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YOGA
BOOKS
Yoga
Sutra of Patanjali
This
is the text on
classical yoga philosophy. I generally
recommend students peruse different translations and choose two that
resonate to you. Then you can compare translations for further clarity.
Also note that all translations are filtered through the views of the
translator. Here are some recommendations:
My
favorite (but I think it is out of print):
The Essence of Yoga
by Bernard Bouanchaud
My
top three picks:
Light on the Yoga
Sutras of Patanjali
by BKS Iyengar
The Yoga Sutra of
Patanjali
by Georg Feurstein
The Yoga Sutras of
Patanjali
by Swami Satchidananda
Highly
readable with less detail:
Yoga: Discipline of
Freedom
by Barbara Stoler Miller
How to Know God: The
Yoga Aphorisms of Patnajaliby
Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood
For
the hardcore:
The Science of Yoga
by I.K.Taimni
For
the really hardcore:
Yoga Philosophy of
Patanjali
by Swami Hariharananda Aranya
With
a Buddhist perspective:
The Yoga-Sutra of
Patanjali by Chip Hartranft
The Essential Yoga
Sutra: Ancient Wisdom for Your Yogaby
Michael Roach and Christie McNally
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A
must read classic for Indian scripture:
Bhagavad
Gita
Again,
find something
that resonates to you. Probably
the most-translated of the Indian classics, so there are many to choose
from. Translations vary from sticking to more literal translation to
being a vehicle for espousing the translator’s spiritual
agenda.
The Bhagavad-Gita
by Winthrop Sargeant.
Includes the devanagari script, an excellent word-by-word translation,
including the sansksrit grammar.
The Bhagavadgita
by S. Radhakrishnan.
Verse-by-verse translation, with a moderate amount of exposition.
The Bhagavad-Gita:
Krishna’s Counsel in Time of War
by Barbara Stoler Miller.
Retains the more poetic structure of the original.
Bhagavad
Gita: A New Translation by Stephen Mitchell
This is more of a rendering, but reads sweetly.
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ANATOMY
BOOKS
At
least one anatomy book
is recommended for any yoga
student’s library. There are some beautiful (and expensive)
classics, but here are a couple aimed more at the practical aspects of
anatomy.
The
Anatomy of Movement by
Blandin
Calais-Germain.
Approaches anatomy from the perspective of movement, it is beautifully
illustrated and highly readable.
Trail Guide to the
Body: How to Locate Muscles, Bones and
More by Andrew Biel.
Useful in helping linking a place you feel or see on
someone’s
outer body, to the correct anatomical entity.
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POETRY
The Gift (poems of
Hafiz) by Daniel Ladinsky
Love Poems from God:
Twelve Sacred Voices from the East
and West
by Daniel Ladinsky
New and Selected
Poems by Mary Oliver
NOVELS
Below is a short list. If you are looking at this, you like to read a
good novel like me! Please send me a list of YOUR favorite
novels. cindy@cindylusk.com.
Stones
from the River by Ursula
Hegj
The Secret Life of
Bees by Sue Kidd Monk
Any books written by
Barbara Kingsolver
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OTHER
Tao of Healing by
Haven Trevino
My Grandfather's
Blessings and Kitchen Table Wisdom
by Rachel Naomi Remen
Pronoia
is the Antidote for Paranoia by
Rob Brezsny
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