DEEPEN YOUR JOURNEY
EXPLORE THE FOUNDATIONS

A curated collection of books, websites, practices, and inspirations that inform and support the Pranasomatics approach.

Expand Your Understanding

The Pranasomatics approach draws from many streams of wisdom – from ancient tantric philosophy to modern neuroscience, from somatic psychology to contemplative practice. Here, we share the resources that have shaped our work and that may support your own journey of embodied awakening.

This collection reflects the diverse influences that have informed our thinking, practice, and the co-creation of Pranasomatics. It is not meant to be complete, but to serve as an invitation and inspiration to explore further.

Websites

  • LydiaHillCoaching.com

    Website of Lydia Mellaart — coach, awakening facilitator, somatic healing, and bodywork.

    Focus: Trauma-informed bodywork, nervous system regulation, women's circles, couple's work.

    Includes blog, event calendar, and personal insights into her work.

    Visit

  • KaiHill.de

    Personal website of Kai Hill — yoga teacher, author, awakening facilitator.

    Focus: Non-Dual Shaiva Tantra, pranasomatic bodywork, international trainings & retreats.

    Includes blog posts, event listings, Kai’s background, and contact info.

    Visit

  • HillYoga.de (Videos in German)

    A yoga platform for workshops, teacher trainings, and personal yoga with Kai.

    Focus: Anusara Yoga, therapeutic alignment, yoga philosophy, practice videos.

    Includes course bookings, retreats, and 1:1 sessions. (All in German)

    Visit

  • YogaTribe.de

    Online yoga courses and in-person Yoga Studio Berlin

    High variety of teachers (20+)  and yoga courses (40+/ week)

    Visit

Books & Publications

"Mentale Gesundheit durch Yoga"

by Kai Hill

A science-based guide to meditation, pranayama, mindfulness, and asanas – especially for beginners. This book offers practical approaches to mental wellbeing through yogic practices.

"Pranasomatics" (in progress)

by Lydia & Kai Hill

A therapeutic-spiritual book on the integration of prana, somatics, and awakening. This forthcoming work will explore the foundations and applications of the Pranasomatics approach.

Recommended Reading

PERSONAL GROWTH / PSYCHOLOGY / SOCIETY

  • Tara Brach – Radical Acceptance / Radical Compassion

  • Brené Brown – The Power of Vulnerability

  • Susan Cain – Quiet: The Power of Introverts

  • Deepak Chopra – Super Brain

  • Stephen Covey – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

  • Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu – The Book of Joy

  • Sarah Diehl – The Freedom of Being Alone

  • Viktor Frankl – Man’s Search for Meaning

  • Erich Fromm – To Have or To Be

  • Daniel Goleman – Emotional Intelligence

  • Yuval Noah Harari – Sapiens

  • Gerry Hussey – The Freedom Within

  • Jon Kabat-Zinn – Full Catastrophe Living

  • Gabor Maté – The Myth of Normal

  • Mark Nepo – The Book of Awakening

  • Catharina Roland – Awake – A Handbook

  • Marshall Rosenberg – Nonviolent Communication

  • Galina Schatalova – We Are Eating Ourselves to Death

  • Shunryu Suzuki – Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

  • Thich Nhat Hanh – The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching

  • Ken Wilber – Grace and Grit

  • John Yates (Culadasa) – The Mind Illuminated

  • Kristin Neff – Self-Compassion

  • David Cameron Gikandi – A Happy Pocket Full of Money

  • Norm Caldwell – Guilt Relief: Simply Success Now

SPIRITUALITY / PHILOSOPHY / NONDUALITY

  • Adyashanti – Falling into Grace, The End of Your World, Resurrection of Jesus, Emptiness Dancing, True Meditation, The Way of Liberation

  • Deepak Chopra – The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, You Are the Universe, Digital Dharma

  • Angelo DiLullo – Awake: It’s Your Turn

  • Mircea Eliade – Yoga: Immortality and Freedom

  • David Godman (ed.) – Be As You Are – Ramana Maharshi

  • G.W.F. Hegel – Phenomenology of Spirit

  • Immanuel Kant – Critique of Pure Reason

  • Sally Kempton – Awakening Shakti, Meditation for the Love of It

  • Jiddu Krishnamurti – Be the Change

  • Frank Lerch – The 36 Tattvas of Tantra

  • William Mahony – Exquisite Love – Bhakti Sutras

  • Paul Muller-Ortega – The Triadic Heart of Shiva

  • Carlos Pomeda – Wisdom, Passion and the Inner Fire

  • John Prendergast – The Deep Heart

  • Helen Schucman – A Course in Miracles

  • Michael A. Singer – The Untethered Soul

  • Rupert Spira – Being Aware of Being Aware, You Are the Happiness You Seek

  • Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj – I Am That

  • Eckhart Tolle – The Power of Now, A New Earth

  • Christopher Wallis – Near Enemies of the Truth, The Recognition Sutras, Tantra Illuminated

  • Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche – Awakening the Sacred Body

