Our Top Books
aka “Required Reading” for Mycelia Monastery members.
If you read them all, you get a cookie. It’s not an official rule or quota, just books we hold as central to our values.
- Speak Your Truth & Listen Deeply – On Audible, read by the author. A mix of NVC (Non-Violent Communication), somatic therapy, and Buddhism.
- The Power of Now – Eckhardt Tolle. Jokingly referred to as Buddhism made german. A landmark text that helped millions dive more deeply into presence.
- Atomic Habits – James Clear. Helping bring implementation to your dreams, and bringing to light the unconscious behavior that shapes our lives.
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- Man’s Search for Meaning
- Atlas of the Heart, Braving the Wilderness, and other books by Brené Brown.
More Recommended Books
- How to Change Your Mind (Michael Pollan)
- Living with Joy (Sanaya Roman)
- Medicinal Mushrooms: The Essential Guide (Christopher Hobbs)
- The Microdosing Guidebook (CJ Spotswood)
- No Bad Parts (Richard Schwartz)
- Personal Power Through Awareness (Sanaya Roman)
- Polishing the Mirror (Ram Dass)
- Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Expanded States (Tim Read and Maria Papaspyrou)
- A Really Good Day (Ayelet Waldman)
- Spiritual Growth (Sanaya Roman)
- The Untethered Soul (Michael Singer)