The Chakra Mantra Cookbook; by Patricia Stein

, (PMF August 15, 2000.)

The Chakra, mantra Cookbook is your guide to enhancing your energy as well the food you are preparing though the use of mantra. It is spiritually-inspired, vegetarian, non-diary cookbook, based on the colors of the Chakras (energy center in the body). It follows Tibetan doctor's approaches to treating energetic imbalances through the use of food. They believe that meals prepared with awareness and love taste better, provide more physical and spiritual nutrition and play an integral part in the entire yogic experience.

The Creation of Health: Merging Traditional Medicine With Intuitive Diagnosis

By C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., and Caroline Myss, M.A., (Walpole, NH: Stillpoint Publishing, 1988.)

An older yet just as vital book which addresses the crucial spiritual issues which lie at the root of many diseases. Shealy and Myss create an acceptable theoretical framework in which intuitive analysis of problems in the human energetic syste, combined with appropriate medical diagnostic testing, may provide a clearer understanding of the reasons behind disease, as well as solutions which may heal the higher causes of illness.

The Five Tibetans, Five Dynamic Exercise

By Christopher S. Kilham. (Healing Arts Press, 1994.)

The Five Tibetans take a minimum of daily time and effort but can dramatically increase physical strength and suppleness as well as mental acuity. Even newcomers to yoga will experience the Five Tibetans' liberating effect on the innate energetic power of the human body and mind. Regular practice of these exercises relieves muscular tension and nervous stress, improves respiration and digestion, benefits the cardiovascular system and leads to deep relaxation and well-being. The Five Tibetans can be a powerful vehicle not only for enlivening the senses but also for generating and harnessing vital energy for self-transformation.

The Healing Bath : Using Essential Oil Therapy to Balance Body Energy

By Milli D. Austin, (Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press, 1997.)

This book offers guidelines and formulas for using essential oils in the bath to cure almost any form or emotional illness, including asthma, depression, substance abuse, headaches, sleep disorders, food intolerance, allergies, bladder and urinary tract problems, and hyperactivity. It is the first book to focus on using essential oils to heal the energy field surrounding the physical body.

Using Your Chakras. A New Approach to Healing Your Life

By Ruth White.

Explores chakra knowledge and energy to improve your life and promote physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual development. Each chapter addresses a different aspect of life family relationships, love and passion, sex, power and creativity, age and wisdom, death and rebirth and provides simple exercises (49 in all), meditations, and creative visualization that helps you connect more deeply with your body's chakra energies. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System

By Judith Anodea, Ph.D., (St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2000.)

This book, after selling over 100,000 copies, is now revised and updated with new cover, art, and updated text. Contains easy to use charts of acupressure points, tables of correspondences, chakras as related to relationhips, children, and cultural evolution. A very thorough book

Wheels of Light: Chakras, Auras, and the Healing Energy of the Body

By Rosalyn L. Bruyere, (New York, NY: Fireside, Simon & Schuster 1994.)

Wheels of Light explores the seven chakras, or energy centers, of the body with particular focus on the first chakra, which has to do with our basic life force, our physical bodies, and our sexuality. Drawing on scientific research, Native American culture, the ancient traditions of the Egyptians and Greeks, the philosophies of the Hindus, and the religions of the East, Rosalyn L. Bruyere presents a unique perspective on the value and healing potential of the chakra system.

Working With Your Chakras : A Physical, Emotional, & Spiritual Approach

By Ruth White, (Samuel Weiser; September 1994.)

Clearly written and easy to use, this practical guide brings esoteric chakra knowledge into western perspective. Connecting this energy system enables growth, healing and balance to take place in all areas of your being-physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Ruth White shows that you can do a great deal to change your live by using simple exercise, meditation, and creative and colorful visualizations. Self-understanding, dynamic and realistic life choices, physical and emotional healing-all are enhanced when you understand the chakras.

Your Aura & Your Chakras : The Owner's Manual

By Karla McLaren; (Samuel Weiser; October 1998.)

In this book, Karla has taken a grounded, no-nonsense approach to spiritual healing which will let you access your intuition safely, practically, and best of all, easily. The work of The Owner's Manual is explained in everyday terms, and is meant to be used in everyday situations. Each of the twelve major chakras is given its own chapter, and explained in terms that anyone can understand. What are the traits of a healthy first chakra? "A solid stance, a sense of quiet power, and an awareness of where you left your car keys!" Experiencing a spiritual glitch? Flip to the Troubleshooting Guide in the back for help with aura trouble, disorientation, panic attacks, or sixty other possible difficulties.