Read anything good lately? Wellness Within Your Walls® constantly strives to continue learning and growing. One of the easiest ways to keep learning and growing is through reading. Books, magazines, digital articles or industry papers – it doesn’t matter what format you use; reading is fundamental. Here are a few current WWYW favorites.
I AM YOGA BY SUSAN VERDE
An eagle soaring among the clouds or a star twinkling in the night sky…a camel in the desert or a boat sailing across the sea. Yoga has the power of transformation. Not only does it strengthen bodies and calm minds, but with a little imagination, it can show us that anything is possible. Renowned illustrator Peter H. Reynolds and author and certified yoga instructor Susan Verde team up again in this book about creativity and the power of self-expression. I AM Yoga encourages children to explore the world of yoga and make room in their hearts for the world beyond it.
Buy a copy here.
ODE TO COLOR BY LORI WEITZNER
“An inspiring visual delight from start to finish.” – People Magazine.
Ode to Color, a stunning anthology offers an immersive, sensual and engaging journey in the world of color as it applies to culture, design, mood and memory. Each of the ten chapters in this richly illustrated volume presents a distinct color world through an intimate and often kaleidoscopic perspective, a compilation of the numerous – and often shifting – associations and emotions we assign to a color or group of colors.
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THE SOUL OF DESIGN BY LISA STAPRANS
For what is a home really, but our soul’s residence in the outer world? Using design to bring out the innermost parts of ourselves, Lisa Staprans creates layered spaces that envelope, heal and nurture. By weaving the spiritual and the scientific worlds together, The Soul of Design looks at everything from the use of ritual to the latest science on the connection between the brain, design and wellness. Equal parts personal history, manifesto and luxurious illustration, this book places Staprans as the leading spokesperson for the neuroscience of beauty. Set in the hills and redwood forests of Northern California, aided by collaborations with artisans, furniture makers and architects, and guided by a keen mind and sensitive spirit, The Soul of Design answers the deeper questions about what design is truly capable of.
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CONSTRUCTING HEALTH BY TYE FARROW
Illuminating how our brain and body engage with our surroundings, Constructing Health: How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind’s Health answers urgent questions about the role of architecture in creating and maintaining health.
Globally renowned architect Tye Farrow bridges the gap in knowledge between the therapeutic medical world and the design community to reveal how the intentional shaping of our environment can support our physical and neurological well-being. Constructing Health explores recent discoveries in cognitive psychology (the science of the mind) and neuroscience (the science of the brain) to determine how we can form health-giving, meaningful, person-to-person relationships.
This richly illustrated and visually captivating book shows how we can intentionally design our environments to make them more generous and help us in our daily lives. This conscious practice not only reduces environmental damage but also enhances physical, societal and mental health. Farrow offers an engaging and accessible way to discover how we can construct health through specific, measurable design qualities and characteristics to enhance human performance in our cities, our homes and our places of learning and healing.
Buy a copy here.
GREE HOME BUILDER MAGAZINE FROM BUILDER.MEDIA
Volume 20 of Green Home Builder Magazine is out! Learn more about the latest and greatest in sustainable homebuilding design and materials. This issue features the largest sustainable homebuilders in the USA.
Read the magazine here.
