These books are milestones or major turning points in my life.
One yogi's life tale of meeting his Master, traveling around the world to meet saints, direct experience with the unseen, and establishing ashrams in the U.S. to bring yoga to the West in the mid 1930's.
I spent a year and a half reading this book when I was 19. Picking it up, digesting, and returning. It led me to get my first tattoo: a giant Om on my chest. It inspired pieces of my spirituality and fueled my struggle to find meaning.
The first and oldest document of Chinese thought. An oracle over 3,000 years old. I picked this up at the Tattered Cover in Denver, CO on a whim, not realizing it would serve as a powerful guide in times of uncertainty for myself and people I met for years to come.
A pocket-sized text on the art of living. I encountered this ground-breaking booklet one morning while working in the field as a wilderness therapy guide. Since then, I've read those 81 poems hundreds of time in different translations.
Designed for outdoor educators with some miles on their packs. This book draws parallels between Outdoor Education & Daoist philosophy. Easily digestile page-turner. Each chapter begins with ancient Chinese folklore told through modern-day stories, then woven into practical lessons and techniques for the field.
A birthday gift from a lover. Having tread the waters of Dao for several months and trying to keep my head above water toward the end of my guiding career, this text book blew Daoism open for me. I ravenously ordered books from its bibliography.
