200hr Yoga Teacher Training Reading List 2018

Essential Pre-Course Reading These are the books you should buy/ borrow and have to hand throughout the course and I hope you will find them useful throughout life! Please read and be familiar with these books before starting your course. You will need knowledge of them for group discussion, presentation and coursework. There are several translations of some texts, you need to have at least one copy of each text. 1. The Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliThere are many translations of this text, some that are accessible include:

• TKV Desikachar. The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice (a yoga text book with sutras included)

• Mukunda Stiles. The Yoga sutras of Patanjali. • Swami Sachidananda. The Yoga sutras of Patanjali. • Online brief translation can be downloaded here:

http://www.swamij.com/yoga-sutras.htm 2. The Bhagavad Gita.Again, many translations exist. Recommended translations include:

• Eknath Easwaren. Bhagavad Gita. • Juan Mascaro. Bhagavad Gita.

3. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika Translations include:

• Swami Muktibodhananda. Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Yoga publications Trust. • Brian Dan Akers. Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Yoga Vidya. The text can be

downloaded online at (June 2016): o http://www.swamij.com/hatha-yoga-pradipika.htmo http://terebess.hu/english/HathaYogaPradipika2.pdf

4. A good anatomy book Recommendations include:

• Andrew Biel. Trail Guide to the Body • Leslie Kaminoff. Yoga Anatomy • Blandine Calais-Germain, Anatomy of Movement. • Ray Long. The Key Poses of Hatha Yoga

5. BKS Iyengar. Light on Yoga 6. Swami Satyananda Sarawati. Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha. Yoga publications trust.

Additional recommended reading

• Donna Farhi. The breathing book. • Blandine Calais-Germain. Anatomy of Breathing. • Donna Farhi. Mind, body, spirit. • David Pond. Chakras for beginners.

There are also many online resources including:

• Yogajournal.com for articles on teaching, asana, pranayama, meditation etc. • Bandhayoga.com for information on anatomy • yogamatters.com is an invaluable resource.

Further Recommended Reading/Viewing You will need some further texts/resources to supplement your study in order to bring your written work to the required level. These may be taken from a tradition of yoga you are particularly interested in. Examples include:

• Upanishads, ancient texts elucidating some of the key teachings on yoga and tantra; any translation

• The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness by Eric Schiffman • Teacher Training Workbook by JJ Gormley • Eastern Body. Western Mind by Anodea Judith • Chakra Yoga by Anodea Judith • Light on Life by BKS Iyengar • Body Mind Spirit by Donna Farhi • Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel • Alignment of the Chakras DVD by JJ Gormley • Yoga for Every Body DVD by JJ Gormley • The Wisdom of Yoga DVD by Carlos Pomeda