The following is a list of required readings for the 2008 course, as well as a list of further readings that we endorse as great ways of deepening your own personal yoga practice and teachings. Each student will receive a syllabus pertaining to exact text requirements upon registering for the course. Written homework assignments (short essays and journal entries) will be based upon the required readings.

REQUIRED READINGS (click title to purchase)

Sound Against Flame: The Process of Yoga and Atheism in America by Derek Beres
The Bhagavad Gita tranlasted by Eknath Eashvaran
The Concise Book of Muscles by Chris Jarmey
The Concise Book of the Moving Body by Chris Jarmey
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translation and commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda
Yoga International reprints: Simply Breathing, Breathing Lessons, Nadi Shodhanam, Bhastrika & Kapalabhati, Agni Sara: Solar Power

FURTHER READINGS

Anatomy & Physiology

Anatomy & Asana by Susi Aldous
Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain
Anatomy of the Spirit by Carolyn Myss
Eastern Body Western Mind by Anodea Judith
Taking Root to Fly by Irene Dowd
The Anatomy Coloring Book by Wynn Kapit and Lawrence Elson
The Muscle Book by Paul Blakey

Asana Practice

Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual by David Swenson
Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Bihar School of Yoga) by Swami Muktibodhananda
Jivamukti Yoga by Sharon Gannon and David Life
Journey into Power by Baron Baptiste
Light on Yoga by B.K.S Iyengar
The Woman’s Book of Yoga & Health by Linda Sparrow and Patricia Walden
Yoga Mala (Sri K. Pattabhi Jois) by Yogasana Visharada Vedanta Vidban
Yoga: Mastering the Basics by Sandra Anderson and Rolf Sovik, Psy.D.
Yoga The Iyengar Way by Silva, Mira and Shyam Mehta

Ayurveda & Medicine

Diet and Nutrition:  A Holistic Approach by Rudolph Ballentine
Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution by Dr Robert E Svoboda
Yoga in Modern India by Robert S Alter

Inspiration, Lifestyle & Related Reading

Bountiful, Beautiful and Blissful by Gurmukh
Freedom from the Bondage of Karma by Swami Rama
Moola Bandha: The Master Key by Swammi Buddhananda
The Art of Joyful Living by Swami Rama
The Seeker’s Guiide by Elizabeth Lesser
Yoga and Psychotherapy: The Evolution of Consciousness by Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentime, M.D. and Swami Ajaya, Ph.D.

Meditation

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Light on Pranayama by B.K.S. Iyengar
Meditation and Its Practice by Swami Rama
Yoga Psychology by Swami Ajaya, Ph.d.
Yoga Psychology by Swami Rama

Yoga Philosophy

How to Know God by Swami Prabhavananda
Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man by Gopi Krishna
The Deeper Dimension of Yoga by Georg Feuerstein
The Royal Path by Swami Rama
The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal by Swami Prabhavananda and Frederick Manchester
Yoga and the Hindu Tradition by Jean Varenne