I recognize that I am not the first to explore the connections between dance, movement, therapy, and spirituality. Many, many people have written, researched, studied, experimented, and investigated these fields before, and have made useful and lasting contributions. Their work informs and inspires me, and has prepared the ground for what I do today.
These reading lists honor those contributions and help students and participants get acquainted with the various traditions that inform my programs.
Please check back regularly for updates and new additions.
Recommended Reading for Libido students:
Chödrön, P. (2001).
The places that scare you: A guide to fearlessness in difficult times. Boston: Shambhala.
Lyons, Marlena S and Psaris, Jett.
Undefended Love: The way that you felt about yourself when you first fell in love is the way that you can feel all the time. New Harbinger Publications, October 2000.
Perel, Esther. (2006).
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
Roth, G. (1989).
Maps to ecstasy: Teachings of an urban shaman. San Rafael, CA.
Schnarch, D. (1997).
The passionate marriage: Love, sex, and intimacy in emotionally committed relationships. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Other reading ideas for Libido students
Recommended Reading for Undercurrents and Open Floor students:
Chödrön, P. (1997).
When things fall apart: Heart advice for difficult times. Boston: Shambhala.
Nachmanovitch, S. (1990).
Free play: The power of improvisation in life and the arts. New York: Tarcher/Putnam Books.
Roth, G. (1989).
Maps to ecstasy: Teachings of an urban shaman. San Rafael, CA.
Stout, Martha (2001)
The myth of sanity: Divided consciousness and the promise of awareness. New York: Penguin Books
Wilber, K. (1993a).
Grace and grit: Spirituality and healing in the life and death of Treya Killam Wilber. Boston: Shambhala.
Other reading ideas for Undercurrents and Open Floor students
Recommended Reading for students interested in the professions of dance, movement and therapy:
Chödrön, P. (1991).
Wisdom of no escape. Boston: Shambhala.
Begley, Sharon. (2007).
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a new science reveals our extraordinary potential to transform ourselves..New York: Ballantine Books.
Blum, Deborah. (2002).
Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection. New York: Berkeley Books.
Cozolino, Louis J. Ph. D. (2006)
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Ehrenreich, Barbara (2006).
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy. New York: Metropolitan Books.
Epstein, M. (1995).
Thoughts without a thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist perspective. New York: Basic Books.
Grof, S. & Grof, C., Eds. (1989).
Spiritual emergency: When personal transformation becomes a crisis. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.
Halprin, D. (2003).
The expressive body in life, art and therapy. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Kornfield, Jack (2008).
Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teaching of Buddhist Psychology. New York: Bantam Books
Levine, P. (1997).
Waking the tiger, healing from trauma. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.
Lewis, T., F. Amini and R. Lannon, (2001).
A general theory of love. New York: Vintage Books.
Perls, F.S. (1969).
Ego, hunger and aggression: The beginning of Gestalt Therapy. New York: Vintage Books.
Rosenberg, J., and M. Rand, and D. Asay (1985).
Body, self and soul: sustaining integration. Atlanta: Humanics
Roth, G. (1989).
Maps to ecstasy: Teachings of an urban shaman. San Rafael, CA
Siegal, D. (1999).
The developing mind: Toward a neurobiology of interpersonal experience. New York: The Guilford Press
Welwood, J. (2000).
Toward a psychology of awakening: Buddhism, psychotherapy, and the path of personal and spiritual transformation. Boston: Shambhala
Stern, Daniel (2004)
The present moment: In psychotherapy and everyday life. New York: W.W.Norton & Company
Stout, Martha (2001)
The myth of sanity: Divided consciousness and the promise of awareness. New York: Penguin Books
Wilber, K. (2000).
Integral psychology: Consciousness, spirit, psychology, therapy. Boston: Shambhala
Wilber, K. (1999).
One taste: The journals of Ken Wilbur. Boston: Shambhala
Other reading ideas for students interested in the professions of dance, movement and therapy
Other Reading Ideas for Libido Students:
Bornstein, Kate.
Gender Outlaw. New York: Routledge, 1995.
Deida, David.
Dear Lover: A Woman's Guide To Men, Sex, And Love's Deepest Bliss (Paperback) Sounds True: April 2005.
Deida, David.
Intimate Communion. HCI November 1995.
Fisher, H. E.
Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray. New York: Random House, 1992.
Fisher, H. E.
The Sex Contract: The Evolution of Human Behavior. 1982.
Goldbart, Stephen & Wallin, David.
Mapping the terrain of the heart: The six capacities that guide the journey of love. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1994.
Hafiz. (1996)
The Subject Tonight is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems by Hafiz Versions by Daniel Ladinsky. South Carolina: Pumpkin House Press.
Harris, Robie H., illustrated by Michael Emberley.
