Recommendations for YOU!

The following are some of my favorite books and meditation resources that I recommend to my patients. They are available through Amazon. Just click on the link and you will be whisked away to Amazon! Or stop in to Crossings and check out the book in our bookstore!

Check back here often because I will be adding a lot more as I go along. Also, if there is a book you think I should include on here, let me know. Just write me a note from the Contact page!



Wood Becomes Water, Chinese Medicine for Everyday Life is a practical guide to the principles of Chinese medicine that you can use in your daily life. I like to recommend Gail Reichstein's easy to use book for those patients who ask me how to use Five Element principles at home. Gail has some great suggestions for seasonal dietary therapy, Qi Gong exercises and treatments for common ailments.



Five Spirits: Alchemical Acupuncture for Psychological and Spiritual Healing by Lorie Eve Dechar is my current favorite book. It's the book I wish I had written about what I do. Five Spirits is not for one who wants a simple explanation. This is a text book so "buyer beware!" I just love the eloquent way Lorie writes.



Healing With Whole Foods is an incredible reference if you are serious about working with your diet. It is one big book! Paul Pitchford has done an amazing job of explaining the nature behind the foods we eat and how important seasonal nutrition is for our bodies. He's got some great cleanses in here too!



Staying Healthy With the Seasons is a great book if Healing with Whole Foods is too much for you. I like how Elson M. Haas has divided the book into seasonal explanations and recommendations. I use this for my quick reference. It also has a great spring cleanse in it that is not for the faint of heart!



Chakra Chants by Jonathan Goldman is one of my favorite meditation CD's. You chant along with the CD and it goes through all the notes of the chakra system. I have used this CD for many of my classes. It's amazing what a little chanting can do for your spirits!