Roots & Branches
Articles, reflections, and practical guidance from the Windhorse team on mental health, recovery, and living with greater balance and connection.
Recommended Reading
Most of Us Recover: Taking a Fresh Look at Extreme Mental States – by Joanne Greenberg, Jeffrey Fortuna, and Chuck Knapp - Joanne Greenberg, author of I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (now a Penguin Classic), Jeffrey Fortuna and Chuck Knapp, both long-time psychotherapists and former Windhorse founders/directors, challenge the common belief that psychosis, schizophrenia, and other severe mental health struggles inevitably lead to lifelong decline.
Recovering Sanity – by Dr. Edward M. Podvoll - Recovering Sanity is a compassionately written examination of the experience of psychosis and related mental illnesses. By presenting four in-depth profiles of illness and recovery, Dr. Edward Podvoll, founder of the first Windhorse Project, reveals the brilliance and chaos of the psychotic mind and demonstrates its potential for recovery outside of traditional institutional settings.
Windhorse Guild Legacy Project– The Legacy Project is guided by an educational vision to preserve the Windhorse Legacy, make it widely accessible, and guide its evolution.
Rose Garden Writer – Home of Joanne Greenberg, friend of Windhorse and author of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.
ISPS-US– The International Society of Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis
Collection of Articles
Meditation Retreat Day 1 with Buddhist teacher Judith Lief
Last month, the Northampton Windhorse staff had a two-day training retreat with the Buddhist teacher Judy Lief at Windhorse Hill Retreat Center, home of the Engaged Mindfulness Institute. Over the course of these two days, we deepened our understanding and practice of mindfulness-awareness and Tonglen. We explored the nuances of being present with ourselves and others and cultivating […]
Recovering Sanity Session 1: His Earlier Works
Over the course of the next few months, Windhorse Northampton will be having discussions about Podvoll’s Recovering Sanity which is a principle book towards the Windhorse approach to recovery. The discussion is lectured by staff members and open to the wider Windhorse community. This first post was lectured by Mary Tibbetts and Phoebe Walker. The following is an edited […]
Recovering Sanity Session 2: Beyond the Medical Model
Over the course of the next few months, Windhorse Northampton will be having discussions about Podvoll’s Recovering Sanity which is a principle book towards the Windhorse approach to recovery. The discussion is lectured by staff members and open to the wider Windhorse community. This first post was lectured by Mary Tibbetts and Phoebe Walker. The following is an edited […]
Lama Rod Owens Speaks at Windhorse
Sitting with Lama Rod is to be guided into conversations and contemplations around things that affect us all but we’re scared to talk about like sex, race, identity, gender, class, power, depression, and all the other stuff we tend to turn away from. He sits with the Windhorse staff and guides us through unpacking […]