It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex & Sexual Health. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1994.
Joannides, P. (2000).
Guide to getting it on. Waldport, OR: Goofy Foot Press.
Loulan, J. (1987)
Lesbian passion. San Francisco: Spinsters.
Morin, Jack PhD.
The Erotic Mind. New York: HarperPerennial, 1995.
New World Library. Rumi, J. (1997).
The illuminated Rumi (C. Barks, Trans.) Broadway Books.
Nilsson, L., text by L. Hamberger (1990).
A child is born. New York: Dell Publishing.
Rosenberg, J., and M. Rand, and D. Asay (1985).
Body, self and soul: sustaining integration. Atlanta: Humanics.
Roth, G. (1997).
Sweat your prayers: Movement as spiritual practice. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.
Rothschild, Babette (2000).
The Body Remembers: the Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Rumi, J. (1999).
The glance: Songs of soul-meeting (C. Barks, Trans.). New York: Viking.
Rumi, J. (1988).
The Longing. (C. Barks & J. Moyne, Trans.). Putney, VT: Threshold Books.
Schnarch, D. (1991).
Constructing the sexual crucible: An integration of sexual and marital therapy. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Winks, Cathy and Semans, Anne.
The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex. U.S.A.: Cleis Press, 1994.
Zilbergeld, Bernie.
The New Male Sexuality: The Truth about men, sex, and pleasure. New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
Other Reading Ideas for Undercurrents and Open Floor Students:
Chödrön, P. (2001).
The places that scare you: A guide to fearlessness in difficult times. Boston: Shambhala.
Chödrön, P. (1994).
Start where you are. Boston: Shambhala.
Chödrön, P. (1991).
Wisdom of no escape. Boston: Shambhala
Blum, Deborah. (2002).
Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection. New York: Berkeley Books
Hanh, T.N. (1992).
Peace is every step: The path of mindfulness in everyday life. New York: Bantam Books
Hellinger, B., Weber, G., & Beaumont, H. (1998).
Love’s hidden symmetry: What makes love work in relationships. Phoenix, AZ: Zeig, Tucker & Co.
Levine, P. (1997).
Waking the tiger, healing from trauma. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.
Lyons, Marlena S and Psaris, Jett.
Undefended Love: The way that you felt about yourself when you first fell in love is the way that you can feel all the time. New Harbinger Publications, October 2000
New World Library. Rumi, J. (1997).
The illuminated Rumi (C. Barks, Trans.). Broadway Books.
Rosenberg, J., and M. Rand, and D. Asay (1985).
Body, self and soul: sustaining integration. Atlanta: Humanics.
Roth, G. (1989).
Maps to ecstasy: Teachings of an urban shaman. San Rafael, CA: New World Library.
Roth, G. (1997).
Sweat your prayers: Movement as spiritual practice. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.
Schnarch, D. (1991).
Constructing the sexual crucible: An integration of sexual and marital therapy. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Schnarch, D. (1997).
The passionate marriage: Love, sex, and intimacy in emotionally committed relationships. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Welwood, J. (1985).
Challenge of the heart: Love, sex, and in changing times. Boston: Shambhala.
Other Reading Ideas for students intereseted in the professions of dance, movement and therapy:
Adler, J. (1995).
Arching backwards: The mystical initiation of a contemporary woman. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions.
Adler, J. (1987).
Who is the Witness? A description of Authentic Movement. Contact Quarterly. Vol. 1, No. 12, 20-29.
Bainbridge Cohen, B. (1993).
Sensing, feeling, and action: the experiential anatomy of Body-Mind Centering. Northampton, MA: Contact Editions.
Blum, Deborah. (2002).
Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection. New York: Berkeley Books
Braddock, C. J. (1995).
Body voices: using the power of breath, sound and movement to heal and create new boundaries. Pagemill Press.
Chace, M. (1964).
Dance alone is not enough . . . today’s dance therapy demands special skills and training. Dance Magazine, Vol. 7, pp. 58-59.
Chace, M. (1954).
Techniques for the use of dance as a group therapy. Music Therapy, Vol. 3.
Chamberlain, D. (1988).
Babies remember birth and other extraordinary discoveries about the mind and the personality of your newborn. New York: Ballantine Books.
Chodorow, J. (1991).
Dance therapy & depth psychology: The moving imagination. New York: Routledge.
Chödrön, P. (2001).
The places that scare you: A guide to fearlessness in difficult times. Boston: Shambhala.
Chödrön, P. (1994).
Start where you are. Boston: Shambhala.
Chödrön, P. (1997).
When things fall apart: Heart advice for difficult times. Boston: Shambhala.
Dosamantes-Alperson, E. (1987).
Transference and countertransference issues in movement psychotherapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 4, 209-214.
