Curious About the Mind-Body Connection? Check Out These Books

After experiencing this work, many clients have asked for a reading list to learn more about somatics, craniosacral therapy, and embodied leadership.

Here are suggestions to get you started:

What is Somatics?

• Awakening Somatic Intelligence: The Art and Practice of Embodied Mindfulness

• Bodyfulness: Somatic Practices for Presence, Empowerment, and Waking Up in This Life

• The Awakening Body: Somatic Meditation for Discovering Our Deepest Life

How Does Craniosacral Therapy Work?

• Cranial Intelligence: A Practical Guide to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

• Wisdom in the Body: The Craniosacral Approach to Essential Health

• Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism

• The Heart of Listening: A Visionary Approach to Craniosacral Work - Volume 1

What is Embodied Leadership?

• Your Body is Your Brain: Leverage Your Somatic Intelligence to Find Purpose, Build Resilience, Deepen Relationships and Lead More Powerfully

• Embodied Leadership: The Somatic Approach to Developing Your Leadership

• The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader

Somatics offers a unique approach to cultivate mental and emotional wellbeing. It’s also used to cultivate embodied leadership. Sound Somatics’s offerings are at this intersection of wellness and leadership development. If you’re wondering how somatics works, this list of books is a great place to start. For 1:1 support to apply somatics to your life, consider online somatic coaching or craniosacral therapy, based in Mercer Island near Seattle and Bellevue.