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YOGA RECOMMENDED READING AND STUDENT'S SUPPORT

Recommended readings: I buy most of my yoga book at Yogamatters click on the yogamatters banner below (I am about to update this page with new fascinating books ... come back soon!). Also check on these ebooks

 

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Asana

 

Asana, Pranayama, Mudra and Bandha Swami Satyananda, Bihar School of Yoga (I use this book all the time, one of the best!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillnessby Erich Schiffman (very inspiring)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light on Yoga BY B.K.S. IYENGAR (the foundation of any form of hatha yoga)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thirty Essential Yoga Poses: For Beginning Students and Their Teachers by Judith Lasater

 

 

 

 

 

Yoga Mind, Body and Spirit: A Return to Wholeness By Donna Farhi (very senior teacher)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yin Yoga: Outline of a Quiet Practice by Paul Grilley

 

 

Asana on line to download

A good way to start practising at home or on the go click on the image below to know more on how to connect your yoga practise online!

 

 

 

 

 

Websites

 

Yoga Journal - has teaching points and benefits
Santosha - comprehensive list with asana name pronunciation
Yoga Basics - great pictures and teaching points
Asana posture - very simple teaching points

 

Anatomy & Physiology

Go to Yogamatters

Books
David Coulter, Anatomy of hatha yoga
Chris Jarmey, 'The concise book of muscles'
Frank H. Netter MD, Atlas of Human Anatomy

 

 

Web sites:
Innerbody - good interactive images and tutorials
Gray's Anatomy online Features 1247 vibrant engravings, many in color, from the classic 1918 publication from Bartleby.com
Instant anatomy Instant anatomy is a specialised web site for you to learn all about human anatomy of the body with diagrams, podcasts and revision questions
Getbodysmarter - great learning tool covering A&P

GLOSSARY

Hatha yoga glossary

 

General health

 

 

Yoga and Ayurveda: Self-healing and Self-realization

by David Frawley

reveals to us the secret powers of the body, mind, breath and senses, and it unfolds transformational methods to work on them through diet, herbs, asana, pranayama and meditation

 

The Key Poses of Hatha Yoga: check this fabulous book too. Amazing tool for yoga teachers and yoga passionate.

 

 
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