Understanding Yoga through Knowledge and Practice

YOGA LIBRARY:

Welcome to the Yoga library where you will find websites, recommended reading and other tools to help you learn more about Yoga and philosophy.

My Yoga Community:

• Piedmont Yoga Studio - My alma-mater and home to many wonderful teachers in Oakland, CA
• Integrative Yoga Therapy - Professional Yoga Therapy training by Lillian & Joseph LePage
• Ananda Seva Mission, Inc. - Additional Yoga Therapy training
• Vickie Russell Bell - My very first Yoga Teacher and dear friend
• Leslie Howard - Yoga and the pelvic floor for women
• Quiet Mind Healing Sanctuary - CranioSacral and Massage practicioner
• Lanakai Blue - Melissa Heckman, M.S.W Integrative Life Coach
• Cerebral Palsy Center - Offers yoga for people with disabilities
• Yoga Therapi - Alison Costa, Yoga Teacher and Therapist
• Lacey Morris - Chakra Bowl Sound healing and Reiki practicioner

Websites for Yoga Resources, School, Anatomy and Shopping:

• Yoga Journal - Online resource for everything Yoga
  
• Shiva Shakti - Storehouse of information on all aspects of Yoga
• Yin Yoga - All about yin yoga and its health benefits
• Somatics - Welcome to the largest and most complete access point to information about, and practitioners of, clinical somatic education, a new discipline in the field of health care
  
• DailyOm - Daily insights on living mindfully
• Bandha Yoga - Wonderful online anatomy resource with moving anatomical drawings of the body in yoga poses
  
• Gray's Anatomy - Indexed listing of information and sketches of the human body
• Spoken Sanskrit - Online Sanskrit dictionary
  
• Hugger Mugger - Selling yoga props online
• Yoga Web - A comprehensive guide to yoga. Find information relating to the ancient art and science of yoga
• Massages.org - Discover the physical and mental benefits of massages.
  

• The Deeper Dimension of Yoga, by Georg Feuerstein
  
• The Shambhala Guide to Yoga, by Georg Feuerstein
  
• Relax & Renew, by Judith Lasater, PhD., P.T.
  
• The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice, by T.K.V. Desikachar
• Light on Yoga, by B.K.S. Iyengar
• The Tree of Yoga, by B.K.S. Iyengar
• Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health, by B.K.S. Iyengar
• Yoga as Medicine, by Timothy McCall
  
• Anatomy of Movement, by Blandine Calais-Germain
  
• Anatomy of Hatha Yoga, by H. David Coulter
• The Yoga of Breath: A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama, by Richard Rosen

Classic Yoga Texts

• The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Stephen Mitchell
  
• The Bhagavad Gita, commentary by Ramananda Prasad
  
• The Upanishads, translated by Eknath Easwaran
  
• Hatha Yoga Pradipika, commentary by Swami Vishnu-devananda
  
• Siva Sutras: The Yoga of Supreme Identity, commentary by Jaideva Singh
  
• The Gheranda Samhita, translation by James Mallinson
  
• The Siva Samhita, translated by Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu
  
• Yoga Nidra, Swami Satyananda Saraswati
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Translations and commentary