Teacher training reading list
March 25th, 2007
Essential reading for teacher trainees
BKS Iyengar: Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, The Holistic Path to Health
Yoga the Iyengar Way by Shyam & Silva Mehta
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras (many issues available: try to get translation without commentary or more than one translation to cross reference, as well as BKS Iyengar’s version, above)
The Muscle Book by Paul Blakey
The Visual Dictionary of the Human Body
Color Atlas of Human Anatomy by Professor Peter Abrahams (or other equally clear anatomy book if already purchased)
Human Anatomy Colouring Book by Margaret Matt
A copy of the Satipattana Sutra and the Heartwood Sutra, from the Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Majimma Nikaya)
The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga by Ray Long
FURTHER RECOMMENDED READING
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nat Hahn
Meditation: Buddhist Way of Tranquility and Insight by Dharmachari Kamalashila
The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice by TKV Desikachar
Awakening the Spine: The Stress-free New Yoga that Works with the Body to Restore Health, Vitality and Energyby Vanda Scaravelli
Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness by Erich Schiffmann
Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, The: A Mahayana Scripture by Robert Thurman
The Way of the Boddhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara (Shambhala Classics) by Shantideva
How We Live Our Yoga: Personal Stories by Valerie Jermiijenko
Yogi Bare: Naked Truth from America’s Leading Yoga Teachers by Philip Self
Meeting the Buddha: Meeting the Buddhas by Vessantara
The Upanishads (Classics)
A good book on Ayurveda: many available
Any writings by Ajhan Chah or Sumedho
Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers and Practitioners
Songs of Milarepa (Tibet’s great yogi)
Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism (Mythos) by Miranda Shaw
