Integrative spiritual and somatic practices for healing from trauma and addiction
“A mystical and somatic journey through the Twelve Steps, guided compassionately, masterfully, and poetically by Nina Pick. This deeply spiritual, highly inclusive, and gorgeously written book is a true gift to anyone who struggles with addictive behaviors, and these days that's most of us. Learning to lovingly attend to the nervous system and find safety and peace in your body will revolutionize your recovery, and the practices and insights in this book offer just that.”—Jessica Graham, trauma-resolution guide
“The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps illuminates the intersection between trauma and addiction. Nina Pick has woven together many knowledge traditions—such as somatics, trauma therapy, polyvagal theory, and integrative spirituality—to provide an integrated model for deepening and expanding Twelve Step practice…. This guide will be equally useful to professionals working at the interface of trauma and addiction as it is for those on their own path of recovery.”—Kathy L. Kain, PhD, co-author of Nurturing Resilience and The Tao of Trauma
Small Owl is born in a huge oak tree in the middle of the forest. As Small Owl grows and learns to fly, she and Tall Oak become the best of friends. Day by day, the seasons pass and the weather grows colder. Soon Tall Oak loses his leaves and falls asleep, leaving Small Owl alone through the long winter. She finds, however, that springtime brings new surprises, as life and joy return to the forest.
“We (with grandchildren) really enjoyed this story and its gentle, warm, and loving illustrations.”—Kindling: The Journal for Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Care and Education
"Reading Nina Pick, like reading Emily Dickinson, is overhearing a soul talking to God about love, death, loss, and human suffering. Pick is a visionary poet; her music is spellbinding, and her poems seem at times like incantations. At the Edge of the Dirac Sea is a numinous book that shines with radiance and mystery, and asks important questions about grief. A powerful collection."—Ellery Akers
"The poems in Nina Pick’s At the Edge of the Dirac Sea enact an urgent and earnest searching after some sustaining truth.... A heartbreaking vertigo fueled by the most basic desire—to be a definable self in a definable world."—Jane Mead
"Nina Pick's poetry is arresting and altogether original in conception. The poems have a richly textured sense of language and are filled with haunting, often oneiric images, joining theological and philosophic interests with an intense personal exploration of the contradictory nature of love."—Robert Alter
"Filled with humor, reflection, and a love of plants and planting, this breezy collection may just remind horticulturalists why they seek and find solace in their gardens." —Publishers Weekly
“Editor Pick’s compilation of thoughtful and powerful insights helped me understand, on a personal level, my desire to garden.” —Oregonian
"This is a journey to the heart by way of the four elements: earth, fire, water and air. . . . A chiropractic readjustment and a crash-course in quantum physics. What a reminder that we humans are all ‘swinging doors,’ constantly connecting our alchemical energies to each other and to our world. . . . This poet is howling at the crossroads.” —Marielle Grenade-Willis
