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RECOMMENDED READING

*Good for Beginners

ASANA

Austin, Miriam. Cool Yoga Tricks. New York: Random House, 2003.
*Farhi, Donna. Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2000.
Iyengar, B.K.S. LIght on Yoga. New York: Schocken Books, Inc., 1979.
Kraftsow, Gary. Yoga for Transformation. New York: Penguin Compass, 2002.
*Lasater, Judith. Relax & Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times. Berkeley: Rodmell Press, 1995.
*Mehta, Silva, Mira & Shyam. Yoga, The Iyengar Way. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Powers, Sarah. Insight Yoga. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2008.
Scaravelli, Vanda. Awakening the Spine. New York: Harper Collins, 1991.
Schatz, Mary Pullig, M.D. Back Care Basics. Berkeley: Rodmell Press, 1992.
*Schiffmann, Erich. Yoga: The Spirit & Practice of Moving Into Stillness. New York: Pocket Books, 1996.
*Sparrowe, Linda & Patricia Walden. The Woman's Book of Yoga & Health. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2002.
Yee, Rodney & Nina Zolotow. Moving Toward Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee. New York: Rodale Books, 2004.

PRANAYAMA

Calais–Germain, Blandine. Anatomy of Breathing. Seattle: Eastland Press, 2006.
*Farhi, Donna. The Breathing Book: Good Health & Vitality Through Essential Breath Work. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1996.
Iyengar, B.K.S. Light on Pranayama. New York: Crossroad Publishing, 1999.
Rosen, Richard. Pranayama: Beyond the Fundamentals. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2006.
*The Yoga of Breath: A Step–by–Step Guide to Pranayama. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2002.

ANATOMY

*Calais–Germain, Blandine. Anatomy of Movement. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1993.
The Female Pelvis: Anatomy & Exercises. Seattle: Eastland Press, 2003.
Kapit, Wynn & Lawrence M. Elson. The Anatomy Coloring Book. New York: Addison–Wesley Educational Publishers, Inc., 1993.
Koch, Liz. The Psoas Book. Felton: Guinea Pig Publications, 1997.
Myers, Thomas W. Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual & Movement Therapists. London: Harcourt, 2001.

PHILOSOPHY/HISTORY/TEACHERS

*Cope, Stephen. The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker's Guide to Extraordinary Living. New York: Bantam, 2007.
*Yoga & the Quest for the True Self. New York: Bantam, 2000.
Desikachar, T.K.V. & R.H. Cravens. Health, Healing, and Beyong: Yoga and the Living Tradition of Krishnamacharya. New York: Aperture Foundation, Inc., 1998.
The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice. Rochester: Inner Traditions International, 1995.
*Farhi, Donna. Bringing Yoga to Life. New York: Harper Collins, 2004.
Feuerstein, Georg. The Shambhala Guide to Yoga. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1996.
*Gates, Janice. Yogini: The Power of Women in Yoga. San Rafael: Mandala Publishing, 2006.
*Hartranft, Chip. The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2003.
Iyengar, B.K.S. Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. London: Thorsons, 1993.
Lasater, Judith. Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life. Berkeley: Rodmell Press, 2000.
Self, Phiip. Yogi Bare. Nashville: Cypress Moon Books, 1998.
Willis, Jennifer Schwamm, Ed. The Joy of Yoga. New York: Marlowe & Co., 2002.

MEDITATION & DHARMA

Boorstein, Sylvia. Happiness is an Inside Job. New York: Random House, Inc., 2007.
Brach, Tara. Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha. New York: Bantam, 2003.
*Kornfield, Jack. A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life. New York: Bantam, 1993.
Moffitt, Phillip. Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering. New York: Rodale, Inc., 2008.
*Salzberg, Sharon. Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience. New York: Riverhead Books, 2002.
*Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1995.
*Smith, Jean. The Beginner's Guide to Walking the Buddha's Eightfold Path. New York: Bell Tower, 2002.

POETS

  • Berry, Wendell
  • Dickinson, Emily
  • Eliot, T.S.
  • Gibran, Kahlil
  • Hafiz
  • Kenyon, Jane
  • Kinnell, Galway
  • Neruda, Pablo
  • Nye, Naomi Shihab
  • Oliver, Mary
  • Rilke, Rainer Maria
  • Rumi
  • Whitman, Walt
  • Whyte, David
  • Yeats, William Butler

POETRY ANTHOLOGIES

Bly, Robert, James Hillman & Michael Meade, Eds. The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart. New York: Harper Collins, 1993.
Intrator, Sam M. & Megan Scribner, Eds. Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach. San Francisco: Jossey–Bass, 2003.
Ladinsky, Daniel, Ed. Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices From the East and West. New York: Penguin Compass, 2002.
Roberts, Elizabeth & Elias Amidon, Eds. Earth Prayers From Around the World. New York: Harper Collins, 1991.

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