Reading Space: Book Recommendations

With the ongoing pandemic crisis, it is more important than ever to take extra care of one's health. Let's take a step towards good health together with this list of books to help you heal your body, mind and soul!

Which ones have you read? 🧘‍♀️📚

How Not To Diet by Michael Greger

How Not to Diet is a treasure trove of buried data and cutting-edge dietary research that Dr Michael Greger has translated into accessible, actionable advice with exciting tools and tricks that will help you to safely lose weight and eliminate unwanted body fat – for good.

It then goes beyond food to explore the many other weight-loss accelerators available to us in our body's systems, revealing how plant-based meals can be eaten at specific times to maximize our bodies' natural fat-burning activities. Dr Greger provides a clear plan not only for the ultimate weight loss diet, but also the approach we must take to unlock its greatest efficacy.

How to Survive a Pandemic by Michael Greger

In How to Survive a Pandemic, Dr Michael Greger, physician and internationally-recognized expert on public health issues, delves into the origins of some of the deadliest pathogens the world has ever seen. Tracing their evolution from the past until today, Dr Greger spotlights emerging flu and coronaviruses as he examines where these pathogens originated, as well as the underlying conditions and significant human role that have exacerbated their lethal influence to large, and even global, levels.

Eat to Save the Planet by Annie Bell

The mainstays of the Planetary Health Diet are plant-based foods, but while these ingredients are central to its recommendations, the diet doesn't go as far as being vegetarian or vegan. So recipes in the book include modest quantities of seafood and poultry, with a small amount of red meat being optional – making this new approach to eating achievable and realistic for 

everyone.

Whether it's Spinach, Nut and Goat's Cheese Pie, Aubergine Stuffed with Lamb and Buckwheat, or Speedy Cauliflower, Lentil and Watercress Risotto, these comforting, filling and delicious dishes will quickly become the day-to-day favourites in your kitchen.

52 Red Pills by Eika and Siddharth Banerjee

Eika and Siddharth's 52 Red Pills is an inspiration to readers who have overscheduled and frenzied lifestyles. Written as a practical guide, this book helps you introspect and makes you eager to know more about the different walks of life. By the end of it, you will be motivated to craft your own '52RedPills' journey towards a healthier, wealthier and wiser you.

Kaizen by Sarah Harvey

Kaizen by Sarah Harvey brings you a personalized and flexible approach to change that you can apply to any area of your life (whether it is health, relationships, money, career, habits, new hobbies or general wellbeing). You can adapt it to suit working style, preferences and personality. Every person's experience of Kaizen will be different, which is what makes it such an effective tool for positive change.

Good Habits, Bad Habits by Wendy Woods

What if you could harness the extraordinary power of your unconscious mind, which already determines so much of what you do, to achieve your goals?

Combining a potent mix of neuroscience, case studies and experiments conducted in her lab, Good Habits, Bad Habits is a comprehensive, accessible and highly practical book that will change the way you think about almost every aspect of your life.

The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey

Everyone has a purpose. And, according to Oprah Winfrey, 'Your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you are meant to be, and begin to honour your calling in the best way possible.' That journey starts right here. 

In her book, The Path Made Clear, Oprah shares what she sees as a guide for activating your deepest vision of yourself, offering the framework for creating not just a life of success, but one of significance.

Seitai by Laura López Coto

In this clear, concise and easy-to-read book written by the journalist and Seitai specialist, Laura López Coto, you will find the keys to this culture, which originated in Japan thanks to the highly innovative discoveries of the exceptionally gifted and perceptive master Haruchika Noguchi (Tokyo 1911-1976). You will find that you can actually feel healthy in a far deeper way than you could possibly have imagined. Living this kind of life is easy, if you know how to.

One Simple Thing by Eddie Stern

How does yoga accomplish all that?

Believe it or not, the answers lie in how the human body and mind function. Eddie Stern's One Simple Thing explains from both a yogic and a scientific perspective how the human nervous system is wired. It describes the mechanics taking place beneath the surface of our bodies and shows how we can consciously use yogic practices to direct and change our lives in positive 

ways.

Drawing on modern neuroscience, ancient wisdom, and decades of practice and teaching, Eddie Stern reveals how what we do – from diet to chanting, from postures to meditation, from ethical practices to breathing techniques – affects who we become, and how a steady routine of activities and attitudes can transform our bodies, our brain functions, our emotions, and our experience of life.

Breathe Believe Balance by Shayamal Vallabhjee

Breathe Believe Balance is one part memoir and one part guide to self-discovery. It is an intimate account of the lessons Shayamal Vallabhjee learnt while growing up during South Africa's apartheid era, from living the life of a monk and travelling the globe with professional athletes. He has popularized the concept of 'Balance' in India. Using his knowledge and experience from the worlds of science, spirituality, and psychology, in this book, Vallabhjee takes you through this introspective and self-healing journey.

Make the Right Choice by J. P. Vaswani 

Make the Right Choice is one of Reverend Dada J. Br. Vaswani's many practical guides to a happy and contented life. It is based on one of his inspiring talks he delivered on his ninety-ninth birthday at the Sadhu Vaswani mission centre, which makes this book special. It is also one of the last few books that Dada Vaswani had written before his sudden demise on 12 July 2018. 

A modern, practical and insightful read, make the right choice is the author's personal guide to managing our choices in life. Giving seven positive affirmations to follow, Dada Vaswani inspires us to be intuitive, courageous, kind and forgiving. Once we start showing strong affection towards ourselves, we are then no longer clouded with wrong choices. 

The path becomes clearer. 'You can choose to be what you wish to be!'

Seasons of the Soul by Sharon M. Koenig

In Seasons of the Soul, Puerto Rican author and motivational speaker Sharon M. Koenig distils the secrets of spirituality and teaches us how to re-establish our link with the Divine through the seven-step Connection Process. This reconciliation with the Divine helps reveal our highest purpose, providing us with a beacon that acts as a guide through each season of our soul on Earth. Borrowing from diverse world traditions she studied for nearly three decades, Koenig also shares profound anecdotes about and effective practices for inner peace and contentment.

Imbued with lessons in tolerance and forgiveness, faith and discernment, Seasons of the Soul is an invitation to hope and serenity in the middle of the fiercest storms of life.