Thirty years ago, there were few books to use as guides to true health and healing and to new ways of looking at the world. Now there are so many!

Here are a few of my favorite books that are accessible, easy to read, and have helped millions move toward a more vitalstic and empowered approach to Life.

LOUISE HAY You Can Heal Your Life (1984, 1987) over 4 million copies in 23 languages. the best 12 bucks you can invest in yourself.

Andrew Weil, MD Health and Healing (1985)

Spontaneous Healing (1995) This best seller helped mainstream America understand the difference between healing and curing. A riveting, yet gentle indictment of the present system of disease care

Bernie Siegel, MD Love, Medicine, and Miracles (1986)

Peace, Love, and Healing (1989)

A Yale surgeon starts to pay attention and starts a revolution.

Rachel Naomi Remen Kitchen Table Wisdom (1996)

She has been called a living saint. One of the founders of Commonweal, an innovative cancer treatment facility.

Donald Epstein, DC The Twelve Stages of Healing (1994)

Healing Myths, Healing Magic (1999)

The developer of Network Spinal Analysis has witnessed and help shepherd astonishing instances of healing around the world. When Donny talks, people listen. Do yourself a favor and read Healing Myths.

Deepak Chopra, MD Quantum Healing (1989) Stop looking at the body as a machine. Deftly challenges the old way of looking at the human system.

Perfect Health (1991) A great introduction to Ayurveda and how to listen to your body.

Paul C. Roud, PhD Making Miracles (1991) One of my all time favorite books, I stood riveted to the bookstore floor and read the whole thing. Stories of 12 people who healed from "terminal" conditions.

Catherine Ponder, author of many books on prosperity and healing that are now published by DeVorss. Classic titles include Open Your Mind to Receive; Open Your Mind to Prosper; The Healing Secrets of the Ages; The Millionaire from Nazareth; etc. .

The best way I know of to clean out the old tapes and get a fresh take on the wisdom of the Bible. Other great classic authors include Emmet Fox (The Sermon on the Mount) and Joseph Murphy (The Power of Your Subconscious Mind). All published by DeVorss.

Lynette Bassman, PhD., editor. The Whole Mind: The Definitive Guide to Complementary Treatments for Mind, Mood, and Emotion (1998). Includes an excellent introduction to NSA.

Candace Pert, PhD. Molecules of Emotion (1998). From the discoverer of the neuropeptide system.

John Thomas, Young Again. A radical approach to looking at biological versus chronological age.

John Robbins, Diet for a New America. All the social, economic, and health reasons to switch to a healthier diet. Excellent references.

Frank Oski, M.D. Don't Drink Your Milk. Teach Services, (1992).

John Mendelson, How to Raise a Healthy Child In Spite of Your Doctor. (1984). The classic is still the best.

Alexander & Leslie Lowen, The Way to Vibrant Health. Bioenergetic Exercises. (1977) .

Jean Liedloff, The Continuing Concept: Allowing Human Nature to Work Successfully. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.(1977).

John E. Sarno, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection. An excellent book for all back pain sufferrers. Save yourself years of misery.

Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D. Love is Letting Go of Fear. (1985)

Willis Hartman, Global Mind Change. 1st & 2nd editions

Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. Simon& Schuster (1948). A great before bedtime read!

Richard Carlson, Ph.D., Benjamin Shield, ed. Healers on Healing (1989)

Don Campbell, Music & Miracles. Quest Books (1992). Includes a chapter on Network

John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You. (1988).

Robert O. Becker, M.D. & Gary Selden, The Body Electric. (1985) .

Nathaniel Altman, Everybody's Guide to Chiropractic Health Care. (1990)

Walene James, Immunization: The reality behind the myth. Second edition

Neil Z. Miller, Immunization: Theory vs. Reality (1996) New Altean Press.

Robert Ornstein, Ph.D. & David Sobel, M.D. The Healing Brain. Simon & Shuster (1987).

Stephen Cope, Yoga and the Quest for the True Self. Bantam Books, 1999. Don't let the dry title put you off. Chapters 13 ("Riding the Wave of Breath") and 14 ("Listening to the Voice of the Body") are the best descriptions of how past and present emotions affect the physical body that I have ever seen.

Kripalu Center, The Kripalu Self Health Guide. A 249-page collection of exceptional tools and information from the fabulous Kripalu Center for Yoga and Healing in Lenox, Massachussetts that serves 15,000 clients per year. This book can be bought locally, and also may be found (along with many other fine books, videos, and tapes) at http://www.kripalushop.org/.