My recommended reading list:


 My own, of course! 

 

 

 

BOOKS TO HELP YOU PRACTICE:

The Iyengar Way by Silva, Mira & Shyam Mehta

How To Use Yoga by Silva, Mira & Shyam Mehta

30 Essential Yoga Poses by Judith Lasater

 

BOOKS ON STRESS REDUCTION:

Relax and Renew by Judith Lasater

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, by Robert Sapolsky

The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson

Yoga & Pain Relief by Kelly McGonigal

 

BOOKS THAT EXPLAIN THE THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF YOGA:

Yoga:  The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness by Erich Schiffman

Living Your Yoga by Judith Lasater

Full Catastrophe Living by John Kabat-Zinn

Simple Yoga, by Cybele Tomlinson

 

MORE ADVANCED TEXTS ON PHILOSOPHY:

 The Shambala Guide To Yoga by Georg Feuerstein

 Yoga:  Discipline and Freedom (The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, translated by Barbara Stolen Miller)

 Hatha Yoga Pradapika  (the original 15th century text on hatha yoga, translated by Brian Dana Akers)