Dossey, L. (1996).
Prayer is good medicine. San Francisco: Harper Collins.
Feldenkrais, M. (1996).
Body and mature behaviour: a study of anxiety, sex, gravitation & learning. Madison, CT: International Universities Press.
Feldenkrais, M. (1985).
The potent self: a guide to spontaneity (M. Kimmey, Ed.). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
Grandin, T. & Johnson, C. (2005).
Animals in Translation: using the mysteries of autism to decode animal behavior. New York: Scribner
Halprin, A. (1995).
Moving toward life: Five decades of transformational dance. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press.
Hartley, L. (1995).
Wisdom of the body moving: an introduction to Body-Mind Centering. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
Hellinger, B., Weber, G., & Beaumont, H. (1998).
Love’s hidden symmetry: what makes love work in relationships. Phoenix, AZ: Zeig, Tucker & Co.
Hieder, J. (1986).
Tao of leadership : Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching adapted for a new age. Humanics Pub. Group.
Hillman, J., & Ventura, M. (1993).
We've had a hundred years of psychotherapy and the world's getting worse. San Francisco: Harper.
Jahner, G. (2001).
Embodying change: The transformative power of expressive arts and ritual. (Doctoral dissertation, The Union Institute, 2001). Dissertation Abstracts International, 62, 09B.
Keleman, S. (1987).
Embodying experience: forming a personal life. Berkeley, CA: Center Press.
Kurtz, R. (1990).
Body-Centered psychotherapy: The Hakomi method. Mendocino, CA: LifeRhythm.
Lee, R. G, & Wheeler, G. (1996).
The voice of shame: Silence and connection in psychotherapy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.
Levine, S. & Levine, E. (1999).
Foundations of expressive arts therapies. Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Levine, S. (1996).
The expressive body: A fragmented totality. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 23/2. 131-136.
Levy, F. (1995).
Dance and other expressive therapies: When words are not enough. New York: Routledge
Levy, F. J. (1992).
Dance movement therapy: A healing art. Reston, VA: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Lonsdale, S. (1981).
Animals and the origins of dance. New York: Thames and Hudson.
Macnaughton, I. (Ed.). (1997).
Embodying the mind & minding the body: A collection of articles on family systems, bodynamics somatic developmental psychology, shock trauma, and spirituality. North Vancouver, BC, Canada: Integral Press.
Mindell, A. (1993).
The shaman’s body: A new shamanism for transforming health, relationships, and the community. New York: HarperCollins Publishing.
Mindell, A. (1982).
Dreambody: The body’s role in revealing the self. Boston: Sigo Press.
Nachmanovitch, S. (1990).
Free play: The power of improvisation in life and the arts. New York: Tarcher/Putnam Books.
Perls, F. (1980).
The Gestalt approach & eye witness to therapy. New York: Bantam Books.
Perls, F. S. (1981).
Gestalt therapy verbatim. New York: Bantam Books.
Pert, C. B. (1997).
Molecules of emotion: Why you feel the way you feel. New York: Scribner.
Pesso, A. (1969).
Movement in psychotherapy. New York: New York University Press.
Polster, E. & Polster, M. (1974).
Gestalt therapy integrated: Contours of theory & practice. New York: Vintage Books.
Roth, G. (1997).
Sweat your prayers: Movement as spiritual practice. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.
Saks, E. R. (2007).
The Center Cannot Hold: my journey through madness. New York: Hyperion Books
Solomon, Andrew (2001).
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. New York: Simon & Schuster
Schnarch, D. (1991).
Constructing the sexual crucible: An integration of sexual and marital therapy. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Schnarch, D. (1997).
The passionate marriage: Love, sex, and intimacy in emotionally committed relationships. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Stone, H. & Stone, S. (1989).
Embracing our selves: The voice dialogue manual. Mill Valley, CA: Nataraj Publishing.
Stromsted, T. (1999).
Re-inhabiting the female body: Authentic movement as a gateway to transformation. (Doctoral dissertation, California Institute of Integral Studies, 1999). Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services
Tannenbaum, S. (1996).
Mindfulness in movement: An exploratory study of body-based intuitive knowing. (Doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, 1996). Dissertation Abstracts International, 57, 05B.
Welwood, J. (1985).
Challenge of the heart: Love, sex, and in changing times. Boston: Shambhala.
Wheeler, G., Lee, R. (Eds.). (1996).
The voice of shame: silence and connection in psychotherapy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass publishers
Wilber, K. (1993a).
Grace and grit: Spirituality and healing in the life and death of Treya Killam Wilber. Boston: Shambhala.
Woodman, M. & Dickson, E. (1996).
Dancing in the flames: The dark goddess in the transformation of consciousness. Boston, MA: Shambhala.
