
Essential classical texts
- The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali
- Bhagavad Gita
- Hatha Yoga Pradipika
- The Upanishads
- Tao Te Ching (Taoist)
- Dhammapada
The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali translations by:
- Edwin Bryant
- Chip Hartranft
- Ravi Ravindra
- Pandit Usharbudh Arya
- Georg Feurstein
- Swami Satchitananda
- Mukunda Styles
- Swami Hariharananda Aranya
- Swami Satyananda Saraswati (Four Chapters on Freedom)
- Nicolai Bachman (Yoga Sutras Home Study Kit)
– Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Bihar School of Yoga) – The Principal Upanishads – S. Radhakrishnan
Bhagavad Gita
- S. Radhakrishnan
- Stephen Mitchell
- Ecknath Easwaran
- Paramahansa Yogananda
Recommended reading
- Yoga for Wellness by Gary Kraftsow
- Yoga for Transformation by Gary Kraftsow
- Ashtanga Yoga Practice Manual by David Swenson
- Yoga & Ayurveda by David Frawley
- Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar
- Light on Pranayama by BKS Iyengar
- Light on Life by BKS Iyengar
- The Yoga Tradition by Georg Feurstein
- The Deeper Dimensions of Yoga by Georg Feurstein
- Tantra: the path of Ecstasy by Georg Feurstein
- The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga by Georg Feurstein
- Fire of Love by Aadil Palkhivala
- Jivamukti Yoga by David Life & Sharon Gannon
- The Four Desires by Rod Stryker
- Mirror of Yoga by Richard Freeman
- The Yoga of Breath by Richard Rosen
- Pranayama: Beyond the Fundamentals by Richard Rosen
- The Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
- The Heart of Yoga by TKV Desikachar
- I Am That by Sri Nisargadatta Maharhaj
- The Yogas and Other Works by Swami Vivikananda
- Commentaries on Living- Series 1, 2, & 3 by J. Krishnamurti
- Yoga and the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope
- Ka- Roberto Calasso
- Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind- Suzuki Roshi
- The Life Divine by Sri Aurobindo
- Yoga and Immortality by Mircea Eliade
- A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber
- Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore
Women’s Resources
- Yoga: A Gem for Women by Geeta Iyengar
- The Woman’s Book of Yoga & Health by Linda Sparrowe
- The Female Pelvis by Blandine Calais-Germaine
Mystical Poetry & Inspiration
- The Gift- Poems by Hafiz trans. By Daniel Ladinksky
- Gitanjali- Rabindrinath Tagore
- The Prophet- Kahlil Gibran
- The Essential Rumi- trans. By Coleman Barks
- Ecstatic Poems of Kabir- trans. By Robert Bly
- Love Poems from God trans. By Daniel Ladinksky
- New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver
- Tao Te Ching trans. by Stephen Mitchell
- Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Bihar School of Yoga
- Hatha Yoga Pradipika
- Sure Ways to Self- Realization
- Four chapters on Freedom
- Moola Bandha
- Yoga Nidra
- Nawa Yogini Tantra
- Dharana Darshan
- Yoga and Kriya
Anatomy
- Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais Germaine
- The Anatomy Coloring Book by Kapit Elson
- Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff
- Anatomy of a Hatha Yogi by Timothy McCall
Listening
- The Yoga Matrix by Richard Freeman
- Tantra by Rod Stryker
- Yoga Nidra by Richard Miller
- The Four Desires: Meditations by Rod Stryker
Publications
- Yoga international
- Tathaastu
- Yoga Journal (sort of)
Links
www.yogaworkshop.com www.parayoga.com www.purnayoga.com www.viniyoga.com www.one-yoga.org www.blooma.com www.tarana.com