Yoga Book Club

I started my Book Club in 2008 to discuss inspirational books on a wide range of holistic topics including yoga philosophy, spiritual growth, the natural world and more. Our quarterly gatherings are held the 2nd Wednesday of February, May, August + November in my home or poolside. Bring a dish to pass for a healthy vegan potluck. FREE to current in-person and virtual students; $20 for all others. Note: proof of COVID vaxx is required to attend all indoor events. RSVP below for our upcoming meeting!

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Our Current Book Selection

Bittersweet

by Susan Cain

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In Bittersweet, Susan Cain employs a mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and the surprising lessons these states of mind teach us about creativity, compassion, leadership, spirituality, mortality and love. Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy when beholding beauty. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death-bitter and sweet-are forever paired. But bittersweetness is not, as we tend to think, just a momentary feeling or event. It's also a way of being, a storied heritage. Our artistic and spiritual traditions - amplified by recent scientific and management research - teach us its power. Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain. If we don't acknowledge our own sorrows and longings, she says, we can end up inflicting them on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans know - or will know - loss and suffering, we can turn toward each other. And we can learn to transform our own pain into creativity, transcendence, and connection. At a time of profound discord and personal anxiety, Bittersweet brings us together in deep and unexpected ways.

Wednesday, November 8, 6:30-8:30pm.

RSVP by November 6. (Zoom option upon request.)

Current in-person + virtual students attend FREE: RSVP

All others warmly welcomed $20: REGISTER

Some of Our Favorites...

Do Nothing
Celeste Headlee

The Way of Integrity
Martha Beck

The Untethered Soul
Michael Singer

Caste
Isabel Wilkerson

The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin

The Shift
Wayne Dyer

Radical Acceptance
Tara Brach, PhD

Waking Up
John Earle

Under the Sky We Make
Kimberly Nicholas

The Science of Yoga
William J. Broad

Broken Open
Elizabeth Lesser

The Gifts of Imperfection
Brene Brown

The Day the World Stops Shopping
J.B. MacKinnon

The Heart of Yoga
TKV Desikachar

10% Happier
Dan Harris

Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses
Claire Dederer

The Faith Club
R. Idliby, P. Warner & S. Oliver

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
TKV Desikachar Translation

Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer

What The Eyes Don't See
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

The Wisdom of Yoga
Stephen Cope

Self-Compassion
Kristin Neff, PhD

Stumbling Toward Enlightenment
Geri Larkin

All About Love
bell hooks

A New Earth
Eckhart Tolle

World Peace Diet
Will Tuttle

The Art of Extreme Self-Care
Cheryl Richardson

At Home In The World
Thich Nhat Hanh

My Stroke of Insight
Jill Bolte Taylor

There is Nothing Wrong with You
Cheri Huber

Seven Thousand Ways to Listen
Mark Nepo

The Book of Joy
Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu

How Yoga Works
Michael Roach & Christie McNally

Lovingkindness
Sharon Salzberg

Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda

Living Beautifully With Uncertainty & Change
Pema Chodron