RESOURCES
While our work together will primarily involve experiencing practice; additional information can also support your deepening of learning. In this section explore a variety of sources that I have read that may be of interest to your ongoing journey. Send me an email with your recommendations and I will add to the list! Thank you!
MEDITATION / MINDFULNESS
Books
Chödrön, P. (2008). Comfortable with uncertainty: 108 teachings on cultivating fearlessness and compassion. Shambhala Publications.
Morgan, C. (2022). The Heart of Who We Are. Sounds True
Hanh, T. N. (2008). The heart of Buddha's teaching. Random House.
Williams, A. K. (2002). Being Black: Zen and the art of living with fearlessness and grace. Penguin.
LEADERSHIP
Books
Brown, A. M. (2017). Emergent strategy: Shaping change, changing worlds.
Brown, A. M. (2021). Holding change: The way of emergent strategy facilitation and mediation. AK Pres.
Plett, H. (2020). The art of holding space: a practice of love, liberation, and leadership. Page Two.
healing, self-care,
self-Stewardship
Books
Dillard, C. B. (2012). On spiritual strivings: Transforming an African American woman's academic life. State University of New York Press.
Rushton, C. H. (Ed.). (2018). Moral resilience: Transforming moral suffering in healthcare. Oxford University Press.
Van der Kolk, B. A. (2015). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. Penguin Books.
grief and anger
Books
Owens, L. R. (2020). Love and rage: The path of liberation through anger. North Atlantic Books.
Wade, B. (2021). Grieving while Black: An antiracist take on oppression and sorrow. North Atlantic Books.
Halifax, J. (2018) Standing at the Edge :Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet. Flatiron Books
embodiment / somatics
Books
Baker, W. B. (2021). The wakeful body: somatic mindfulness as a path to freedom. Shambhala Publications.
Caldwell, C. (2018). Bodyfulness: Somatic practices for presence, empowerment, and waking up in this life. Shambhala Publications.
social justice
(race, gender, power)
Books
Baldoquín, H. G. (Ed.). (2004). Dharma, color, and culture: new voices in western Buddhism. Berkeley: Parallax Press.
King, R. (2018). Mindful of race: Transforming racism from the inside out. Sounds True.
Menakem, R. (2021). My grandmother's hands: Racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies. penguin UK.
Owens, L. R., & Syedullah, J. (2016). Radical dharma: Talking race, love, and liberation. North Atlantic Books.
Yetunde, P. A. & Giles, C. A. (2020). Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism can teach us about race, resilience, transformation, and freedom. Shambhala Publications.