I started my Book Club in 2008 because I love reading inspirational books on all kinds of holistic topics--yoga philosophy, spiritual growth, the natural world--and wanted to discuss them with others. Join me in February, May, August + November in my home or poolside (Zoom option available) for meaningful conversation. Bring a dish to pass for a healthy vegan potluck! FREE to current Private and 'Live+Virtual' students; non-students warmly welcomed, $20. RSVP below for our next Book Club gathering.
How to Do the Work
As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Nicole LePera often found herself frustrated by the limitations of traditional psychotherapy. Wanting more for her patients—and for herself—she began a journey to develop a united philosophy of mental, physical and spiritual wellness that equips people with the interdisciplinary tools necessary to heal themselves. After experiencing the life-changing results herself, she began to share what she’d learned with others—and soon “The Holistic Psychologist” was born.
Now, Dr. LePera is ready to share her much-requested protocol with the world. In How to Do the Work, she offers both a manifesto for SelfHealing as well as an essential guide to creating a more vibrant, authentic, and joyful life. Drawing on the latest research from a diversity of scientific fields and healing modalities, Dr. LePera helps us recognize how adverse experiences and trauma in childhood live with us, resulting in whole body dysfunction—activating harmful stress responses that keep us stuck engaging in patterns of codependency, emotional immaturity, and trauma bonds. Unless addressed, these self-sabotaging behaviors can quickly become cyclical, leaving people feeling unhappy, unfulfilled, and unwell.
In How to Do the Work, Dr. LePera offers readers the support and tools that will allow them to break free from destructive behaviors to reclaim and recreate their lives. Nothing short of a paradigm shift, this is a celebration of empowerment that will forever change the way we approach mental wellness and self-care.
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
Bittersweet
Susan Cain
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