READING LIST For Teacher Training Program in Coordination with the Syllabus (subject to change over time). I.

REQUIRED (Minimum of one book report from this section.) B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Yoga, Schocken Books, 1995 [ISBN 0-8052-0610-8]. Introduction and those asanas appropriate to the syllabus. B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Pranayama , Crossroads, N.Y., 1985 [ISBN 0-8245-0686-3]. Introductory I & II: Part 1, sections 1 & 2; and Part 2, section 3, chapters 19 & 20. Geeta S. Iyengar, Yoga, A Gem for Women, Timeless Books, 1995 [ISBN 0-931454-20-4]. As a recommended companion text to this, see Yoga the Iyengar Way. B.K.S. Iyengar, The Tree of Yoga, Shambhala/Boston, 1989 [ISBN 0-87773-464X]. For background on the philosophy of Astanga Yoga. Swami Rama, Joints and Glands Exercise Book 1977. Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the USA. Box 400, Honesdale, Penn., 18431 [ISBN 0-89389-083-9] Eric Schiffmann, Moving Into Stillness, [ISBN 0-671-53480-7] Lucy Lidell with Narayani & Giris Rabinovitch. Sivananda Companion to Yoga. Simon & Schuster. New York 1983. [ISBN: 0-671-47088-4] Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine, MD., Alan Hymes, MD, Science of Breath, Himalayan Institute Press 1979. Honesdale. PA. [ISBN 0-89389-059-6 cloth], [ISBN 0-89389-057-X paperback]. Desikachar, T.K.V. The Heart of Yoga, Developing a Personal Practice, Inner Traditions International, 1995, [ISBN 0-89281-533-7]. ANATOMY: All teachers should know the basic skeletal system, the large and important muscles of the body, the main organs and their function and have a general understanding of the joints and other systems of the body. One or more of the following sources are suggested for that purpose: Gerard J. Tortora, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 6th edition, Harper College, 1990. [ISBN 0-06046704-5]. Edward Alcamo, Anatomy Colouring Book, Random House Ltd., 1997 [ISBN 0-679-77849-7]. Blandine Calais-Germain, Anatomy of Movement, Eastland Press/Seattle, 1993 [ISBN 0-939616-17-3]. Wynn Kapit & Lawrence M Elson, The Anatomy Colouring Book. Harper and Row. 1977. [ISBN 006453914-8] Philip J. Rasch, ed., Kinesiology and Applied Anatomy, 7th editon, Williams & Wilkens, 1989 [ISBN 08121-1132X]. Elaine Marieb, Human Anatomy & Physiology, The Benjamin/Cunnings Publishing Company Inc., Redweed City, California 1991, [ISBN 0-8053-4120-X] Coulter, H. David. Anatomy of Hatha Yoga. Body and Breath 2001, Honesdale, Pennsylvania

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YOGA SUTRAS OF PATAJALI: select from one of these recommended texts or choose one of your own with the approval of your training teacher: Georg Feuerstein, The Yoga-Sutras of Patajali, trans. and commentary, Inner Tradition, 1990 [ISBN 089281-262-1]. B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patajali, Thorsons-Aquarian Press/London, 1993 [ISBN 185538-225-3] or Harper Collins/Canada [ISBN 1-85538-225-3]. Barbara Stoller Miller, Yoga: Discipline of Freedom, trans. and commentary, University of California Press, 1997 [ISBN 0-5202-190-6]. Rama Prasada, trans., The Aphorisms of Yoga: Patajali's Yoga Sutras, with the Commentary of Vyasa & the Gloss of Vachaspati Misra, AMS Press/Allahabad, reprint 1988 [ISBN 0-404-57804-7]. Fernando Tola and Carmen Dregonetti, The Yogasutras of Patajali: On Concentration of Mind, Part 1, 'Samadhi Pada', trans. K.D. Prithipaul, Motilal Banarsidass II/Delhi, 1990 [ISBN 81-208-0258-6]. Roy Eugene Davis, Life Surrendered in God, 1995. CSA Press translation of the Yoga Sutras. [ISBN 087707-246-9] Swami Prabhavanda & Christopher Isherwood. How to Know God, 1953, 1981 by the Vedanta. Southern California. [ISBN: 0-87481-010-8] Desikachar, T.K.V. Reflections on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandarim, 1987, [ISBN 81-87847-21-2]. BHAGAVAD GITA: select from one of these recommended texts or choose one of your own with the approval of your training teacher: Barbara S. Miller, Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna's Council in Time of War, Columbia University Press, 1986 [ISBN 0-231-06468-3]. Swami Nikhilananda, trans., The Bagavad Gita, or Song of the Lord , Vedanta Press, 1993 [ISBN 0-87481-043-4]. Swami Prabhavananda and Christropher Isherwood, The Song of God (Bhagavad-Gita), NAL-Dutton, 1989 [ISBN 0-451-62671-0]. S.Radhakrishnan, The Bhagavad Gita, Harper, San Francisco, 1994 [ISBN 0-04891-029-5]. Swami Rama, The Perennial Psychology of the Bhagavad Gita, Himalayan Institute Press, 1982 [ISBN 0-8938909-1] Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, trans., The Bhagavad Gita, with Text, Translation and Commentary by Sri Shankaracharya, Lotus Light Books, 1989 [ISBN 0-910261-03-2]. Roy Eugene Davis, The Eternal Way, CSA Press, 1996 [ISBN 0-87707-248-5] translation of Bhagavad Gita. Mitchell, Stephen, Bhagavad Gita, Harmony Books, 2000. ISBN 0-609-60550-X

