Recommended Reading List

YOGA

• Yoga of the Subtle Body, Tias Little
• The Practice is the Path, Tias Little
• The Iyengar Way, by Silva Metha
• Light on Yoga, by BKS Iyengar
• The Tree of Yoga, BKS Iyengar
• Light on Pranayama, BKS Iyengar
• The Heart of Yoga, TKV Desikechar
• Health, Healing, and Beyond, by TKV Desikachar
• The Language of Yoga, by Nicolai Bachman

ANATOMY

• Atlas of Human Anatomy, Frank Netter
• The Endless Web, by Louis Shultz and Rosemary Feitis
• Rolfing: The Integration of Human Structures, by Ida Rolf Anatomy Trains, by Tom Meyers
• The Anatomy of the Female Pelvis, by Blandine Calais-Germain
• Job’s Body, Deane Juhan
• The Architecture and Design of Man and Woman, by Alexander Tsiaras
• Fascia and Why it Matters, by David Lesondak
• Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manuals, Janet Travell and David Simons
• Visceral Manipulation, by Jean-Pierre Barral

CRANIAL-SACRAL

• The Heart of Listening, Volume 2, by Hugh Milne
• Cranial-Sacral Therapy, by Upledger and Vredevoogd
• Cranial Intelligence, Ged Sumner and Steve Haines
• Craniaosacral Biodynamics, Franklyn Sills

HEALING WORK

• Somatics, by Thomas Hanna
• Sensing, Feeling, and Action, by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
• Eastern Body, Western Mind, by Anodea Judith
• Engaging in the Movement of Life, Bonnie Gintis
• The Fabric of Wholeness, Carol Agneessens

TRAUMA

• Waking the Tiger, by Peter Levine
• The Polyvagal Theory, by Stephen Porges
• Emotional Anatomy, by Stanely Keleman
• In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts, Gabor Mate

NEUROLOGY AND THE BRAIN

• Siddhartha’s Brain, by James Kingsland
• The Brain’s Way of Healing, by Norman Doidge
• Waking, Dreaming, Being, by Evan Thompson

PHILOSOPHY

Yoga Dharma

• Rg. Veda, translated by Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty
• The Bhagavad Gita, Translated by Winthrop Sargeant
• The Principal Upanishads, Translated by S. Radhakrishnan
• The Siva Samhita, Translated by Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu
• The Yoga of Delight, Wonder, and Astonishment, the Vijnanabhairava, Translated by Jaideva Singh
• The Triadic Heart of Siva, by Paul Eduardo Muller-Ortega
• Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization, by Heinrich Zimmer, Edited by Joseph Campbell
• Hatha Yoga Pradipika, From Bihar School of Yoga, Commentary and translation by Saraswati
• Yoga, Immortality, and Freedom, by Mircae Eliade
• The Tantra Way, by Ajit Mookerjee and Madhu Khanna
• Light on the Yoga Sutras, by B.K.S Iyengar The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, by Chip Hartranft The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, Georg Feuerstein

Buddha Dharma

• Verses from the Center, by Stephen Batchelor
• Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
• Awakening the Buddha Within, by Lama Surya Das
• Small Boat, Great Mountain, by Amaro Bhikku The Wisdom of No Escape, by Pema Chodron When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chodron Nothing Special: Living Zen, by Joko Beck

Tibetan Buddhism

• The Flight of Garuda, by Keith Dowman
• Natural Great Perfection, by Nyoshul Khenpo
• Rainbow Painting, by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
• Fearless Simplicity, by Tsoknyi Rinpoche
• Calm and Clear, by Lama Mipham

Zen

• Zen Mind/Beginner’s Mind, by Shunryu Suzuki
• Infinite Circle Teachings in Zen, by Bernie Glassman
• The Zen Doctrine of No-Mind, by D.T. Suzuki
• The Zen Teaching of Huang Po—On the Transmission of Mind, Translated by John Blofeld
• Cultivating The Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi, Translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton

Qigong-Taoism-TCM

• The Way of Qigong, by Kenneth Cohen
• Tao and Dharma, by Robert Svaboda and Arnie Lade
• A Manual of Acupuncture, by Peter Deadman
• The Web That Has No Weaver, by Ted Kaptchuk
• Tao te Ching, by Stephen Mitchell
• The Book of Chuang Tzu, by Martin Palmer

POETRY

• News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness, Collection by Robert Bly
• Open Secret, Verses of Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks
• Four Quarters, T.S. Eliot
• House of Light, by Mary Oliver
• Letters to a Young Poet, by Rainer Maria Rilke
• Collected Poems, by Wendell Berry Where Many Rivers Meet, by David Whyte Songs for Coming Home, by David Whyte
• Poems New and Collected, by Wislawa Szymborska
• Open Secret, Versions of Rumi, by John Moyne and Coleman barks
• In the Space Between, The Poetry of Embodiment, Tias Little
• Original Yoga, by Richard Rosen
• Roots of Yoga, by Mark Singelton and James Mallinson
• Moola Bandha The Master Key, Bihar School of Yoga, by Swami Buddhananda
• Mudras of India, by Cain and Revital Carroll

DREAM WORK

• The Dream and the Underworld, James Hillman
• The History of Last Night’s Dream, Roger Kamenetz
• Flesh off the Bone, Marc Bregman
• The Red Book, Carl Jung