Russell's Recommended Reads
Russell's Archived Writings
Gratitude for Failure ~ November 2012
Toward an Embodied Ecology ~ March 2012
Accomplishing Nothing ~ August 2011
Reflections on Forgiveness ~ December 2011
Moshe on Health October ~ 2011
Encouragement of Light ~ August 2010
New Body of Life and Love ~ April 2010
Beyond Pessimism and Optimism ~ December 2009
Giving Thanks ~ November 2009
Advice from Shantideva ~ January 2009
The Pause That Refreshes ~ September 2008
The Arising Moment ~ February 2008
Awareness ~ November 2007
Ending the War with Life ~ October 2007
The All of It ~ September 2007
Sitting is the Center ~ March 2007
Questions from Students ~ February 2007
The Most Important Thing ~ December 2006
Embodiment and Beyond the Body ~ November 2006
Your Sphere of Caring ~ October 2006
Finding Zero ~ October 2006
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Book Recommendations
Meditation Related
"Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki
"Not Always So" by Shunryu Suzuki
"Opening the Hand of Thought" by Kosho Uchiyama
"The Art of Just Sitting" by John Daido Loori
"The Myth of Freedom" by Choygam Trungpa
"Spiritual Materialism" by Choygam Trungpa
"The Wholeness of Life" by Krishnamurti
"The Wisdom of No Escape" by Pema Chodron
"Refining Your Life" by Dogen
Movement Related
"Awareness Through Movement" by Moshe Feldenkrais
"The Potent Self" by Moshe Feldenkrais
"Body and Mature Behavior" by Moshe Feldenkrais
"The Thinking Body" by Mabel Todd
"The Resurrection of the body" by F.M. Alexander
Focusing/Inquiry Related
"Focusing" by Eugene Gendlin
"Focusing Oriented Psychotherapy" by Eugene Gendlin
"The Power of Focusing" by Ann Weiser Cornell
"The Radical Acceptance of Everything" by Ann Weiser Cornell
"Bio-Spiritual Focusing" by Campbell and McMahon
"Non-Violent Communication" by Marshall Rosenberg
Brain Related
"Descartes Error" by Antonio Damasio
"The Feeling of What Happens" by Antonio Damasio
"The Brain that Changes Itself" by Norman Doidge
"Buddha's Brain" by Rick Hanson
"A General Theory of Love" by Lewis, Amini, Lannon
"The Mindful Brain" by Dan Siegel
Awareness
"And There Was Light" by Jacques Lusseyran
"Awareness" by John Stevens
"The Spell of the Sensuous" by David Abram
"Touching: the Human Significance of the Skin" by Ashley Montagu
"Mystery of the White Lions" by Linda Tucker
"The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life" by Daniel Stern
"Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman
"Ego, Hunger and Aggression" by Fritz Perls
"Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl
Recommended Poets
Rumi, Hafiz, Mary Oliver, John O' Donohue, Antonio Machado