Vibrant Living Favorites - books and resources for thrive

A list of some of my favorite books, websites and resources for healthy living!

YOGA AND MOVEMENT
BOOKS:

• Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
• Dynamic Aging by Katie Bowman
  
• Yoga for Healthy Aging by Baxter Bell
• The Yoga Practice Guide: Dynamic Sequencing for Home Practice and Teachers by Bruce Bowditch
• 30 Essential Yoga Poses: For Beginning Yoga Students and Their Teachers by Judith Lasater
• Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times by Judith Lasater
• Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life by Judith Lasater
  
• The Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  

AYURVEDA
BOOKS:

• Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom by Shunya Acharya
  
• Body Thrive by Cate Stillman
• Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution by Robert Svoboda
• Ayurveda, The Science of Self Healing by Dr. Vasant Lad
• Perfect Health: The Complete Mind/Body Guide by Deepak Chopra
• Happy, Healthy Sexy by Katie Silcox

WEBSITES:

• http://www.banyanbotanicals.com/
• http://www.chopra.com/our-services/ayurveda
• http://lifespa.com/

HEALTHY EATING
COOKBOOKS:

• The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook by Kate O'Donnell and Cara Brostrom
• Eat, Taste, Heal, An Ayurvedic Cookbook for Modern Living by Thomas Yarema, Daniel Rhoda and Johnny Branigan
• Clean Eats by Alejandro Junger
• At Home in the Whole Foods Kitchen by Amy Chaplin
• Oh, She Glows Cookbook by Angela Liddon

MEDITATION
BOOKS:

• Meditation for the Love of It: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience by Sally Kempton
• Beginning Meditation by Sally Kempton
• Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson

SLEEP
BOOKS:

• Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson

WOMEN'S HEALTH
BOOKS:

• Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life: Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness through Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Western Science by Dr. Claudia Welch
• The Hormone Cure by Sara Gottfried
• Women's Power to Heal With Inner Medicine by Maya Tiwari

DHARMA
BOOKS:

• The Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope
• The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
• The Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani
• You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero
• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

RESILIENCE + COURAGE + POSITIVITY

• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
  
• Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
  
• Rising Strong by Brene Brown
• Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
  
• Bouncing Back by Linda Graham
  
• Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson
  
• How We Choose to Be Happy by Rick Foster
  

MASTERING YOUR TIME AND ENERGY
BOOKS:

• The 12 Week Year by  Brian P. Moran
• The One Thing by Gary Keller
• The 5 AM Miracle: Dominate Your Day By Breakfast by Jeff Sanders

HABIT CHANGE
BOOKS:

• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Triggers: Creating Behavior that Lasts by Marshall Goldsmith
• Habit Stacking by S.J. Scott

WEBSITES AND ONLINE RESOURCES

• TED talk with Judson Brewer: http://www.ted.com/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit
• Charles Duhigg: How Habits Work: http://charlesduhigg.com/how-habits-work/
• James Clear: The 3Rs of Habit Change http://jamesclear.com/three-steps-habit-change