Yoga Reading List – My Favorite Yoga Books

Yoga Book List

Today I thought I would share with you a list of some of my favorite yoga books. This list is not complete by any means, and I hope that if you have any books that should be added to this list, you will post them as a comment at the end.

Happy reading.

Shalom & Namaste,
Diana Bonyhadi

ASANA
Dancing the Body of Light by Dona Hollerman and Orit Sen-Gupta
Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
Light on Pranayama by B.K.S. Iyengar
30 Essential Yoga Poses by Judith Hanson Lasater
Yoga the Iyengar Way by Silva Mira and Shyam Mehta
Ashtanga Yoga Practice and Philosophy by Gregor Maehle
The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga by Srivatsa Ramaswami
The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V Desikvhar

ANATOMY
Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff
Yoga Body, Anatomy, Kinesiology and Aasna by Judith Hanson Lasater

YOGA – A DAILY PRACTICE
Living Your Yoga – Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life by Judith Hanson Lasater
Mindful Yoga – Mindful Life by Charlotte Bell

YOGA PHILOSOPHY
Poised for Grace – Annotations on the Bhagavad Gita by Douglas Brooks
The Radiance Sutras – 112 Tantra Yoga Teachings by Lorin Roche
The Bhagavad Gita – I have three different translations I refer like, try a few and choose what calls to you.
The Unpanishads translated by Eknath Easwaran
The Essence of Yoga by Bernard Bouanchard
Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh

3 thoughts on “Yoga Reading List – My Favorite Yoga Books”

I like your list of books! I’ve read quite a few of the same ones.

Do you have a favorite translation of the Yoga Sutras? I really like the simplicity of T.K.V. Desikachar’s in The Heart of Yoga. Then I also refer to Inside the Yoga Sutras by Rev. Jaganath Carrera if I need more detail.

Do you have any favorite yoga novels or memoirs? I just read Poser, My Life in 23 Poses and now there’s a book group that’s recently started through Goodreads. It would be nice to meet you there! Thanks again for your list.

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Diana | September 21, 2011 at 2:17 am

I also like TVK’s translations, but he tends to add a bit more than is there. The Essence of Yoga provides and excellent translation and exploration of the sutras. I admit to using the internet daily. This week’s favorite link is:

http://www.ashtangayoga.info/philosophy/yoga-sutra-patanjali/chapter-1/

I too read Poser – it was fun and challenging and annoying. I will check out the Goodreads bookclub.

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