Reading List

Recommended Reading List for Teachers and Dedicated Students

** Required for Certification

* Highly Recommended

	Hatha Yoga
	Title	Author
**	Anusara Yoga Teacher Training Manual	~ John Friend
**	Light on Yoga	~ B.K.S. Iyengar
*	Yoga from the Inside Out	~ Christina Sell
*	Yoga: A Gem for Women	~ Geeta Iyengar
*	Relax & Renew	~ Judith Lasater
*	Yoga for Pregnancy	~ Sandra Jordan
	Yoga: The Iyengar Way	~ S. Mehta
	Light on Pranayama	~ B.K.S. Iyengar
	The Breathing Book	~ Donna Farhi
	The Art of Yoga	~ B.K.S. Iyengar
	Yoga: Moving Into Stillness	~ Erich Schiffman

	Scripture
	Title	Author
**	Hatha Yoga Pradipika	~ Any/Several Translations
**	Bhagavad Gita	~ Any/Several Translations
**	Yoga Sutras of Patanjali	~ Any/Several Translations
*	Poised for Grace, Annotations of the Bhagavad Gita	~ Dr. Douglas Brooks
*	Jnaneshwar's Gita	~ Sw. Kripananda
*	The Upanishads	~ P. Olvielle
*	The Mahabharata	~ William Buck
*	The Ramayana	~ William Buck
*	Tao Te Ching, A New Version for All Seekers	~ Guy Leekley
*	Vijnanabhairava: Divine Consciousness	~ Jaideva Singh
	Viveka Chudamani – The Crest Jewel of Discrimination	~ Sw. Prabhavanada & C. Isherwood
	The Siva Samhita	~ R.B.S.C. Basu
	The Gheranda Samhita	~ R.B.S.C. Basu
	The Concise Yoga Vasistha	~ Sw. Venkatesananda
	The Taoist I-Ching	~ Thomas Cleary
	The Dhammapada	~ Thomas Byrom
	The Unvarnished New Testament	~ Andy Gaus

	Hindu Philosophy
	Title	Author
*	The Yoga Tradition	~ Georg Feuerstein
*	Enthusiasm	~ Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
*	The Yoga of Discipline	~ Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
*	Exquisite Love	~ William K. Mahony
	The Origins & Development of Classical Hinduism	~ A.L. Bashum
	The Shambala Guide to Yoga	~ Georg Feuerstein
	Sacred Paths	~ Georg Feuerstein
	Yoga: The Technology of Ecstasy	~ Georg Feuerstein
	The Philosophy of Hatha Yoga	~ Pandit Arya
	Am I a Hindu?	~ E. Viswanathan
	My Way	~ Osho
	The Tree of Yoga	~ B.K.S. Iyengar
	The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi	~ Arthur Osborne
	Hinduism	~ Sw. Nikhilananda
	Yoga: Immortality and Freedom	~ Mircea Eliade

	Buddhism
	Title	Author
*	Lovingkindness	~ Sharon Salzburg
*	Shambala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior	~ Chogyam Trungpa
	Insight Meditation	~ Joseph Goldstein
	A Path with a Heart	~ Jack Kornfield
	Nothing Special	~ Joko Beck
	Wherever You Go, There You Are	~ Jon Kabat-Zinn

	Comparative Eastern Philosophy
	Title	Author
	Seven Systems of Indian Philosophy	~ R. Tigunait
	A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy	~ S. Radhakrishnan & C. Moore
	The World's Religions	~ Huston Smith
	The Meditative Mind	~ Daniel Goleman

	Tantric Philosophy
	Title	Author
**	Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening	~ Swami Lakshmanjoo
*	Tantra Illuminated	~ Christopher Wallis
*	Self Realization in Kasmir Shaivism	~ John Hughes
*	Kashmir Saivism: The Central Philosophy of Tantrism	~ Kamalakar Mishra
*	Kashmir Saivism - The Secret Supreme	~ Swami Lakshman Jee
*	Nothing Exists That is Not Siva	~ Swami Muktananda
*	Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy	~ Georg Feuerstein
	Dynamic Stillness - Volumes I & II	~ Swami Chetananda
	Specific Principles of Kashmir Shaivism	~ B.N.
	The Yoga of Power	~ Julius Evola
	The Tantric Way	~ Mookerjee & Khanna
	The Philosophy of Sadhana	~ Deba SenSharma
	Kashmir Shaivism	~ J.C. Chatterji
	The Alchemical Body	~ David White
	Tantra: The Way of Action	~ Francis King
	Creator Protector Destroyer	~ J.R. Picken
	The Art of Tantra	~ Philip Rawson
	The Triadic Heart of Shiva (Paratrishika -laghuvrtti)	~ Paul Muller-Ortega
	The Stanzas on Vibration	~ Mark Dyczkowski
	The Doctrine of Vibration	~ Mark Dyczkowski
	The Aphorisms of Shiva (Siva Sutras)	~ Mark Dyczkowski
	Siva Sutras	~ Jaideva Singh
	Spanda Karikas	~ Jaideva Singh
*	Vijnanabhairava: Divine Consciousness	~ Jaideva Singh
	Pratyabhijnahrdayam	~ Jaideva Singh
	The Serpent Power	~ Arthur Avalon
	Sakti: The Power in Tantra	~ Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

	Anatomy / Physiology / Kinesiology
	Title	Author
**	The Anatomy of Movement	~ Blandine Calais Germain
*	The Anatomy Coloring Book	~ Kapit & Elson
*	Manual of Structural Kinesiology	~ C.W. Thompson
	Rolfing	~ Ida Rolf

	Mind/Body
	Title	Author
*	Wheels of Life	~ Anodea Judith
*	Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology & the Chakra System	~ Anodea Judith
	Emotional Anatomy	~ Stanley Keleman
	Embodying Experience	~ Stanley Keleman
	Sensing, Feeling and Action	~ Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
	Bodymind	~ Ken Dychtwald
	The Body Reveals	~ R. Kurtz & H. Prestera
	Somatics	~ Thomas Hanna
	Quantum Healing	~ Deepak Chopra
	Awareness through Movement	~ Moshe Feldenkrais
	The Alexander Technique	~ F. Matthias Alexander
	Bioenergetics	~ Alexander Lowen
	Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer	~ Kenneth Pelletier