Humm Online Exclusives - November 2014

Featured Artist - Victoria Jenkins

Read the profile and view the photo gallery for Clay Sculptor and Potter, Victoria Jenkins. Read more >

Suggested Reading from Pam Harris, Chief Librarian, Mississippi Mills Public Library

The 7 Spiritual Laws Of Yoga By Deepak Chopra

Classic Chopra, this book links spirituality and compassion in yoga practice, providing a wealth of meditation techniques, mantras, breathing exercises, and yoga poses all designed to maximize our creative potential and ability to love.

Heart of Yoga by T K Desikacher

Written by the son of Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, this book develops Krishnamacharya's fundamental concept of viniyoga – a practice that adapts itself to the practitioner’s individual needs. Desikacher includes all the basic elements of yoga, from conscious breathing to philosophy, describing how practitioners can tailor their practice to their own specific needs.

Yinsights by Bernie Clark (also available online)

This book has two parts: the first considers the benefits of yoga from a variety of perspectives from both the Eastern and Western worlds, and takes a closer look at the benefits of yin yoga in particular, specifically what happens to the connective tissues when we practice yoga. The second part explores the practice of yin yoga in detail, including several different flows each with its own purpose or focus.

The Heart and Science of Yoga by Leonard Perlmutter

More than just popular postures, this book is an in-depth exploration of the science and philosophy of yoga. You’ll find easy meditation instruction, prayers, and a variety of breathing techniques, as well as numerous spiritual teachings and traditions. It’s a good introduction to yoga as it also includes an introduction to Ayurveda (the sister science to yoga), gentle exercise and an extensive glossary and index.

The Wisdom of Yoga: A seeker’s Guide to Extraordinary Living by Stephen Cope

A witty and heartfelt accounting of trying to live yogic principles in day-to-day living.

Ayurveda. The Ancient Indian Healing Tradition by Gopi Warrier and Deepika Gunawant

Details the system of Ayurveda, known as a system of wellbeing for body, mind and spirit. This is a practical introduction to this ancient medial system or science of life.

Yoga, Mind and Body by Sivananda Yoga Vendanta Center

Pictures and descriptions of many of the best-known asana (postures) and the yoga lifestyle (diet, meditation, the path of yoga).

Anatomy of the Spirit. The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Caroline Myss.

Describes the search for higher consciousness and spiritual maturity by outlining the seven centres for spiritual and physical power. This book is an integration of three different spiritual traditions (the Christian sacraments, the Kabbalah’s tree of life and the Hindu chakras), and outlines the relationship between illness and spiritual healing.

Yoga, the Science of the Soul by Osho

Osho explains the yoga sutras of Patanjali from a unique, contemporary perspective. A great introduction to the ancient tradition of Raja yoga or the royal path, emphasizing a higher consciousness achieved through physical postures and breath.

Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
Billie Breslin travels to a new job at Delicious!, a famed New York food magazine. When the magazine shuts down, Billie agrees to stay on fielding reader complaints. Billie makes a surprising discovery in the magazine's library: a cache of letters written during WWII by a then twelve-year old Lulu, who wrote to the legendary chef James Beard. Lulu's pluck causes Billie to come to terms with her own fears and open her heart to love.

Sweetland by Michael Crummy
Crippled by the loss of the commercial fishery, the inhabitants of a remote island off the shores of Newfoundland are offered a compensation package to leave the island for good; all except Moses Sweetland. Cut off from the outside world, Moses has to use all his cunning and strength to survive and remain on the island that shaped him.

The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
Retired Chief Inspector of Homicide Armand Gamache reluctantly joins his friend and neighbour Clara, whose husband failed to show up as promised on the first anniversary of their separation. Gamache and his colleagues move deeper and deeper into the soul of Peter Morrow, revealing all the damage wrought by a sin-sick soul.

Children of War by Martin Walker
Our hero, Bruno Courreges, the one-man police force of the small French town of Saint-Denis, discovers the shockingly grisly midnight murder of an undercover cop who'd been exploring strange goings on at the Toulouse mosque. There's a lot happening here to keep the pages turning!

The Rosie Project and the sequel, The Rosie Effect by Graeme C. Simsion
The Rosie Project is a romantic comedy about the brilliant but socially inept professor of genetics who finally decides it's time he found a wife. He designs the Wife Project to find the perfect partner, and discovers Rosie. The much-anticipated sequel finds Rosie and the professor living together in New York unexpectedly expecting their first child. Prepare to laugh out loud.

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