  • Alan Watts – The Book

  • Ken Wilber – Integral Spirituality

  • Eknath Easwaran – The Upanishads, The Bhagavad Gita

  • B.K.S. Iyengar – Light on Life

  • Sadhguru – The Source of Yoga

  • Carlo Rovelli – Reality Is Not What It Seems

  • Robert Falconer – The Others Within Us

  • Pim van Lommel – Consciousness Beyond Life

  • Rose Rosetree – Cutting the Cords of Attachment

  • David Treleaven – Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness

  • Steven Hassan – Combatting Cult Mind Control

  • Todd Kashdan – The Upside of Your Dark Side

  • Robert Johnson – Owning Your Shadow, Inner Work

  • Joe Dispenza – Becoming Supernatural

  • Reinoud Dunselman – In Place of the Self

  • Gabriel García Márquez – One Hundred Years of Solitude

  • Silvia Neales / Stephen Levine – A Gradual Awakening

  • Swami Satchidananda – The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

  • Alanna Kaivalya – Myths of the Asanas

TRAUMA / HEALING

  • Bessel van der Kolk – The Body Keeps the Score

  • Pete Walker – Complex PTSD, CPTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, Tao of Fully Feeling

  • Gabor Maté – The Myth of Normal

  • Janina Fisher – Healing the Fragmented Self

  • Deb Dana – Polyvagal Exercises for Safety

  • B. Lyon & S. Rubin – Embracing Shame

  • Judith Herman – Trauma and Recovery

  • Nicole LePera – How to Do the Work

  • Richard Schwartz – No Bad Parts

  • Laurence Heller – Healing Developmental Trauma

  • Peter Levine – Waking the Tiger, In an Unspoken Voice

  • J.L. Cori – The Emotionally Absent Mother

  • C. Bidwell Smith – Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief

  • J. Marich – Dissociation Made Simple

  • J.E. Gentry – Forward-Facing Trauma Therapy

  • Francine Shapiro – EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy

  • Melody Beattie – The Language of Letting Go

  • Katherine Woodward Thomas – Mother Hunger

  • M. Smith – When I Say No, I Feel Guilty

  • D. Burns – When Panic Attacks

  • Jeffrey Young – Reinventing Your Life

  • A. Greymond – ERP for OCD Recovery

  • Efu Nyaki – Healing Trauma through Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing

RELATIONSHIPS / BOUNDARIES

  • Richard Schwartz – You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For

  • Thomas Hübl – Attuned: Practicing Interdependence

  • Marshall Rosenberg – Nonviolent Communication

  • Alison Armstrong – The Queen’s Code

  • Alexandra Solomon – Loving Bravely

  • Erica Earnshaw – I Want This to Work

  • Ross Rosenberg – The Human Magnet Syndrome

  • L. Cole – Boundary Boss

  • J. Kreisman – I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me

  • A. Chen – The Attachment Theory Workbook

  • L. Greenberg – Emotion Focused Couples Therapy

  • R. Grannon – A Cult of One

  • A. Greyhound – Relationship OCD Recovery

  • L. Lori – The Narcissist’s Secrets

  • J. Gottman – The Love Prescription

  • Mona Barbera – Bring Yourself to Love

  • Zelina Chinwoh – You Are No Longer Your Sibling’s Keeper

  • Lulu Nicholson – Anxious, Avoidant, and Disorganized Attachment Recovery Workbook

SEXUALITY / EMBODIMENT

  • Wendy Maltz – The Sexual Healing Journey

  • Sarah Desilets – Emergence of the Sensual Woman

  • Esther Perel – Mating in Captivity

  • Naomi Wolf – Vagina – A Cultural History

  • Kate Angel – Unmastered: A Book on Desire

  • Robert Greene – The Art of Seduction

  • E. Bass – The Courage to Heal

  • E. Green – Tantric Massage

  • R. Riley – Tantric Massage

  • G. Mason – Tantric Sex Guide

  • R. Rickets – Do Better

  • Susan Bratton – Sexual Soulmates: The Six Essentials for Connected Sex

  • Mike Lew – Victims No Longer

MINDSET / PERFORMANCE

  • James Clear – Atomic Habits

  • Edward Hallowell – Driven to Distraction

  • Chris Voss – Never Split the Difference

  • Simon Sinek – Start With Why

  • Mark Goulston – Get Out of Your Own Way

  • Rick Carson – Taming Your Gremlin

  • Allen Carr – Quit Emotional Eating

  • James Hollis – Living an Examined Life

  • Tamara Rosier – Your Brain Is Not Broken

  • T.L. Rampa – Healing Back Pain

  • Donna Godfrey – Think Straight, Lose Weight

  • M. Beck – Stop Eating Your Heart Out

  • Daniel Siegel – Brainstorm – The Teenage Brain

  • R. Orbe-Austin – Own Your Greatness

  • Susan Anderson – Taming Your Outer Child

  • G. Wernink – Human Design

  • Frank Anderson – Internal Family Systems

  • Cal Newport – Deep Work

  • Doug Brackmann – Driven

  • Johann Hari – Stolen Focus

  • Lenka Lutonska – Energetic Selling and Marketing

KASHMIR SHAIVISM & YOGA FOUNDATIONS

  • Abhinavagupta – Tantrāloka (trans. Mark Dyczkowski)

  • John R. Dupuche – The Kula Ritual

  • Kṣemarāja – Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam (trans. Jaideva Singh)

  • Jaideva Singh – Para-trisika-Vivarana

  • R. Sriram – Yoga Sutra

  • Swami Lakshmanjoo – Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme, The Shiva Sutras

This list will continue to evolve and expand – as do we.

With love,

Lydia & Kai