the Healing of Consciousness, Dr David Frawley

• The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies, Vasant Lad

 

Herbalism

• The Yoga of Herbs, Dr David Frawley and Dr Vasant Lad

 

 

Native American Shamanism

• The Wind is my Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman, Bear Heart

• Earthway: A Native American Visionary’s Path to Total Mind, Body, and Spirit Health, Mary Summer Rain

 

Aboriginal Shamanism

• Aboriginal Men of High Degree: Initiation and Sorcery in the World’s Oldest Tradition, A.P. Elkin

 

Past Lives

• Past Lives, Present Dreams, Denise Linn

• Journey of Souls, Case Studies of Life between Lives, Michael Newton

 

Chakras

• The Complete Book of Chakra Healing, Cyndi Dale

• True Balance: a Commonsense Guide for Renewing your Spirit, Sonia Choquette

• Eastern Body, Western Mind, Anodea Judith