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Required for Foundation Training

• Cranial Intelligence by Ged Sumner and Steve Haines

• Engaging the Movement of Life: Exploring Health and Embodiment Through Osteopathy and Continuum by Bonnie Gintis, DO

• The Breath of Life: An Introduction to Craniosacral Biodynamics by Cherionna Menzam-Sills PhD

• Healing Pain and Injury by Maud Nerman, DO, CSPOMM, CA

• Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy: The Heart of the Practice by Michael Shea, Ph.D.

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Osteopathy in the Cranial Field

• Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Volumes 1 through 5 by Michael Shea, Ph.D.

• The Stillness of Life, the Osteopathic Philosophy of Rollin E. Becker, D.O.

• Life in Motion, the Osteopathic Vision of Rollin E. Becker, D.O.

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

• Understanding Craniosacral Therapy by John Wilks

• Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics: The Breath of Life and Fundamental Skills, Vol. 1 by Franklyn Sills

• Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics: The Sentient Embryo, Tissue Intelligence, and Trauma Resolution, Vol. 2 by Franklyn Sills

• Stillness: Biodynamic Cranial Practice and the Evolution of Consciousness by Charles Ridley

• Contributions of Thought: Collected Writings of William Garner Sutherland, DO, edited by Adah Strand Sutherland & Anne L. Wales, DO

• Robert Fulford, D.O. and the Philosopher Physician by Zachary Comeaux, DO, FAAO

• Dr. Fulford’s Touch of Life - The Healing Power of the Natural Life Force by Robert C. Fulford, D.O.

• Cranial Therapy and the Energetic Body: An Overview of Craniosacral Biodynamics by Roger Gilchrist

• The Empty Chair: The Teaching Not the T-Shirt by Mike Boxhall

Other Craniosacral Work

• The Heart of Listening, Volumes 1 & 2  by Hugh Milne

• From My Hands and Heart: Achieving Health and Balance with Craniosacral Therapy by Kate Mackinnon

• Working Wonders: Changing Lives with CranioSacral Therapy - includes a chapter by Margery Chessare

• Rhythm and Touch: The Fundamentals of Craniosacral Therapy by Anthony Arnold, PhD

• Craniosacral Therapy: Touchstone for Natural Healing by John Upledger

• Craniosacral Therapy II: Beyond the Dura by John Upledger , DO, FAAO

• Cranial Manipulation Theory & Practice by Leon Chaitow

Pediatric Craniosacral Therapy

• Craniosacral Therapy for Babies and Small Children by Etienne & Neeto Peirsman

• Craniosacral Therapy for Children: Treatments for Expecting Mothers, Babies, and Children by Daniel Agustoni

• Working with Babies: A Five-Part Therapy Method for Infants and their Families by John Chitty

Embryology/ Fetal Development

• Netter’s Atlas of Human Embryology

• Spirit into Form: Exploring Embryological Potential and Prenatal Psychology by Cherionna Menzam-Sills

• From Conception to Birth: A Life Unfolds by Alexander Tsiaras & Barry Werth

• Embryology: Early Development from a Phenomenological Point of View by Guus van der Bie, M.D. (click link for free download of complete illustrated text)

• Langman's Medical Embryology by Thomas W. Sadler PhD 

• Larsen's Human Embryology by Gary C. Schoenwolf PhD et al

• Color Atlas of Embryology by Ulrich Drews 

• The Ontogenetic Basis of Human Anatomy: A Biodynamic Approach to Development from Conception to Birth by Erich Blechschmidt, edited and translated by Brian Freeman

• A Brain is Born: Exploring the Birth and Development of the Central Nervous System by John Upledger, DO, OMM

• Anatomy of the Newborn: An Atlas by Edmund S. Crelin (out of print; available used only)

Trauma Healing/ Neuroscience

• The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe by Stephen Porges

• Polyvagal Flip Chart: Understanding the Science of Safety by Deb Dana

• Anxiety is Really Strange and Trauma is Really Strange by Steve Haines, illustrated by Sophie Standing

• Touch is Really Strange by Steve Haines, illustrated by Sophie Standing

• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine, PhD

• In An Unspoken Voice by Peter Levine, PhD

• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies edited by Stephen Porges and Deb Dana 

• The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease by Robert Scaer, MD

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

• The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation by Deb Dana

• Rethinking Trauma Treatment: Attachment, Memory Reconsolidation, and Resilience by Courtney Armstrong

• Resilience: Powerful Practices for Bouncing Back from Disappointment, Difficulty, and Even Disaster by Linda Graham

• Dancing with Yin & Yang: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Psychotherapy and Randolph Stone’s Polarity Therapy by John Chitty

• The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundation of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation by Stephen W. Porges

• Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body by Peter Levine, PhD

• Crash Course: A Self-Healing Guide to Auto Accident Trauma & Recovery by Diane Poole

• Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing by Peter Levine and Maggie Kline

• The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships by Bonnie Badenoch

• Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy by Pat Ogden

• Prenatal Development and Parents' Lived Experiences: How Early Events Shape Our Psychophysiology and Relationships by Ann Diamond Weinstein, PhD

Anatomy

• Atlas of Human Anatomy by Frank H. Netter, MD

• THIEME Atlas of Human Anatomy

• THIEME General Anatomy and Musculoskeletal System

• THIEME Head, Neck and Neuroanatomy

• Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel

• Anatomy Trains by Thomas W. Myers

• Wolf-Heidegger Color Atlas of Human Anatomy edited by Dr. Petra Kopf-Maier

• Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple by Stephen Goldberg, MD

Miscellaneous and Poetry

• Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air by Theodor Schwenk

• The Fourth Phase of Water by Gerald H. Pollack

• Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

• The Origin of the Milky Way by Barbara Louise Ungar

• Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems

• Eating the Sun, Small Musings on a Vast Universe by Ella Frances Sanders