It’s a bit of a costly habit (well worth it though), but one of the first things I do when I read a book is check whether the author provides additional reading recommendations. I’m currently reading The Science of Yoga and was happy to find a list of science and yoga history related books for further reading. As the author states, “The list makes no claim of being comprehensive but simply offers entree to a growing literature that draws on demonstrable fact and reasonable inference to illuminate yoga.”
Some of these look well beyond my attention span in the science of yoga–glad Mr. Broad read them all and summed them up so nicely–but I definitely plan to add a few of these to my shelves.
- Science of Flexibility, 3rd ed. by Michael J. Alter (2004)
- Relief is in the Stretch: End Back Pain Through Yoga by Loren Fishman and Carol Ardman (2005)
- Yoga for Arthritis by Loren Fishman and Ellen Saltonstall (2008)
- Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana by Judith Hanson Lasater (2009)
- Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance, 7th ed. by William D. McArdle, Frank I. Katch, and Victor L. Katch (2009)
- Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing by Timothy McCall (2007)
- A Physiological Handbook for Teachers of Yogasana by Mel Robin (2002)
- A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers: The Incorporation of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Anatomy into the Practice by Mel Robin (2009)
- Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, 3rd ed. by Robert M. Sapolsky (2004)
- Respiratory Physiology: A Clinical Approach by Richard M. Schwartzstein and Michael J. Parker (2005)
- Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice by Mark Singleton (2010)
- Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion by Hugh B. Urban (2003)
- Yoga for Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga by Amy Weintraub (2004)
- Kiss the Yogini: “Tantric Sex” in its South Asian Contexts by David Gordon White (2006)
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