Here are 5 yoga books that are highly recommended no matter where you are in your practice. An important piece of yoga and meditation is being open and curious, allowing yourself to remain a student and these recommended yoga books bring deeper knowledge to your practice.
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Reasons you should add these to your TBR
- you are in a yoga teacher training or considering a yoga teacher training
- you want to take your practice to the next level
- you’re simply just curious
- are your own guru
Each of these books will take your practice to the next level and are the perfect additions to building a lasting and foundational mediation and physical practice.
In my 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training a few of these were on the required list and after devowering them I asked my teacher what she recommended I pick up next. I took her suggestions and now I am passing them to you!
Prior to my 300 hr training, I became somewhat complacent in my practice. When you spend time learning sequencing your mind tends to tune out and you lose the why behind why you flow. It’s common to become stuck in a physical practice, to lose sight of what this teaching can truly offer and these books gave me understanding and agency in my yoga practice.
These recommended books will push what you know of yoga and help you dig deeper and approach your next meditation and yoga practice from a new lens.
Yoga books are building blocks for your meditation and sadhana practice.
- Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path by Marian Caplan, PhD
- The Breathing Book by Donna Farhi
- Shakti Sadhana: Steps to Samadhi by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
- Seven Thousand Ways to Listen by Mark Nepo
- The Pursuit of Power and Freedom: Katha Upanishad Translation by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
Additional Recommended Reading:
- The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible by Charles Eisenstein
- Devi Mahatmaya, Any Translation
- The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche, PhD
- Bringing Yoga to Life by Donna Farhi
- Radical Honesty by Brad Blandon PhD
- Ayurveda and The Mind by Dr. David Frawley
- Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Translation by Svatmarama and Brian Dana Akers)
Trust and compassion are easily forgotten as we become focused on perfecting yoga and life. If this is something you are trying to gain back and are unsure how, allow these yoga books to support you. Don’t feel like you need to sit and binge these books. As you’re ready to explore pick one up and let the author speak to you.
Grab a paper and pen, take notes, explore and be a student of yoga because I promise there is must to discover if you know how to look.
I hope you enjoy these yoga books and they offer all that they did for me in my yoga journey.
