heather's favorites
heather's favorites

BOOKS - Yoga, Meditation, & Spirituality

  • "The 7 Healing Chakras - Unlocking Your Body's Energy Centers" by Brenda Davies, M.D.
Excellent for working on each chakra in turn. Contains some great visulalization exercises and meditations.

  • "Yoga - The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness" by Erich Schiffmann
Excellent for exploring the basics of Yoga and Meditation.

  • "Relax & Renew - Restful Yoga for Stressful Times" by Judith Lasater, Ph.D, P.T.
Excellent resource for Restorative Yoga.

  • "Insight Yoga" by Sarah Powers
Fabulous resource for YIN YOGA practice. Provides good explaination of theory and benefits. Great visuals.

  • "Inner Journeys - Meditations & Visualizations" by Gloria Chadwick
A lovely book with a huge variety of meditation journeys ranging from mystical to magical and beyond.

  • "Love Poems from God - Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West" by Daniel Ladinsky
A collection of spiritual poems from twelve different minds including St.Francis of Assisi, Rumi and Hafiz.

  • "The Secret Power of Yoga - A Woman's Guide to the Heart and Spirit of the Yoga Sutras" by Nischala Joy Devi
A lovely and easy to understand (woman's) perspective on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.



BOOKS - Health & Raw Food Cookbooks

  • "Conscious Health - The Complete Owner's Natural Health and Healing Manual" by Ron Garner
Easy to read and understand health concepts for weight loss, preventing & reversing illness and aging.

  • "The Juice Lady's Guide to Juicing for Health - Unleashing the Healing Power of Whole Fruits and Vegetables (Revised Ed.)" by Cherie Calbom, M.S.
Excellent for natural healing of specific ailments, juice fasting and full detox cleanses. I use it all the time!

  • "Green Smoothie Revolution - The Radical Leap Towards Natural Health" by Victoria Boutenko
AMAZING book stuffed full of the most delicious green vegetable and fruit smoothie recipes!

  • "Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine" by Gabriel Cousens, MD
A fabulous book featuring the three-phases of eating raw for health. Perfect for exploring the science behind raw       food and its benefits and especially for eating to eliminate illness and dis-ease. Discuses why potatoes, beans,               and grains are not so good for you. Great for anyone with a chronic condition like diabetes, auto-immune                         disorders or even cancer.

  • "The Complete Book of Raw Food" by Lori Baird, Julie Rodwell - editors.
My favorite. Easy to follow, easy recipies and almost everything is divine!

  • "Ani's Raw Food Kitchen - Easy, Delectable Living Foods Recipes" by Ani Phyo
Great raw food recipe book filled with tips and ideas for natural healthy living. (Just don't pay attention to how            she opens young coconuts, I broke a knife that way. Ani's next book gives you a way better way to open them!)

  • "Ani's Raw Food Essentials" by Ani Phyo
You've got to try the Brasil-Nut Banana Pancakes with Blueberry Syrup and Fresh Bananas! OR - my favorite        lunch: Corn Chowder with Jalapeno-Lime Kream and coconut Bacon! (ALSO - gives you a way better way to open             young coconuts!)

  • "Living Raw Food - Get the Glow with more Recipies from Pure Food & Wine" by Sarma Melngailis
Exotic. Fancy. Gives you recipies in full meal format. Something to use for dinner parties and guests.



LOCAL BUSINESSES - Fort McMurray, Alberta

  • Asian Life Thai Massage - for Thai Yoga-style Massage
Owner: Oranuch Smith
www.asianlifethaimassage.ca; 780-743-8783ph

  • Karen Larkin Coaching - for Life Coaching, Life Wheel & Life By Design Classes
Owner: Karen Larkin
www.karenlarkincoaching.com

  • Natural Health & Wellness - for Colon Hydrotherapy
Owner: Marcella Garritano-Scorah
www.nhwcolonics.com; 780-370-0544ph

  • Quantum Holistic Arts - for Life coaching, rebalancing, reiki, meditation, personal growth classes, etc.
Owner: Gary John
www.quantumholisticarts.ca; 780-791-7475ph



WEBSITES & Links


  • www.rawfernie.com - Eco & Environmentallly Friendly Lodging & Raw Food Retreats - Fernie, BC

  • www.rawnutrition.ca - Canada's Raw Food Source - Great for juicers, blenders, dehydrators, etc.





  • www.soyayoga.com - South Okanagan Yoga Achademy - Registered yoga school & teacher training