Autumn Lotus Yoga

Got the (for me) irresistible challenge to list my current favorite yoga-related books.  Couldn’t keep it to ten… think I ended up with 14 so far.  Provided the Amazon.com link (or tried to, anyway) in case someone wanted a longer review which I’m just too lazy to provide this morning.

Note, these are not necessarily strictly yoga books & frankly I prefer it that way.  And they are all modern, Western books because darn it, this is a living system and where I stand seems hopelessly rooted in where I sit, culturally speakin.’. :)  Oh, & today’s yoga plan is to do a full practice cuz I’m feeling healthy again & also, super treat, go for a massage!!!  1st since moving from DC which is waaaaaaaayyyyyy tooooooo looooooong!!!!

By Category Assigned Solely In My Head

Adjustments

- Stephanie Pappas, Yoga Posture Adjustements & Assisting: Assists really need to be learned in workshops, teacher training & by doing, but this is a good reference & memory jogger.  Not quite Forrest-style, but useful! http://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Posture-Adjustments-Assisting-Insightful/dp/1412051622/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251195593&sr=1-1

Anatomy

- Leslie Kaminoff, Yoga Anatomy: Best yoga-specific anatomy book that is also immensely readable http://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Anatomy-Leslie-Kaminoff/dp/0736062785/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251195725&sr=1-1

- Kurt Albertine, Anatomica’s Body Atlas: Fabulous reference http://www.amazon.com/Anatomicas-Body-Atlas-Ph-D-Albertine/dp/1592237436/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251195793&sr=1-1

- Blandine Calais-Germain, Anatomy of Movement: Applied anatomy with lots of pictures http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Movement-Revised-Blandine-Calais-Germain/dp/0939616572/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251195839&sr=1-1

Autobiography

- Tim Guest, My Life In Orange: Young boy who grew up as part of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s commune in Britain, India, Germany & the US.  Insights dark & light http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Orange-Growing-Guru/dp/015603106X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251195889&sr=1-1

- Lucy Edge, Yoga School Drop Out: Irrevent Brit on a rampage; very funny http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Orange-Growing-Guru/dp/015603106X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251195889&sr=1-1

- Sarah McDonald, Holy Cow:  Travails of a Westerner living in India.  Both terrified & excited me before I went to visit! http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Cow-Adventure-Sarah-Macdonald/dp/0767915747/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251196074&sr=1-1

Buddhism

- Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart: Kept it in my purse at times.  Nuf said. http://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Fall-Apart-Difficult/dp/1570629692/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251196145&sr=1-1

- Jack Kornfield, Wise Heart: Good applied breakdown of Buddhist principles for everyday http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Heart-Universal-Teachings-Psychology/dp/0553382330/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251196179&sr=1-1

Philosophy/Psychology

- Stephen Cope, Yoga & the Quest for True Self: I consider this a classic.  All Stephen Cope’s stuff is good though. http://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Quest-True-Self-Stephen/dp/055337835X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251196235&sr=1-1

- John Welwood, Towards a Psychology of Awakening: Psychology, philosophy, spirituality, life experiences… wealth of interesting topics http://www.amazon.com/Toward-Psychology-Awakening-Psychotherapy-Transformation/dp/1570628238/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251196292&sr=1-1

Science

- Sandra & Matthew Blakeslee, The Body Has a Mind of it’s Own: Dedicated a whole post to this already.  I loved it, better than Cats http://www.amazon.com/Body-Has-Mind-Its-Own/dp/0812975278/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251154856&sr=8-1

- Candace Pert, Molecules of Emotion:  I’m about to reread this & expect to talk about more fully soon as I’m a little ways in. http://www.amazon.com/Molecules-Emotion-Science-Mind-Body-Medicine/dp/0684846349/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251195396&sr=1-1

Teaching

- Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: General book on teaching.  Frank, inspiring, well written http://www.amazon.com/Courage-Teach-Exploring-Landscape-Teachers/dp/0787910589/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251195442&sr=1-2

Okay, other yoga geeks, what are your current faves for yoga/related reading???  I need some more books!! (Well, I WANT some more books, that might be the truer statement….;)

Tags: General Yoga Philosophizing, Yoga & Science, Yoga Books, Yoga Geekiness

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