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105 Ways to Celebrate Menstruation
By: Kami McBride
Christiane Northrup says: “I just adore 105 Ways to Celebrate Menstruation. It’s light, fun and empowering. Every woman and girl should read this!”
This is a valuable book for all menstruating women or women with teenage daughters. It helps women better understand their body cycles and is a guide for using menstruation as a tool for personal growth and self-healing. You will find wonderful herbal recipes that have been formulated from Kami’s nineteen years of teaching women’s health. Simple and easy to read, you will feel inspired to nurture and care for yourself, creating a healthier and more balanced menstrual cycle.
The Billings Method-Controlling Fertility Without Drugs or Devices
By: Dr. Evelyn Billings
I love the Billings Ovulation Method; it is the most researched natural family planning method available. There aren’t that many people teaching it (go get trained!) This method needs to be taught to every woman when she first begins her period. It is not just for achieving or avoiding pregnancy but it is the template for being the curator and guardian of your female health.
The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future
By: Riane Eisler
Through carbon dating and more advanced archeological technology we now know that there were extensive periods in history where there was no war and people lived in peace. Why is this important? When we talk about the possibility of ending war and violence today, people often say, it has always been this way…..Not true. This book rearranges your psyche and allows for new possibilities of healing. I think this should be required reading in high school class rooms, this is a brilliant book.
Circle of Stones Woman’s Journey to Herself
By: Judith Duerk
A poetically beautiful book for supporting women to be all of who they are. Full of historical and mythological insight into the depth of what it means to be female and how to find that in todays busy world. I love this book.
Honoring Menstruation: A Time of Self-Renewal
By: Lara Owen
Lara gives us a new and fresh way of loving our menstrual cycle. She guides us into understanding how menstruation is a source for our spiritual awareness and deeper self- understanding.
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer
By: Diane Wolkstein, Samuel Noah Kramer
Most of us were raised with the myths of Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and we need a deeper context in which to interpret our female nature. Innana is a 5000 year old myth that takes us beyond falling asleep during puberty and needing a prince to be initiated.
Kali The Feminine Force
By: Ajit Mookerjee
What we need are more books like this one. Full of photographs that inspire a broader perspective of the feminine and what it means to be a woman. Well researched and full of beautiful red pictures, we are given a broader perspective of the Divine Mother and the power of the feminine force.
The Living Goddesses
By: Marija Gimbutas
This extraordinary book is a distillation of the life’s work of Marija Gimbutas. Marija was a pioneering archeologist who spent decades researching the goddess focused religions of pre-Indo Europe (7000-3000 BC). This is fascinating information that helps us to question our current patriarchal culture.
Managing Menopause Naturally with Chinese Medicine
By: Honora Lee Wolfe
Go beyond estrogen; develop a deeper understanding of menopause and how to work with it in a holistic way. This book explains how Chinese medicine can aid in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of menopausal problems, restoring balance to a woman’s body. Topics covered include Chinese self-care and home remedies and information on Chinese dietary therapy, exercise, and deep relaxation.
Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health
By: Christiane Northrup M.D.
Our mother is the primary role model in how we love and care for ourselves. Even if she never speaks to us bout health, her thoughts, feelings and actions are embedded into our cells. Each woman must get clear about the legacy of her inheritance from her mother and how it plays out in her life. This is a wonderful book that will enhance the quality of your life.
Natural Health after Birth: The Complete Guide to Postpartum Wellness
By: Aviva Jill Romm
How to be taken care of after you have your baby! If you are pregnant or know someone that is pregnant, get this book! If we aren’t well taken care of after having out babies, we can develop health issues for many years afterwards.
The Natural Pregnancy Book: Herbs, Nutrition, and Other Holistic Choices
By: Aviva Jill Romm
Even though I had been using herbs for 20 years when my son was born, it didn’t mean that I was comfortable in applying it all to a new baby. I referenced this book constantly when my son was first born. I love all of Aviva’s books, she is a midwife, herbalist and has four children. The information in this book is grounded and comes from her personal experience. This book belongs in the library of anyone with children.
Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body–New Paths to Power and Love
By: Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler is a treasure, I read anything she writes. She is a powerful and visionary woman and as with her other books, this one will rock your view of the world and your place in it.
A Time to Celebrate A Celebration of a Girls First Menstrual Period
By: Joan Morais
This is the perfect book to give to a girl that is starting to menstruate. Written by a mother of three daughters, Joan knows what she is talking about. There are so few positive messages for our girls at this time, this is a wonderful contribution to making this life long journey a positive one.
The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change, Revised Edition
By: Christiane Northrup M.D.
If you are one of the 40 million American women moving into menopause, I recommend getting this book. Dr. Northrup can help you deprogram and release negative programming and fear you have about menopause. Menopause is an extraordinary time in a woman’s life, learn the tools you need to support yourself and create optimum health and well being for what is possible to be the best time of your life.
The Woman in the Shamans Body Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine
By: Barbara Tedlock Ph.D.
A wonderful book on women’s shamanism. “Mood swings and heightened sensitivity which the West have labeled as PMS are actually a manifestation of an altered state of consciousness made possible by female biology” says Tedlock. She traces the history of shamanism and how women’s work of healing, birthing and menstruating are all shamanic arts. This book is required reading!
Women’s Mysteries Ancient & Modern (C. G. Jung Foundation Books)
By: M. Esther Harding
Here is a classic study of the feminine principle in myths, dreams, and religious symbolism. In presenting the archetypal foundations of feminine psychology, the author shows how the ancient religious initiations of the moon goddess symbolized the development of the emotions. Understanding the psychological meaning of these initiations, she believes, can help to heal the troubled relations between men and women today.
