RESOURCES

The resources here provide a stepping stone to stronger health and for deepening our understanding of self-healing. The techniques and links here may not be appropriate in all circumstances, so please use your own discretion and feel free to contact me if you are in doubt.

BREATHING

Breathing Techniques to Calm & Self-Regulate :

Breathing Techniques to Energize and Up-Regulate :

www.wimhofmethod.com

EATING

Key Recommendations:

Enjoy meals in a relaxed environment, with your meal at the centre of attention. Be able to relax and digest after eating.
Moderation: enjoy your meal with leisure and do not eat to excess.
Regularity: Your digestive system has it's own rhythm. Try to eat meals at the same time most days.
Fruit: Avoid eating lot's of fruit after your meals. Enjoy fruit before meals or ideally outside of mealtimes.
Hydration: 1. Drink the best quality water you can find. 2. Avoid iced drinks, especially after meals. 3. Upon rising drink one or two large glasses of water on an empty stomach, at least 30 minutes before breakfast.
Listen to what your body is yearning for. Learn to distinguish unhealthy cravings from your body's intrinsic wisdom.

Gut by Giulia Enders

Tao of Nutrition by Maoshing Ni

How To Heal Your Metabolism by Kate Deering

Clean by Alejandro Junger

SLEEPING

Keep a quiet heart, sit like a tortoise, walk sprightly like a bird and sleep like a dog."
Li Ching-Yuen

After the sun sets, avoid excessive light, especially the blue light emitted by TV's, phones, computers, as this band of light cues the pineal gland to keep your body awake. If you need to use screens in the evening download the f.lux app: https://justgetflux.com/

To help settle the mind down from the head and towards a restive mode, use self-massage before bedtime :

MEDITATION

Meditation tuition and guided retreats with Burgs.

Practicing the Jhanas: Traditional Concentration Meditation as Presented by the Venerable PA Auk Sayadaw

A Guide to Zen Practice by Thich Naht Hanh

Dipa Ma; The Life and Legacy by Amy Schmidt

Zen Poems of Master Hongzhi

QIGONG

Introductory Books:

Harnessing the Power of the Universe by Daniel Ried

Heal Yourself With Qigong by Suzanne Friedman

Vital Breath of the Dao by Master Zhongxian Wu

Advance Books:

A Light-Warrior's Guide to High Level Energy Healing by Michael Lomax

Qigong Empowerment by Master Shou-Yu Liang

Qigong Fever by David A. Palmer

Introductory Videos:

DETOX

Rescue Your Teeth! Dr. Behm's method to rejuvenate your gums and teeth.

The Clean Program: A good overview of the benefits of detox. Can do the program without purchasing the package, just follow instruction in the book.

Effective Heavy Metal Detox & Ancestral Trauma Therapy with Dr. Klinghardt, MD, Phd.

Comprehensive Detox at Kamalaya Wellness Resort, Thailand

Colonic Hydrotherapy with registered nurse, Sarika Patel.

Kishu Binchotan Charcoal for water purification and softening.

PAIN - STRESS - TRAUMA - RESILIENCE

Pain is Really Strange by Steve Haines

In an Unspoken Voice by Peter Levine

Trauma is Really Strange by Steve Haines

Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma by Daniela F. Sieff

Explanation of the physical mechanisms of acupuncture.

Explanation of Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE).

Positive Role of Stress in Healing.

Acupuncture Testimonials from War Veterans.

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES).

GRIEVING & BERIEVEMENT

The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller

The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martin Prechtel

STORY & POETRY

The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart; edited by Robert Bly et al.

Long Life, Honey in the Heart by Martín Prechtel

Parzival & the Wet, Black, Branch of Language

Fourth Uncle in the Mountain by Quang Van Nguyen

Poems from the Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke

The Aghora Trilogy by Robert E. Svoboda

EMBODIMENT - ENVIRONMENT - ARCHITECTURE

New Self, New World by Philip Shepherd

Sapiens; A brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram

The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka

The Eyes of the Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa

The Boiled Frog Syndrome by Peter Saunders