Reading List; The Short Version

This is the short version of a reading list. I feel these books would be worthwhile reading for any serious yoga practitioner:

The Heart of Yoga by T. K. V. Desikachar

Yoga for Wellness: Healing with the Timeless Teaching of Viniyoga by Gary Kraftsow

Yoga for Transformation by Gary Kraftsow

Health, Healing and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of Krishnamacharya by T. K. V. Desikachar

Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness by Erich Schiffmann

Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love by Daniel Odier

The Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain

The Anatomy of Movement Exercises by Blandine Calais-Germain and Andrea Lamott

Atlas of Human Anatomy by Frank H Netter, M. D.

Ideokinesis: A Creative Approach to Human Movement and Body Alignment by Andre Bernard, Wolfgang Steinmuller and Ursula Stricker

Taking Root to Fly by Irene Dowd

The Thinking Body by Mabel E. Todd

Human Movement Potential: Its Ideokinetic Facilitation by Lulu Sweigard

Sensing, Feeling and Action: The Experiential Anatomy of Body-Mind Centering by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques by Carolyn Kisner and Lynn Allen Colby

The Only Dance There Is by Ram Das

Start Where You Are by Pema Chodron

Lao Tse’s Toa Te Ching (sometimes spelled Lao Tsu, any translation)

What Are We Seeking by T. K. V. Desikachar

The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious by Carl Jung

The Courage to Stand Alone by U. G. Krishnamurti

Awareness Through Movement: Easy-To-Do Exercises to Improve Your Posture, Vision, Imagination, and Personal Awareness by Moshe Feldenkrais

Philosophies of India by Heinrich Zimmer

Yoga: Immortality and Freedom by Mircea Eliade

First There Is a Mountain by Elizabeth Kadetsky

Thoughts Without a Thinker by Mark Epstein, MD

A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield