Mariana Caplan: 6 books

The spiritual journey is perhaps the most personal experience of our lives—but does that mean we have to go it alone? With The Guru Question, award-winning author Mariana Caplan brings you a unique and much-needed guide for deciding whether you need a dedicated mentor to help illuminate your path...

Has yoga improved your health and expanded your awareness—but emotional and relationship issues continue to challenge you?   Or, have you found psychotherapy helpful . . . yet yearn for further spiritual discovery?   With Yoga & Psyche, Mariana Caplan invites you to explore these two profound...

Caplan (TO TOUCH IS TO LIVE) asserts that "the reality of the present condition of contemporary spirituality in the West is one of grave distortion, confusion, fraud, and a fundamental lack of education." She claims that, as positive as the tremendous rise in spirituality is, there is not any context...

Most eastern religious traditions are based on the sacred bond between teacher or Guru and the student. This is one of the few books to delve deeply into the subject based on wide ranging interviews with both teachers and students. The foreword by Ken Wilber, who is the foremost, widely recognized authority...

For babies to develop normally, they must be touched. Adults, too, thrive when touch is a normal part of their each day: a reassuring handshake, a sympathetic hug, a healing massage. But how often do we permit ourselves or others these simple forms of contact: physical touch, our emotional presence,...

A handbook to a genuine spiritual life, this book explains that the spiritual path-like any other journey-is filled with detours and obstacles that can be avoided through discernment. The author defines this as a quality of open-eyed awareness and honest perception that can turn challenges into opportunity...