“Power is found in knowledge, wisdom in using it well and for the greater good of humankind.”
Ana Maria Santuario – 2021.
Everything you find below will have informed, to some degree, the works of this website and the writer, Ana Maria. Please trust your intuition to guide you.
Quick links to topic areas:
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Enlightenment & Spirituality
Spiritual Enlightenment,
The Damnedest Thing.
Jed Mckenna (2002).
Breath of The Absolute.
Mooji (2010).
The Albigen Papers.
Richard Rose (1978).
The End of Your World.
Adyashanti (2009).
The Power of Now.
Eckhart Tolle (2016).
Become What You Are.
Alan Watts (1995).
I Am That.
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1999).
Freedom From The Known.
J. Krishnamurti (1969).
The Surrender Experiment.
Michael A. Singer (2016).
The Untethered Soul.
Michael A. Singer (2007).
The Four Agreements:
Practical Guide to
Personal Freedom.
Don Miguel Ruiz (1997).
The Mastery of Love:
A Practical Guide to the
Art of Relationship.
Don Miguel Ruiz (2011).
Education & Child Development
Reflective Teaching in Schools.
Andrew Pollard (2018).
Inside I’m Hurting.
Louise Bomber (2007).
Classroom Behaviour:
A Practical Guide.
Bill Rogers (2015).
Primary English:
Teaching Theory and Practice.
Jane A. Medwell et al (2021).
Developmental Psychology.
Rachel Gillibrand et al (2011).
The Writing Classroom.
Janet Evans (2013).
Child Play: Its Importance
for Human Development.
Peter Slade (1995).
Discovering the Self through
Drama and Movement.
Jenny Pearson (2008).
Non-Violent Communication –
A Language for Life.
Marshall B. Rosenberg (2015).
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path
to Higher Creativity.
Julia Cameron (2020).
Conscious Creativity:
Look. Connect. Create.
Philippa Stanton (2018).
RSA ANIMATE:
Changing Education Paradigms.
Sir Ken Robinson (2010).
TED Talk.
Storytelling Mediums
A Poetry Handbook.
Mary Oliver (1994).
Writing Poems.
Peter Sansom (1993).
The Ode Less Travelled:
A Guide to Writing Poetry.
Stephen Fry (2007).
Poetry in the Making:
A Handbook for
Writing and Teaching.
Ted Hughes (2008).
The Irresistible Fairy Tale:
The Cultural and Social
History of a Genre.
Jack Zipes (2013).
Once Upon A Time: A Short
History of Fairy Tales.
Marina Warner (2016).
The Uses of Enchantment:
The Meaning and
Importance of Fairy Tales.
Bruno Bettelheim (1991).
The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales.
Sheldon Cashdan (2000).
Trauma, Shame & Recovery
The Body Keeps The Score:
Mind, Brain and Body in the
Transformation of Trauma.
Bessel van der Kolk (2015).
Waking The Tiger:
Healing Trauma.
Peter A. Levine (2011).
Healing Developmental Trauma.
Laurence PHD Heller (2012).
When the Body Says No:
The Cost of Hidden Stress.
Gabor Mate (2019).
Braving The Wilderness.
Brene Brown (2017).
Coping with Trauma-Related
Dissociation: Skills Training for
Patients and Therapists.
Suzette Boon (2011).
Healing the Fragmented Selves
of Trauma Survivors.
Janina Fisher (2017).
Complex PTSD:
From Surviving to Thriving.
Pete Walker (2013).
Addiction Recovery
Love First: A Family
Guide to Intervention.
Jeff Jay & Debra Jay (2018).
Get Your Life Back: The Road
to Freedom from Addictions.
Chris Hill (2016).
Alan Carr’s Easy Way
to Quit Smoking.
Alan Carr (2020).
Recovery: Freedom
From Our Addictions.
Russel Brand (2018).
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts:
Close Encounters with Addiction.
Gabor Mate (2018).
The Vitamin Cure for Alcoholism: Orthomolecular Treatment of Addictions.
Abram Hoffer, MD, Ph.D
and Andrew W. Saul, Ph.D. (2009).
Niacin: The Real Story.
Abram Hoffer, MD, Ph.D et al. (2012).
Navigating Grace: A Solo Voyage of Survival and Redemption.
Jeff Jay (2015).
Food for Thought
Body & Mind
The Body: A Guide for Occupants.
Bill Bryson (2019).
Super Juice Me!
Jason Vale (2014).
Documentary.
Food Matters,
You Are What You Eat.
www.foodmatters.com (2008).
Documentary.
Skinny Bitch.
Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (2007).
Science of Yoga.
Ann Swanson (2019).
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles (2017).
The Tao of Fully Feeling.
Pete Walker (2015).
The Abundant Community.
John McKnight and Peter Block (2010).
World Travel & Global Politics
Please take note that some of these recommendations will be emotionally charged and you should make sure to protect yourself from such triggers when feeling low and vulnerable. We thank you for staying safe, both emotionally and mentally.
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term Travel.
Rolf Potts (2003).
Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler.
Lavinia Spalding (2009).
The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Vol. 9.
Edited by Lavinia Spalding (2013).
Tribe, On Homecoming and Belonging.
Sebastian Junger (2017).
An Inconvenient Truth.
Al Gore (2006).
Documentary.
Stupid White Men.
Michael Moore (2004).
Lynching Charlie Lynch.
Rick Ray (2011).
Film & DVD.
Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime.
Peter Gotzsche (2013).
The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What To Do About It.
Marcia Angell. MD (2004).
Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the changing nature of childhood illness.
Dr. Thomas Cohen. MD (2018).
The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child.
Robert W. Sears. MD (2011).
The Truth About Covid-19.
Dr Joseph Mercola & Ronnie Cummins (2021).
Sharkwater.
Rob Stewart (2006).
Documentary.
The Cove.
Louie Psihoyos (2009).
Documentary.
Food Inc.
Robert Kenner (2008).
Documentary.
Living Proof.
Matt Embry (2017).
Documentary.
Note: We do not endorse any particular viewpoints, and encourage that all sides of an argument should be considered before forming an opinion.
A Little Fiction Never Hurt Anyone…
River God.
Wilbur Smith (1993).
The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream.
Paulo Coelho (1995).
Surfing The Himalayas.
Dr Frederick Lenz (1996).
The Celestine Prophecy:
An Adventure.
James Redfield (1985).
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The anamaria.org team.”