Yoga: The Iyengar Way
10 best books like Yoga: The Iyengar Way (Mira Silva): Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, The Bhagavad Gita, The Upanishads, Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure, Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health: 175 Teas, Tonics, Oils, Salves, Tinctures, and Other Natural Remedies for the Entire Family, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Light on Yoga, Light on Prãnãyãma: The Yogic Art of Breathing, Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing, The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
| Author | Michael Moss |
| ISBN | 1400069807 |
Every year, the average American eats 33 pounds of cheese and 70 pounds of sugar. They ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt a day, double the recommended amount, almost none of which comes from salt shakers. It comes from processed food, an industry that hauls in $1 trillion in annual sales.
In Salt...
| Author | Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa |
| ISBN | 0140449183 |
The Bhagavad Gita is an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and is also one of the masterpieces of Sanskrit poetry. It describes how, at the beginning of a mighty battle between the Pandava and Kaurava armies, the god Krishna gives spiritual enlightenment to the warrior...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0140441638 |
The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages and poets, form part of the Vedas - the sacred and ancient scriptures that are the basis of the Hindu religion. Each Upanishad, or lesson, takes up a theme ranging from the attainment of spiritual bliss to karma...
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure
| Author | Sarah Macdonald |
| ISBN | 0767915747 |
In her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airport beggar read her palm and told her she would return to India—and for love—she screamed, “Never!” and gave the country, and him, the...
Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health: 175 Teas, Tonics, Oils, Salves, Tinctures, and Other Natural Remedies for the Entire Family
| Author | Rosemary Gladstar |
| ISBN | 1603420789 |
Promote vibrant health and radiant beauty, soothe everyday ailments, and ease persistent stress with these simple, natural cures for everything from dry skin and infant colic to cold symptoms and insomnia. Renowned herbalist Rosemary Gladstar provides 175 proven therapies and herbal remedies...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
| Author | Patañjali |
| ISBN | 0609609599 |
“A wonderful translation, full of contemporary insight yet luminous with eternal truth.”—Jacob Needleman
The Yoga Sutras were cast in their present form in India around the third century b.c. Yoga is from the Sanskrit root meaning “union,” and a sutra is a thread or aphoristic...
| Author | B.K.S. Iyengar |
| ISBN | 0805210318 |
Light on Yoga has become the bible for hundreds of thousands of people who practice Yoga daily with the Iyengar method, for exercise, meditation, or simply relaxation. With more than 600 photographs depicting all the postures and breathing exercises, it remains the fullest, most practical, and most...
Light on Prãnãyãma: The Yogic Art of Breathing
| Author | B.K.S. Iyengar |
| ISBN | 0824506863 |
This is B.K.S. Iyengar’s A-Z guide to breath and breathing exercises (pranayama.) It’s meant to do for pranayama practice what “Light on Yoga” did for asana (postural) practice. That is, it presents all the classic techniques, offers variants to meet individual needs, and provides the background...
| Author | Timothy Mccall |
| ISBN | 0553384066 |
The definitive book of yoga therapy, this groundbreaking work comes to you from the medical editor of the country’s premier yoga magazine, who is both a practicing yogi and a Western-trained physician.
Beginning with an overview of the history and science of yoga, Dr. McCall describes...
The first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according to viniyoga--yoga adapted to the needs of the individual.
• A contemporary classic by a world-renowned teacher.
• This new edition adds thirty-two poems by Krishnamacharya...
| Author | Rachel Brathen |
| ISBN | 1501106767 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
By the yoga instructor who inspires more than one million followers on Instagram every day.
Whether she’s practicing handstands on her stand-up paddleboard or teaching Downward-Facing Dog to the masses, Rachel Brathen—Instagram’s @Yoga_Girl—has...
2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses
| Author | Daniel Lacerda |
| ISBN | 1631910108 |
This fully-illustrated New York Times bestseller categorizes an astonishing 2,100 yoga poses through inspiring photographs and descriptions for optimal benefit at any level.
A thoughtful, inspiring, meticulously-crafted guide to the practice of yoga, 2,100 Asanas will explore...
| Author | Geeta S. Iyengar |
| ISBN | 0931454980 |
OK, so...I haven't technically finished reading all of the information on each asana yet, but this book is amazing. The background information at the beginning is laid out in a straightforward way and there are instructions for a three-year course of study, including weekly schedules to follow for...
| Author | Patañjali |
| ISBN | 0932040381 |
This valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of concentration and meditation. This new deluxe printing of these timeless teachings is a treasure to be read and referred to again and again by seekers treading the spiritual path. The classic...
| Author | B.K.S. Iyengar |
| ISBN | 0751321672 |
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health covers the complete teachings of BKS Iyengar for mind, body, and health, and is suitable for every level of yoga ability, age, and physical condition.