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II RECOMMENDED (Maximum of two book reports from this section). Philosophy & Psychology (suggested editions): UPANISHADS: Juan Mascaro, Upanishads, Amercon Ltd, 1976 [ISBN 0-8488-0339-6]. Thomas Wyatt, Upanishads, trans. Juan Mascaro, Penguin Classics or Viking, 1965 [ISBN 0-14-044163-8] . S. Radhakrishnan, trans. & ed., The Principal Upanishads, Humanities Paperback Lib., 1992 [ISBN 0-39103479-0]. Other notable complete multi-volume editions may be available through university or local libraries. See especially those by Max Mller and Joseph Campbell. OTHER: Mircea Eliade, Yoga: Immortality and Freedom, trans. Willard Trask, Bollingen Series LVI, Princeton University Press, 1991 [ISBN 0-691-10174-6]. Georg Feuerstein, The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, Shambhala, 1997 [ISBN 1-57062-137-3]. S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, vol. 1 & 2, Oxford University Press, 1996 [ISBN 0-19-563819-0]. Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart, a Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life, Bantam Books, 1993 [ISBN 0-553-37211-4]. Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Weather Hill, NY, NY, 1970 [ISBN 0-8-34-8007993] Swami Nikhilananda, Vivekananda: the Yogas and Other Works, includes Vivekananda's commentaries on Jana, Karma, Bhakti & Raja yoga, which are also available in separate books, Vedanta Press, 1946. Iyengar, B.K.S., Light on Life, Raincoast Books, 2005. [ISBN 1-55192-859-0] Mehta, Mira, Yoga Explained, Kyle Books. 2004. [ISBN 1-90492 017 9] Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine, M.D.Swami Ajaya (Allen Weinstock, PhD), Yoga and psychotherapy: the evolution of consciousness. 1976, 1978, 1979. Library of Congress Card Number 76-356228 ISBN 0-89389000-6 Swami Rama, Lectures on Yoga. Himalayan Institute Press 1979. [ISBN: 0-89389-050-2 cloth; 0-89389-0510 pbk] The following multi-volume texts available through university and public libraries: Max Mller, The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy; C.G. Jung, Psychology and the East included in Complete Works. TEACHING RESOURCES Silva, Mira & Shyam Mehta, Yoga: The Iyengar Way, Knopf/NY, 1990 [ISBN 0-679 72287-4]. Mira Mehta, How to Use Yoga, Rodmell Press, 1998 [ISBN 1-85967-018-0]

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George Feuerstein, Sacred Paths, Larson Publications, Burdett, NY, 1991 [ISBN: 0-943914-56-6] Rajiv and Swati Chanchani, Yoga for Children: A Complete Illustrated Guide to Yoga, UBS Publishers' Distributors Ltd./New Delhi, 1996 [ISBN 81-86112-22-7]. Jean Couch, The Runner's Yoga Book, Rodmell Press, Berkeley, California, 1997 [ISBN 0-9627138-1-3] Mary Pollig Schatz M.D., Back Care Basics, Rodmell Press, 1992 [ISBN 0-9627138-2-1] Sandra Jordan, Yoga for Pregnancy, St. Martins Press, NY 1987 [ISBN 0-3-12-02322-7] Judith Lasater, PhD, P.T., Relax and Renew: Restful yoga for Stressful Times, Rodmell Press, Berkeley, California, 1995 [ISBN-0-9627138-4-8] Vanda Scaravelli, Awakening the Spine, Harper, San Francisco, 1991 [ISBN 0-06-250792-3] Swami Radha, Hatha Yoga: the Hidden Language, Timeless Books, Spokane, Washington, 1987 [ISBN 093-145412-3] Christine Northrup MD, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom Bantom Books, 1998 ISBN 0-553-37953-4] Kit Laughlin, Overcoming Neck and Back Pain. Simon Schuster. 1998. [ISBN 0-684-85252-7] Ken O'Donnell, Pathways to Higher Consciousness, 1996. Eternity Ink (Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization) Sydney, Australia, [ISBN 0 646 26663-2] AYURVEDA

Dr. Vasant Lad, The Science of Self-Healing, Lotus Press/Wilmot, WI.,1990 [ISBN 0-914955-00-4]. Dr. David Frawley, Ayurvedic Healing, Passage Press/Salt Lake City, 1992 [ISBN1-878423-00-2]. Dr. Robert Svoboda, Prakruti, Your Ayurvedic Constitution, Geocom Ltd., 1988 [ISBN 0-945669-00-3].

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