When we started talking about this section, the answers of what to include in our recommended reading list were plentiful.  Our personal librarys, the bookstore at the studio and our secret stash of back office books provide each of us with new thoughts on our favorite topics, inspiring poems and really great technical disucssions of breathing, asana, mediation and yoga nidra.

We’ve included our top picks by subject mater, but encourage you to add your favorites to the list and check back from time to time to see what we’ve newly discovered.

Key Hatha Books

YogaBody, Judith Hanson Lasater

The Breathing Book, Donna Farhi 

30 Essential Yoga Poses, Judith Lasater 

Awakening the Spine, Vanda Scaravelli

Relax and Renew, Judith Lasater

Essential Ashtanga Books

Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual, David Swenson

Moola Bandha: The Master Key, Swami Buddhananda

Yoga Mala, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

Wise Words on Various Topics

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Alisair Shearer

Passage Mediation, Eknath Easwaran

Yoga Nida, Richard Miller

Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing, Dr. Vasant Lad

The Essential Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks

Nonviolent Communication: A language of Life, Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.