Self-Help Library, A Place of Love and Light

The Ana Maria Foundation Presents…

A growing platform of self-help, self-inquiry, guidance and re-education, designed with your safety and any need for self-care at its centre. You will find various resources Ana Maria has designed with the purest of intent, as well a curated selection of YouTube videos.

The Foundation is working to grow the library with their partners, Faith in Change Publishing, but for now, we invite you to make use of what is here for you to help yourself.

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We encourage Library Users to read The Health and Safety Policy prior to engaging with the materials.

The Travelling Love Series offers guided pathways of inwards exploration and adventure. These DIY kits can be used daily to support one’s self, or passed forward to somebody in need of some light, love, inwards guidance, and compassion.

A rich collection of self-care support for those in need of such compassionate self-devotion and activity, all organised into various playlists for your ease of use.

Prayers may bring you hope, peace, freedom and joy. They can offer solace, provide strength and courage, and point the way home to a destination you may not yet be able to see. Faith in each step being divinely offered and guided can be hard to hold onto, prayers help.

Reprogramming the mind, body, heart and Self takes time. Mantra has been around for millennia, a practice relied upon to stimulate deep transformation and higher vibrational alignment. Affirmation work in a similar way, albeit more of a mindful practice than a whole body one.

Just a little offering of wordy goodness and light. Directions come in all shapes and forms, let words become compass points when they are working you towards the divine light that sits within your own Self.

Self-Inquiry is the path of destiny for some of you. It will be a grueling journey, one whereby you are asked to face every layer of your own ‘Self’, be that patterns of mind, habits of body, or codependent relationships born from trauma bonding, not ever love. Brutal honesty is called for down this pathway.

Words can mend, take on healing form, they work within a person without us knowing how. Choosing the right words to guide your journey will be an intuitive decision, there is no need to choose wisely here, all is safe.

Early recovery can be rocky, and focusing on the things that matter becomes a priority if you are to get to what we call, Recovery Maintenance. Laying the right foundations, and laying them well, can support your journey ahead. Here, you will find free chapters specific to protecting and safeguarding your health and safety.

“I write poems because I am a poet, there is no other reason to write poetry. Reading it, however, there are plenty of reasons to do that.” – A. M. Santuario.

Sometimes, offloading the heaviest of thoughts can be enough to reprocess and release the weight of them. Letting it all out, that is all this resource is about.

I read many books to develop the mind, body and spirit. Reading the right books for you, now, that is very important, because you are you, and I am me. Trust yourself.

A big debate has been underway; I had something too important to say, may the words serve the children of the world, parents too.

*In this self-help library, I, Ana Maria Santuario, pay homage to my years of worldwide travel and experience. I travelled the world, it is a prominent thread in my life narrative; I attended yoga retreats, discovering Hindu mantra and prayer as an effective life maintenance practice; I journaled an awful lot, allowing my insides to bleed as black and blue (ink), I confessed in my own way; I had acupuncture and experienced Thai massage, Swiss massage, Japanese massage; I heard the call to prayer daily at work, it called community into a moment of peace; and I ended up praying in my own fashion during harder times in life. I also met interesting philosophers, people driven by a spiritual quest, as well as people travelling for business, or taking a break from it. I have enjoyed immersing myself in culture after culture, and when I came home, I missed all that was previously available to me, and so I built a sanctuary around myself (a santuario).