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)
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