Holistic well-being books to have at home

1. Practical Ayurveda by Swami Sivananda

This one is my favorite and number one book in holistic wellbeing category. It has a very beautiful design and simple language. In this book, you just find everything you need to generate a healthy lifestyle. Using this modern guide to discover the foods and recipes that are right for you, natural remedies for a variety of common ailments, and the power of yoga, meditation, and massage with Practical Ayurveda. I also wrote one post using this book. Read it here.

2. Perfect Health by Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra’s Perfect Health is the original guide to applying the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda to everyday life.

Perfect Health provides a complete step-by-step program of mind body medicine tailored to individual needs. The result is a total plan, tailor-made for each individual, to reestablish the body’s essential balance with nature; to strengthen the mind body connection; and to use the power of quantum healing to transcend the ordinary limitations of disease and aging—in short, for achieving Perfect Health.

3. The Healing Self by Deepak Chopra and Rudolph E. Tanzi Ph.D.

Chopra and Tanzi want to help readers make the best decisions possible when it comes to creating a holistic and transformative health plan for life. In The Healing Self they not only push the boundaries of the intellect to bring readers the newest research and insights on the mind-body, mind-gene, and mind-immunity connections, but they offer a cutting-edge, seven-day action plan, which outlines the key tools everyone needs to develop their own effective and personalized path to self-healing.

4. The Ayurveda cookbook by Mahesh Kumar

You should read this guide if

• You want to understand why our metabolism has its own laws
• You want to reduce weight successfully and sustainably without tiresome calorie counting
• You are looking for a practical guide to get and stay healthy with the right diet.

5. The Everyday Ayurveda Guide to Self-Care by Kate O’Donnell

Embrace the ancient principles of Ayurveda to become a more integrated, whole, and healthy version of yourself. This detailed guide walks you through the steps of foundational Ayurvedic practices that can be easily integrated into your existing self-care routine–from self-massage, oil pulling, and tongue scraping to breathing practices, meditation exercises, and eating with intention–to uplift your physical health and state of mind.

6. Living Ayurveda by Claire Ragozzino

Nourishment comes in many forms—it’s the food you eat, how you breathe and move your body, and the way you establish your daily routine. Living Ayurveda weaves together the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and Yoga in a modern, accessible way to provide a season-by-season guide for living a vibrantly rich year. Part cookbook, part lifestyle manual, each chapter includes simple vegetarian recipes, seasonal rituals, and self-care practices to cultivate your inner wisdom and feed your body, mind, and spirit. 

7. Ayurveda for Women by Emily L. Glaser RN C.Ay

Certified Ayurveda practitioner Emily L. Glaser shares her knowledge of this holistic medicine in an accessible way—with guidance on how to integrate Ayurveda on the path toward healing and balanced living. The power of Ayurveda’s timeless wisdom, writes Glaser, can be found in the kitchen and what you put in your body. Every meal is an opportunity to choose food as medicine, and when you do, Ayurvedic cooking can be a powerful approach to taking control of your health while supporting the demands of day-to-day life.

9. Encyclopedia of Healing Foods by Michael T. Murray and Joseph Pizzorno

Make healthy eating a lifetime habit. Let The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods teach you how to:

– design a safe diet
– use foods to stimulate the body¹s natural ability to rejuvenate and heal
– discover the role that fiber, enzymes, fatty acids, and other dietary components
– understand which food prescriptions will help you safely treat more than 70 specific ailments, including acne, Alzheimer’s disease, immune system depression, insomnia, migraine headaches, PMS, and rheumatoid arthritis.

10. Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements by Michael T. Murray and Joseph Pizzorno

Naturopathic physician Michael T. Murray guides readers through the often complex, conflicting information regarding nutritional supplements.

Each chapter profiles major vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, nutrients, and glandular extracts.