Favorite Books/Yoga Resources:

  • Anusara Yoga Essentials and Anusara Yoga 101 (CDs) ­ John Friend www.anusara.com
  • Asana Practice CDs: Thomas Fortel   www.yogawiththomas.com/store.html
  • First There Is a Mountain ­ Elizabeth Kadetsky
  • Pranayama CD: Thomas Fortel www.yogawiththomas.com/store.html
  • The Wisdom of No Escape (and all her other books)  ­ Pema Chodron
  • True Meditation – Adyashanti – 3 CD set
  • Yoga and the Quest for the True Self ­ Stephen Cope
  • Yoga Matrix (CD and Cassette series) - Richard Freeman
  • Yoga Nidra (book and CD)­ Richard Miller www.nondual.com
  • Yoga: The Art and Practice of Moving into Stillness ­ Erich Schiffman movingintostillness.com


Music I play in classes:

On the more serene/world music side:

  • Ali Farka Toure - Talking Timbuktu, Niafunke, In the Heart of the Moon
  • Anugama - Shamanic Dream I and II
  • Ayub Ogada - Kothbiro
  • Ben Leinbach - Spirit of Yoga
  • Ben Leinbach and Jai Uttal- Music for Yoga and Other Joys, Loveland
  • Benjy Wertheimer/Shantala - Anjali, Soul Of The Esraj, and The Love Window
  • Deva Premal - Embrace and Essence
  • Donna DeLory - The Lover and the Beloved
  • El Hadra - The Mystic Dance
  • Eternal Om - Valley of the Sun Pub Co
  • Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors - Refuge, Bones,
  • Girish - Shiva Machine
  • Karma Moffitt - Golden Bowls
  • Krishna Das _ Pilgrim Heart, Breath of Heart, Live on Earth,
  • Lama Gyurme And Jean-Philippe Rykiel _ The Lama's Chant, Rain of Blessings
  • Prem Joshua - Sky Kisses Earth
  • Steve Roach - Structures from Silence
  • Tina Malia - Shores of Avalon, Jaya Bhagavan (with Shimshai)
  • Various Artists - Planet Chant
  • Various Artists - Jala, Shakti Rhythms, Tandava, Yoga Rhythms, Yoga Trance Dance (Shiva Rea compilations)
  • Virginia Rodrigues - Nos
  • Yoga on Sacred Ground - Chinmaya Dunster

On the more upbeat end of the spectrum:

  • Ben Harper - Welcome to the Cruel World, Diamonds on the Inside
  • Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend
  • Bonnie Raitt - Silver Lining, Luck of the Draw
  • Deep Forest - Deep Forest
  • East Mountain South - East Mountain South
  • Euphoria - Beautiful My Child
  • Eva Cassidy - Imagine, Songbird
  • Harry Manx - Wise and Otherwise, Dog My Cat, West Eats Meet
  • Keb 'Mo' - Keb 'Mo', Peace - Back By Popular Demand
  • Kelly Joe Phelps - Lead Me On
  • Michael Franti and Spearhead - Everyone Deserves Music, Stay Human, Songs from the Front Porch
  • Pierre Bensusan - Intuite, Altiplanos
  • Thievery Corporation - Mirror Conspiracy, DJ Kicks
  • Various Artists - Lifted: Songs of the Spirit
  • Various Artists - Mali to Memphis
  • Various Artists - Mississippi Blues

Other Artists That You'll Hear:

  • 1 Giant Leap
  • The Beatles
  • Al Green
  • Alison Krauss
  • B.B. King
  • Eliza Gilkyson
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Emmylou Harris
  • Eric Bibb
  • John Lee Hooker
  • Luka Bloom
  • Miles Davis
  • Ollabelle
  • Patti Griffin
  • Taj Mahal
  • U2
  • Waterbone


Some Movies that make me think or inspire me:
  • A Beautiful Mind
  • Amelie
  • As Good As It Gets
  • Baraka
  • Being There
  • Bowling for Columbine
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Do The Right Thing
  • Farenheit 9/11
  • Fierce Grace
  • Fight Club
  • Gandhi
  • Garden State
  • Groundhog Day
  • I Heart Huckabees
  • Koyaanisqatsi
  • Life is Beautiful
  • Lord of the Rings
  • The Matrix
  • My Dinner with Andre
  • Pay It Forward
  • Rivers and Tides
  • Shawshank Redemption
  • Siddharta
  • Traffic
  • Waking Life
  • Whale Rider
  • What the @#$*% Do We Know
  • And on the TV I recommend The Daily Show, Oprah and re-runs of The West Wing

A short-list of organizations I support and get inspired by:

 


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