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Manuals, Books, Classical Yoga Texts, Videos, and Audios: The following is a list that I have read and study from over the past 20 plus years.

Ashtanga Yoga

Yoga Mala, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

Guruji, A Portrait of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Guy Donahaye and E. Stern

Astanga Yoga, Lino Miele

Ashtanga Yoga, Practice and Philosophy, Gregor Maehle

Ashtanga Yoga, "The Practice Manual", David Swenson

 

Anatomy & Physiology

Principles of Anatomy & Physiology, Gerard Tortora

Human Physiology, Stuart Ira Fox

Atlas of Human Anatomy, F. Netter

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga, Doug Coulter

Manual of Structural Kinesiology, Thompson

The Anatomy Coloring Book, Kapit, Elson

Anatomy and Mechanics and Human Motion, Hay, Reid

The Physiological Basis of Physical Education and Athletes, Fox, Bowers, Foss

The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga, Ray Long, Illustrations by Chris Macivor

 

Ayurveda & Nutrition:

Eat• Taste• Heal, Yarema, Rhoda and Bennigan

Ayurveda, Scott Gerson

Yoga and Ayurveda, David Frawley

The Ayurvedic Cookbook, A. Morningstar

Staying Healthy with the Seasons, Haas

Body, Mind and Sport, J. Douillard

Nutrition for Fitness and Sport, Williams

Optimum Sports Nutrition, Your Competitve Edge, Colgan

 

Introduction to Yoga:

The Sivananda Companion to Yoga, The Sivananda Center

Living Yoga Mind & Body, Sivananda Center

Journey into Power, Baron Baptiste

40 Days to Personal Revolution, Baron Baptiste

The Book on Yoga, Christina Brown

The Yoga Handbook, Noa, Selling

How Yoga Works, Geshe Michael Roach & Christie McNally

The Garden, Geshe Michael Roach

 

Breathing, Pranayama:

A Life Worth Breathing, Max Strom

The Practice of Pranayama, Richard Rosen (7 cd's)

Breathe Deep, Laugh Loudly, Judith Kravitz

The Little Book of Yoga Breathing, S. Shaw

Science of Breath, Swami Rama, R. Ballentine, A. Hymes

 

Teachers Manuals & References:

Guiding Yoga’s Light, Nancy Gerstein

Awakening the Spine, Vanda Scaravelli

Anusara Teacher Training Manual, John Friend

The Yoga Handbook, Stephanie Keach

The Yoga Connection, Linda Christy Weiler

The Yoga Bible, Christina Brown

608 Yoga Asanas, Dharma Mittra

Embodying the Flow, Vinyasa Teaching Manual, Shiva Rae

Sthira Sukham Asanam, Tias Little                   

The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga, Swami Vishnu-devananda

Yoga and Health, Selvarajan Yegudian, Elisabeth Haich

Yoga, Yoga Journal Book

Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha, Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Kundalini Tantra, Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Path of Fire and Light Volume 1, Swami Rama

Path of Fire and Light, Volume 2, Swami Rama

How Yoga Works, Geshe Michael Roach, Christie McNally

Teaching Yoga, Donna Farhi

Fire of Love, Aadil Palkhivala

 

Classical Yoga Texts & Philosophy:

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Translation by Sri Swami Satchidananada

The Essential Yoga Sutra, Geshe Michael Roach, Christie McNally

Four Chapters on Freedom, Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Yoga and the Sacred Fire, David Frawley

Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Svatmarama,Brian Dana Akers

On the Bhagavad Gita, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali, Swami Hariharananda Aranya

Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda

Light on Yoga, BKS, Iyengar

Essence of the Upanishads, Eknath Easwaran

 

On Living Life:

No Greater Love, Mother Teresa

In the Heart of the World, Mother Teresa

 

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