Library HoldingsHeartbeats! members may borrow the items that are maintained in our library. Items can be picked up and returned at the monthly meeting.
If you would like to make a donation of books / resources to the library, please contact the librarian, Jeff Adams.
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Dr. Ornish's program consists of diet, exercise, stress reduction, and social
and emotional support. The following books and tapes provide useful information
for those wishing to follow Dr. Ornish's program. All are available in our
library for loan except for some books available only for sale*.
Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease/Dr. Dean Ornish*
Eat More, Weigh Less/ Dr. Dean Ornish*
Everyday Cooking with Dr. Dean Ornish/ Dr. Dean Ornish*
500 Fat-Free Recipes/ Sarah Schlesinger
500 More Fat-Free Recipes/ Sarah Schlesinger
Shopping for Health/ Suzanne Havala, M.S., RD
Kitchen Table Wisdom/ Rachel Naomi Remen
The (Almost) No Fat cookbook/ Bryanna Clark Grogan
The (Almost) No Fat Holiday Cookbook/ Bryanna Clark Grogan
Back To the Kitchen/ Ruby Thomas-Cezette
Ruby’s Unique Organ/Vegan Cookbook/ Ruby Thomas-Cezette
The Vegetarian Gourmet/ Florence and Mickey Bienfield
Spicy Fat-Fee Cooking/ Gita Chandra*
So, Now What Do I Eat?
Garden Cuisine/ Paul Wenner
Fat-Free and Easy/ Jennifer Raymond
Full Catastrophe Living/ Jon Kabat Zinn
Richard Hittleman's Yoga 28-Day Exercise Plan/ Richard Hittleman
Basic Yoga/ Mara Carrico
Love and Survival/ Dean Ornish
When you commute or take long trips tapes can be a great way to get
information and/or pass the time. The Ornish Support Group of Greater Rochester
has a variety of tapes which OSGGR members may borrow.
001 Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease I--Read by Dr. Dean
Ornish
002 Ornish Program Overview
003 Introduction to Ornish Program Exercise
004 Monday Lecture--Dr. Dean Ornish
005 Introduction to Ornish Program Stress Management--Sandra McLanahan
006 Introduction to Ornish Program Nutrition--Helen Roe, M.S., R.D./L.D.
007 Tuesday Lecture: Mechanics of Heart Tests--Dr. Dean Ornish
008 Cooking Demonstration--Jean Marc Fullsack
009 Mental Imagery: Healing the Heart--Martin Raesman, M.D.
010 Cooking Demonstration--Research Participants
011 Thursday Lecture--Dean Ornish
012 Cooking Demonstration--Jennifer Raymond
013 Mastery--George Leonard
014 Taking the Program Home--Original Participants
015 Stress Management Update--Nischala Devi and Lee Lipsenthal, M.D.
016 Healing of the Heart--A Scientific Perspective--Lee Lipsenthal, M.D.
017 Nourishing Awareness--Helen Roe , M.S., R.D./L.D.
018 Advanced Meditation and Breathing--Nischala Devi
019 Workshop--Does Your Practice Measure Up?--Conrad Knudsen, MA, Robert
Avenson,PhD.
020 Workshop--The Body As a Teacher of Transformation--George Leonard
021 Panel Discussion with Clinical Team--Dr. Dean Ornish and Staff
022 Heart Illness and Intimacy: How a Caring Relationship Aid the Heart and
Soul--Wayne Sotile, PhD
023 Workshop--Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Keys to Healthy-Heart Living--Wayne
Sotile, PhD
024 Practical Application of Your Stress Management Practice in Daily Life--Amy
Gage
025 Beyond Perfection--Rachel Remen, M.D.
026 Advanced Retreat-- Welcome/ Ornish, Hebenstreit
027 Advanced Retreat-- Workshop/ Lee Lipenthal
028 Advanced Retreat-- Exercise Lecture/ Nancy Minges
029 Advanced Retreat--Nutition Lecture/ Connie Dunbar
030 Advanced Retreat/ Dean Ornish
031 Advanced Retreat--Humor and Healing-- Tape 1 of 2
032 Advanced Retreat--Humor and Healing-- Tape 2 of 2
033 Advanced Retreat--Music and Meditation-- Tape 1 of 2
034 Advanced Retreat--Music and Meditation-- Tape 2 of 2
035 Advanced Retreat--How To Take the Program Home
036 Time Shifting--Creating Time
037 Time Shifting--Creating Time
038 Time Shifting--Creating Time
039 Time Shifting--Creating Time
040 Time Shifting--Creating Time
041 Time Shifting--Creating Time
042 Love and Survival-- Tape 1 of 2
043 Love and Survival-- Tape 2 of 2
050 Beyond the Relaxation Response/Herbert Benson, M.D.
051 The Relaxation Response: Dr. Herbert Benson/The Ford Hall Forum 11/16/89
052 Five Classic Meditations/ Shinzen Young
053 Inner Calm/David Freudberg
054 Progressive Relaxation:Using the Body to Relax the Mind/ Keith Sedlacek,
M.D.
055 Vegetarian Diets/ NPR Talk of the Nation
056 The Healing Journey/ Carl Hammerschlag, M.D.--Tape 1 of 2
057 The Healing Journey/ Carl Hammerschlag, M.D.--Tape 2 of 2
058 Wherever You Go There You Are-- Tape 1 of 2/Jon Kabat-Zinn
059 Wherever You Go There You Are-- Tape 2 of 2/Jon Kabat-Zinn
060 Sojourn To Healing-- Nischala Joy Devi
061 Deep Relaxation-- Nischala Joy Devi
062 Relax, Move, Heal-- Nischala Joy Devi
063 Dynamic Stillness-- Nischala Joy Devi
100 Five Television Interviews with Dr. Dean Ornish
101 Simple Choices, Powerful Changes/ Dean Ornish
102 The Healing Power of Love and Intimacy/ Dean Ornish