Climbing and the Mind


Insight Meditation Centre
http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/

Training for Climbing - Eric J Horst
http://www.trainingforclimbing.com/

Yoga Journal
http://www.yogajournal.com/

Yoga for Athletes, Aladar Kogler

The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musasashi

Thought as a System, David Bohm

Meditative Mind, Daniel Goleman

The Rock Warrior's Way, Arno Ilgner

The Experience of Insight
David Goldstein

Mind/ Body Fitness, Tom Seabourne, PH. D

Insight Meditation, Joseph Goldstein

Flow - The Psychology of Happiness
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Mindfulness in Plain English
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana


The Adventure Alternative, Colin Mortlock

Beyond Adventure, Colin Mortlock

The feeling of what happens
Antonio Damasio

DESCARTES' ERROR
Antonio Damasio

Instructional Books

The Complete Rock Climber, Malcolm Creasey

(DVD) Masterclass Neil Gresham
Part 1: Technique & Training

(DVD) Masterclass Neil Gresham
Part 2: Skills & Tactics for Sport & Trad


The Handbook of Climbing, Allen Fyffe & Iain Peter

Rock Climbing Essential Skills & Techniques
Libby Peter

Rock Climbing for Instructors, Alun Richardson

Sport & Face Climbing, John Long

How to Rock Climb, John Long

Climbing - Shelley Presson

A manual of modern rope techniques, Nigel Shepherd

Further Modern Rope Techniques, Nigel Shepherd

Outdoor Education and Experiential Learning in the UK, Peter Higgins and Barbara Humberstone

Journal of Adventure Education
and Outdoor Learning



First Aid

Mountaineering First Aid, Fourth Edition 6th Edition

The Royal Geographical Society Expedition Medicine,
David Warrell and Sarah Anderson

Guidebooks for West Cornwall
West Cornwall, Climbers Club

Cornish Rock, Rowland Edwards and Tim Dennell


Climbing and the environment

MLTB Conference Report 1998 Access, Conservation and
Sustainable Use of the Mountain Environment, Part 2,
Re positioning Outdoor Education towards
Sustainable Living, Geoff Cooper

National Guidelines for Climbing & Walking Leaders, MLTUK

Environmental Issue Series No 5,
Towards Sustainable Development for Local Authorities,
Approaches, Experiences and Resources


British Mountaineering Council

ACT Access & Conservation Trust
http://www.accesstrust.org.uk/

Promoting access and conservation today for future
climbers, hill-walkers and mountaineers.

Climbing Videos/
Books for Women


A day in the life of 5 women who climb

Climbing - Shelley Presson

Women Climbing 200 years of achievement
Bill Birkett & Bill Peascod


Climbing Videos/ DVD
Third Stone from The Sun

Pure Force
Masters of Stone 4

Hard Rock
Master of Stone 2

Hard Grit

Performance Rock Climbing

Stone Monkey

Under the Sky & Over the Sea

The Real Thing

E11 - Dave Macloed
http://www.planetfear.com/film_detail.asp?f_id=53

E11 tells the story of Dave Macleod's ascent of
‘Rhapsody’, the worlds first climb graded at E11
(French 8c+ / US 5.14d).

Safety & Risk
Inside Out Climbing Hazards by Ian Hey,
BMC Summit - Issue 28

Risk Assessments, Safety Statements and all that Guff by
Marcus Bailie (Head of Inspection Services), AALA

Collective Interpretation 7.01 -
Equipment Checks, AALA

Feeling Safe is Dangerous , Arno Ilgner

 


Yoga, Anatomy and Physiology, Philosophy, Breathing and Meditation, Movement , Core, Mind/Body

The Psoas Book, Liz Koch

Core Awareness, Liz Koch

Science of Breath
Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine, M.D. Alan Hymes, M.D.

Yoga Journal (endless articles)
http://www.yogajournal.com/


Anatomy of Hatha Yoga, David Coulter

The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga
Ray Long MD FRCSC

The Art of Adjusting - Brian Cooper
www.harmonypublishing.org

The Shoulder Girdle
Susi Hately Aldous

Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries
Susi Hately Aldous


Ashtanga Yoga, John Scott

Power Yoga, Beryl Bender Birch

(DVD) Anatomy for Yoga with Paul Grilley

Anatomy of Movement, Blandine Calais Germain

Anatomy of Movement Exercises, Blandine Calais Germain

BKS Iyengar, Light on Pranayama

Ashtanga Yoga, David Swenson

Yoga The Iyengar Way, Silva, Mira & Shyam Mehta

Anusara Yoga
Teacher Training Manual
John Friend


Yoga Abs: Moving from Your Core
Judith Lasater

Science of Breath: A Practical Guide
Rama Swami, Rudolph Ballentine, Alan Hymes

Structural Yoga Therapy: Adapting to the Individual
Mukunda Stiles

Light on Yoga, B.K.S Iyengar

Yoga for Athletes, Aladar Kogler, PH.D.

The Muscle Book, Paul Blakey

The Anatomy Coloring Book, Wynn Kapit/
Lawrence M. Elson

Stretching, Bob Anderson

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Translation and
Commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda

Autobiography of a YOGI
Paramahansa Yogananda

Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Swami Muktibodhananda

The Living Gita
A commentary for modern readers
by Sri Swami Satchidananda

The Language of Yoga
Nicolai Bachman

Yoga and Beyond
Georg Feuerstein and Jeanine Miller

The Philosophy of Classical Yoga
George Feuerstein

Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse

Essence of Yoga
George Feuerstein

Breathe! You are alive
Thich Nhat Hanh

India
V. S Naipal

Bhagavad Gita
AS IT IS
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Power Yoga at Home
Liz Lark

A Search in Secret India
Paul Brunton

Gear
Rock & Ice Gear, Clyde Soles

Care & Maintenance Book, BMC

The Cam Book – Wild Country

Technical Advice: Rope life, BMC

Ropes don't break – BMC, Issue 17

Helmets - Off Centre Impacts, BMC

Technical Advice: Belay Devices, BMC

Retiring Gear and The Care, BMC

Technical Advice: Care & Maintenance, BMC

Hard Wear - Retiring gear and The Care &
Maintenance
Booklet, BMC Summit - Issue 18

Head Games The BMC helmet testing program –
Part 1, BMC Summit – Issue 19

Heads Up – Part 2 of the Helmet test report,
BMC – Issue 20

A Degrading Life - Care and maintenance
of your metallic equipment, BMC


Training Books

Performance Rock Climbing,
Dale Goddard and Udo Newman

Flash Training, Eric J Horst

Training for Climbing, Eric J Horst

John Gill - "The Father of Training For Climbing"
(originally published in Flash Training)


The Self-Coached Climber: The Guide to Movement, Training, Performance with DVD Dan Hague, Douglas Hunter

Inspirational
Climbing Free - Lynn Hill

John Gill: Master of Rock (Climbing Classics S.)
Pat Ament


British Mountaineering
Council Booklets


Knots, BMC

Ropes, BMC

Climbing Outside - BMC Booklet


Care & Maintenance - BMC Booklet

Performance Training - BMC Booklet


Climbing Rock Classic Climbs - Essential Skills, BMC

New Climbers, BMC

Climbing Outside, BMC

Tread Lightly, BMC

Risk, Freedom, BMC Summit - Issue 23

A Cautionary Tale of Perceived Safety by Dave Musgrove
Sport Climbing in the Sun, BMC Summit Issue 14

Basics 2: Heading outside by Steve Long,
BMC Summit Issue 34

Pulling Power BMC, Summit Issue 2

"Rules of the Game", BMC Advice Article