Now the teachings of yoga. [The Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali, verse 1]
Are you looking for the perfect yoga book? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Below you’ll find a repository of books to take your yoga practice to the next level.
Note: This list is in its infant stages. Expect to see it grow over time. If you have recommendations, please share!
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Practice of Yoga
Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual: An Illustrated Guide to Personal Practice
Yoga Mala
The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice
40 Days to Personal Revolution: A Breakthrough Program to Radically Change Your Body and Awaken the Sacred Within Your Soul
Journey Into Power : How to Sculpt Your Ideal Body, Free Your True Self, and Transform Your Life With Yoga by Baron Baptiste
The Yoga Bootcamp Box: An Interactive Program to Revolutionize Your Life with Yoga
Yoga for Dummies
Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
The Light On Pranayama: The Yogic Art of Breathing by B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness
Moving Toward Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee
Yoga: The Poetry of the Body
History and Philosophy of Yoga
The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation with Commentary (Shambhala Classics)
Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom
The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker’s Guide to Extraordinary Living
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
Shambhala Guide to Yoga
Other Random Yoga Goodness
Autobiography of a Yogi: with bonus CD
It’s a Long Way to the Floor
Anatomy of Hatha Yoga
Yoga Anatomy
Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries
Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing by Timothy McCall
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Ohhhh…alll very good books. I have most of them. :o)
I was surprised and delighted to see many overlaps with my collection. I’ll have to look into some of the ones I’m missing.
Peace,
Yogeshvara OM
Thank you for this list! I started my collection of Yoga literature in German (I’m from Austria) but since I’m travelling a lot and planning to do my TT in English, I’ve been starting to look for books in English… I found Desikachar’s “Heart of Yoga” and Kaminoff’s “Yoga Anatomy” here…
Needless to say I’m glued to the pages! Great books…
Thanx again!
Lily
Hello and thank you for this blog. Because you are a yoga practitioner, I thought I would let you know that yoga master Erich Schiffmann is in the new movie The Compass. I think you’ll like it.
Thanks for a great selection of book recommendations! I’d also like to add Susi Hately Aldous’ “the Art of Slowing Down” to the list of great reads.
Maria – That sounds like an outstanding book! I’ll definitely have to snag a copy and see if I can work on that elusive art. Thanks for stopping by!
I just left my recommendations link on your LibraryThing blog, but I’ll put it here too:
http://yogademystified.com/recommended-yoga-resources/
Thanks for the excellent list.
Holy heck! And I had no idea that you were the editor of Yoga in America. That really sounds like an interesting read and I bet it has some great stories about the history of yoga in America. Just haven’t been to the bookstore in a while…
Thanks you so much for this excellent selection of book recommendations.
thanks for giving out a list of books that yoga enthusiasts could read. It is very helpful
Such great book recommendations! Thank you for this!