The past month has been a big ego check for me. When I started my blog I was determined not to be "one of those writers" who posts consistently for the first few months and then fades off into oblivion. I should have known that would only set me up for a little humble pie! Fortunately, I'm a big fan of pie, even this flavor. Lesson learned. Spring quarter has been busier than usual for me and my writing energy has gone into essays for grad school. The rest of my creativity seems focused on teaching. And so it goes. Last week a student of mine stopped me after class to thank me for a book recommendation I'd given her. I often read a passage during our studio practice from something I've been assigned in grad school. Chipping away at a masters degree in Whole Systems Design ties nicely into my continuing study of yoga. Whether a book is about the environmental history of Seattle, cross-cultural communication or science, it inevitably brings me back to my practice. With summer just around the corner, it seems like a good time to post my grad school reading list as I finish up my third quarter. Hope you find some time to sit down with a good book or two in the coming months!

Reading List - in no particular order

Hidden Connections | Capra

Thinking in Systems | Meadows

Post Carbon Reader | Heinberg & Lerch

Emerald City | Klingle

Soil and Soul | McIntosh

Walk Out Walk On | Wheatley & Frieze

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down | Fadiman

Bridging Cultural Conflicts | LeBaron

Group Genius | Sawyer

Paradoxes of Group Life | Smith & Berg

Bulldozer in the Countryside | Rome

Original Instructions | Nelson

American Cultural Patterns | Stewart & Bennett

Four Fold Way | Arrien

Finding Our Way | Wheatley

Practice of Adaptive Leadership | Heifetz, Linksy & Grashow

Basic Concepts | Bennett

Leadership and the New Science | Wheatley