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, as well as a vegan potluck where you'll go home with lots of new recipe ideas--and leftovers! FREE to current Private and 'Live+Virtual' students; non-students warmly welcomed, $10. RSVP below for our next Book Club gathering.
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder—exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.
When it comes to women, sensory processing differences are often overlooked, masked, or mistaken for something else entirely. Between a flawed system that focuses on diagnosing younger, male populations, and the fact that girls are conditioned from a young age to blend in and conform to gender expectations, women often don’t learn about their neurological differences until they are adults, if at all. As a result, potentially millions live with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed neurodivergences, and the misidentification leads to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and shame. Meanwhile, we all miss out on the gifts their neurodivergent minds have to offer.
Sharing real stories from women with high sensitivity, ADHD, autism, misophonia, dyslexia, SPD and more, Nerenberg explores how these brain variances present differently in women and dispels widely-held misconceptions. Nerenberg also offers a path forward, describing practical changes in how we communicate, how we design our surroundings, and how we can better support divergent minds. When we allow our wide variety of brain makeups to flourish, we create a better world for us all.
Do Nothing
Celeste Headlee
The Way of Integrity
Martha Beck
The Untethered Soul
Michael Singer
Caste
Isabel Wilkerson
How to Do the Work
Dr Nicole LePera
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
Untamed
Glennon Doyle
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