Self-Paced 200-HOUR Yoga Teacher Training

Recommended Reading

Please note that there are multiple versions of the same book written by different authors. Please choose according to your preference.

The Yoga Sutra (you need this)

• Sri Swami Satchidananda (Clear and accessible.)

• Chip Hartranft (Does not translate each sutra separately, but a good translation.)

• BKS Iyengar (Adds a distinctly asana based commentary.)

• Edwin Bryant (More scholarly translation, may feel dense.)

• Desikachar (Accessible, interesting versions of the sutras). You can find sutra translations contained in his book, The Heart of Yoga.

The Bhagavad Gita (you need this)

• Steven Mitchell

• Eknarth Easwaran (user friendly)

• Penguin Classics

Other Texts

• 4 Agreements – Miguel Ruiz (I highly recommend this one)

• “Key Poses of Hatha Yoga,” Ray Long (anatomy)

• “Anatomy of Movement,” Blandine Calais-Germain (anatomy)

• “Yoga Anatomy,” Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews (anatomy)

• “Anatomy Coloring Book,” Wynn Kapit (anatomy for visual learners)

• “Light on Yoga,” BKS Iyengar (yoga poses)

• “Light on Life,” BKS Iyengar (philosophy)

• “Light on Pranayama,” BKS Iyengar (pranayama)

• “The Yoga Tradition,” Georg Feuerstein (an encyclopedia of yoga history)

• “Hatha Yoga Pradipika,” Swami Muktibodhananda

• “Tantra: the Path to Ecstasy,” Georg Feuerstein  (scholarly work of Tantra)

• “Tantra Illuminated,” Christopher Wallis (scholarly work of Tantra)

• “The Breathing Book,” Donna Farhi (breath, anatomy, postures)

• “The Heart of Yoga,” TKV Desikachar (philosophy and sutras)

• “The Power of Now,” Eckhart Tolle (accessible mindfulness)

• “Eastern Body, Western Mind,” Anodea Judith (chakras)

• “The Yoga of Breath,” Richard Rosen (pranayama)

• “Roots of Yoga,” edited by James Mallinson and Mark Singleton (scholarly history of yoga)