Smart, Playful, Yoga & Movement

 

Some of Carrie’s favorite articles, books, podcasts and research from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.

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Smart, Playful, Yoga & Movement

Some of Carrie’s favorite articles, books, podcasts and research from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.

 Recommended Anatomy

Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel

Trail Guide to Movement by Andrew Biel 

Anatomy of the Female Pelvis by Blandine Calais-Germain 

Anatomy Trains by Thomas Myers

Somatics/Dance

The Thinking Body by Mabel Todd

Human Movement Potential Lulu Sweigard 

Body Movement: Coping with the Environment by Irmgard Bartenieff

Mindful Movement by Martha Eddy

Making Connections by Peggy Hackney

Sensing, Feeling and Action by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

Taking Root to Fly Irene Dowd

Exercise Science

Spark by John Ratey

Exercised by Daniel Lieberman

Smart Moves by Carla Hannaford

Brain

The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge

The Brain’s Way of Healing by Norman Doidge

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett

How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett

Live Wired by David Eagleman

My Stroke of Insight by Julie Bolte Taylor

The Woman’s Brain Book by Sarah McKay

The Telltale Brain by VS Ramachandran

A Leg to Stand On by Oliver Sacks

Projections Carl Deisseroff

Explain Pain by David Butler

Play

Play by Stuart Brown

Yes And by Kelly Leonard and Tom Yortan

Playing with Movement by Todd Hargrove

Free Play by Stephen Nachmanovitch

Learning

The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin

The Power of Mindful Learning by Ellen Langer

Mindset by Carol Dweck

Out of Our Minds by Ken Robinson

Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer

Yoga

Yoga Biomechanics by  Jules Mitchell

Body Mind Movement by Jennifer Pilotti

Yoga Deconstructed by Trina Altman

Yoga Science and Pain Care by Neil Pearson

Trauma and Yoga

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk

Yoga for Trauma Recovery by Lisa Danylchuk

Embodied Healing by Lisa Danylchuk

Breath

Breath by James Nestor

Breathe by Belisa Vranich

Breathing for Warriors by Belisa Vranich

The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown

Courses/Podcasts

Reconciling Biomechanics and Pain Science with Greg Lehman

Better Movement Podcast with Todd Hargrove

The Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman

Inspiration & Misc.

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky

Joy of Movement by Kelly McGonigal

Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalinithi

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Mad Farmer Poems by Wendell Barry

Rilke’s Book of Hours

Devotions by Mary Oliver

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Gratitude by Oliver Sacks

Anam Cara by John O’Donohue

 

 "If not for just the super fun and playful, highly intelligent, and very challenging practices but also to soak in any amount of her positive outlook on life."

Yogi Zain, Central City, CA