A Bibliography of Recommended Reading

The following are some of my favorite yoga and related reading titles.

The Tree of Yoga and

Light on Life by B.K.S. Iyengar also recommended are Light on Yoga and

Light on Pranayama

A wonderful overview on yoga, the practice and philosophy for newcomers:

Living Yoga, a Comprehensive Guide to Daily Life by Georg Feuerstein 

Living Your Yoga by Judith Lasater

The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar

Actually all books written by the two authors above are wonderful, Feuerstein is my favorite writer on yoga. Also good are his Yoga, a Shambhala guide and Yoga Gems.

Yoga and Ayurveda, Self-Healing and Self-Realization, by David Frawley

Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss

The Language of Yoga, A Complete Guide to asana names, sanskrit and chants by Nicolai Bachman

Beautiful Reading:

Autobiography of a Yogi; Paramahansa Yogananda

My Guru and His Disciple; Christopher Isherwood

Bhagavad Gita; translation by Stephen Mitchell (there are many other translations, of course.)

The Living Gita, commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda

The Power of Myth; Joseph Campbell

Care of the Soul; Thomas More

The Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran

The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri Swami Satchidananda and

Reflections on the Yoga Sutras by TKV Desikachar

There are beautiful books on the teachings of the Buddha, edited by Jack Kornfield.

More

Yoga for Body, Breath and Mind; A.G. Mohan

Yoga of Heart; Mark Whitwell

Yoga Body, Buddha Mind; Cyndi Lee

Jivamukti Yoga; Sharon Gannon and David Life

Anatomy

The Anatomy of Hatha Yoga; H. David Coulter

Anatomie pour le movement; Blandine Calais-Germain
Méditer Jour après Jour; Christophe André
Other

The Mudras; Gertrude Hirschi
Perfect Health; (Ayurveda) Deepak Chopra

Favorite Links:

http://www.healthandyoga.com/

http://www.freespirituk.com/

a good site for yoga getaways