Fully illustrated throughout with unique 360-degree views of classic Iyengar asanas, B.K.S....
| Author | Yogi Swatmarama |
| ISBN | 8185787387 |
This affordable, definitive edition of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika contains the original Sanskrit, a new English translation, and full-page photographs of all the asanas. The chakras, kundalini, mudras, shakti, nadis, bandhas, and many other topics are explained. This is the first edition of the...
| Author | Sharon Gannon |
| ISBN | 0345442083 |
The long-awaited,
complete guide to the popular, vigorous American method of yoga that is deeply rooted in ancient wisdom and scriptures
“In this day and age of health and fitness trends, it is assuring to know that Sharon and David encourage their students to draw inspiration from...
| Author | B.K.S. Iyengar |
| ISBN | 1594865248 |
B.K.S. Iyengar--hailed as "the Michelangelo of yoga" (BBC) and considered by many to be the most important living yoga master--has spent much of his life introducing the modern world to the ancient practice of yoga. Yoga's popularity is soaring, but its widespread acceptance as an exercise for physical...
| Author | Sri K. Pattabhi Jois |
| ISBN | 0865476624 |
The seminal treatise and guide to Ashtanga yoga by the master of this increasingly popular discipline
There is a yoga boom in America, and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois is at the heart of it. One of the great yoga figures of our time, Jois brought Ashtanga yoga to the West a quarter of a century ago and has...
| Author | Judith Hanson Lasater |
| ISBN | 0962713848 |
Experience the rest of your life with restorative yoga, the supported poses and breathing practices that will help you heal the effects of chronic stress. In Relax and Renew, the first book exclusively devoted to this work, the author offers in-depth guidance in the Basic Relaxation Pose (Savasana),...
| Author | Richard Rosen |
| ISBN | 1570628890 |
For several thousand years, yogis have drawn on the powerful practice of pranayama, a technique of controlling the breath to maximize prana or life energy. Pranayama has been practiced to rejuvenate the body and as a means of self-study and self-transformation. While most yoga practitioners today...
| Author | Mary Pullig Schatz |
| ISBN | 0962713821 |
Back Care Basics offers the low-cost solution for back care in the new millenium: therapeutic yoga. Dr. Schatz's approach to back rehabilitation is gentle, effective, and without drugs or surgery. Her program encourages both positive health practices and a positive outlook; the important tools...
| Author | Sally Kempton |
| ISBN | 1604070811 |
Meditation is like a love affair with your innermost self. At times it can be ecstatic and entrancing, other times simple and still—and sometimes you might not even feel its profound effects until later.
Now with Meditation for the Love of It, Sally Kempton shares practical secrets to help...
| Author | Leslie Kaminoff |
| ISBN | 0736062785 |
See inside every yoga pose! With clear, expert instruction and full-color, detailed anatomical drawings, Yoga Anatomy depicts the most common asanas to provide a deeper understanding of the structures and principles underlying each movement and of yoga itself.
From breathing to standing...
How to Use Yoga: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Iyengar Method of Yoga, for Relaxation, Health and Well-Being
| Author | Mira Mehta |
| ISBN | 0962713864 |
How to Use Yoga is a very useful book for yoga teachers to use in-class and beginner students to use at home. I particularly like this book because I have been learning Iyengar yoga during my YAA TTP. Also, I feel the TTP is based on Iyengar yoga and I had only been trained in Sivananda yoga before joining the...
Clinging to books only degenerates the human mind.
Swami Vivekananda was, among other things, one of the great grandfathers of hippiedom. I say this because he was a key figure in the introduction of Hinduism into the West.
Vivekananda arrived at an opportune moment. Nietzsche had...
8 Weeks to Optimum Health
| Author | Andrew Weil |
| ISBN | 0751518557 |
The #1 NY Times bestselling book in which one of America's most brilliant doctors shares his program for improving & protecting health. Eight Weeks to Optimum Health lays out Weil's week-by-week, step-by-step plan that will keep the body's natural healing system in peak working order. It covers...
A real estate lawyer in Connecticut's moneyed seaside communities, Beth Ann Carpenter, 30, had beauty, brains and success. But she wanted more- namely guardianship of her two-year-old niece, Rebecca, daughter of Beth's estranged sister, Kim. When Kim married Anson "Buzz" Clinton, 28, a former...
Wanderlust: A Modern Yogi's Guide to Discovering Your Best Self
| Author | Jeff Krasno |
| ISBN | 1623363500 |
I’ve had my head in and out of this book for a good three months now and decided to proceed with posting a review because I’ll never really be “done” with it. For me, it’s not a book I can read chronologically. I tried that and was only successful until about page 20 and then I was all over the place....
Being Aware of Being Aware
| Author | Rupert Spira |
| ISBN | 1626259968 |
Everybody is aware, all seven billion of us. We are aware of thoughts, feelings, sensations, and perceptions. All people share the experience of being aware, but relatively few people are aware that they are aware. Most people’s lives consist of a flow of thoughts, images, ideas, feelings, sensations,...
