Yoga Book Recommendations

May 25th, 2008

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 Practiceby David Swenson

Yoga Malaby Sri K. Jois

The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practiceby T.K.V. Desikachar

40 Days to Personal Revolution: A Breakthrough Program to Radically Change Your Body and Awaken the Sacred Within Your Soulby Baron Baptiste

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 Yogaby Baron Baptiste

Yoga for Dummiesby Georg Feuerstein

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 by Erich Schiffmann

Moving Toward Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee by Rodney Yee

Yoga: The Poetry of the Body by Rodney Yee

History and Philosophy of Yoga

The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation with Commentary (Shambhala Classics) translated by Chip Hartranft

Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom by B.K.S. Iyengar

The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker’s Guide to Extraordinary Living by Stephen Cope

Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope

Shambhala Guide to Yoga by Georg Feuerstein

Other Random Yoga Goodness

Autobiography of a Yogi: with bonus CD by Paramahansa Yogananda

It’s a Long Way to the Floor by David Byck
$It\'s a Long Way to the Floor$

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by H. David Coulter

Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff

Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries by Susi Hately Aldous

Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing by Timothy McCall

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- Kris Myers
- July 14th, 2008 9:55pm
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Ohhhh…alll very good books. I have most of them. )
- Yogeshvara OM
- July 15th, 2008 8:03am
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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
- lilylotus
- July 27th, 2008 5:31am
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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
- John Spencer Ellis
- January 24th, 2009 3:33pm
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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.