2008/2009 ADVANCED STUDIES READING LIST (required reading marked with a star*) ASANA We recommend that you get

one of the following: BKS Iyengar. Light on Yoga Judith Hanson Lasater. 30 Essential Yoga Poses Silva, Mira, and Shyam Mehta. Yoga, the Iyengar Way HOME PRACTICE
We recommend one of these books for further study: Rodney Yee and Nina Zolotow. Moving into Balance Erich Schiffman. Moving into Stillness TKV Desikachar. The Heart of Yoga

ANATOMY *Required Reading: Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain

Baxter recommends one of the following to supplement the above: Leslie Kaminoff. Yoga Anatomy Chris Jarmey. Concise Book of Muscles Ray Long, MD. The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga Wynn Kapit and Lawrence M. Elson. The Anatomy Coloring Book

PRANAYAMA *Required Reading: BKS Iyengar. Light on Pranayama

We recommended the following for further study: Richard Rosen. The Yoga of Breath

ON BEING A YOGA TEACHER *Required Reading: Donna Farhi. Teaching Yoga

Ann recommends the following for further study: Mark Whitwell. Yoga of Heart: The Healing Power of Intimate Connection John Kain. A Rare and Precious Thing BKS Iyengar. Light on Life

YOGA PHILOSOPHY This is the basic reading list for the Yoga Philosophy/History section of the program. There arent any dates attached to the readings because well take as much time with each topic as needed, usually a week but sometimes more. You need buy only one book, The Shambhala Guide to Yoga. All other study books are available on-line, supplemental books are optional. WHAT IS YOGA? *Required reading: Georg Feuerstein. The Shambhala Guide to Yoga. At the last check 42 used copies were available at Amazon beginning at $6 (+ $4 shipping). THE VEDA AND UPANISHADS *Required reading: Katha Upanishad. Further study: Maitri Upanishad; Shvetashvatara Upanishad Suggested translations: Valerie Roebuck (Penguin); Patrick Olivelle (Oxford); S. Radhakrishnan (Indus)
Supplemental reading: The Rig Veda (Penguin Classics, trans by Wendy Doniger OFlaherty); David Frawley.

Wisdom of the Ancient Seers: Mantras of the Rig Veda

THE BHAGAVAD GITA (available on-line) *Required reading: All. Suggested translations: Stephen Mitchell (Three River Press); Graham Schweig (Harper); Barbara Stoler Miller (Bantam); Juan Mascaro (Penguin)
Supplemental reading: Eric Sharpe. The Universal Gita

THE YOGA SUTRAS (available on-line) *Required reading: All of chapters 1 and 2; chapter 3, sutras 1-15 (sutras 16-55 optional), all of chapter 4. Suggested translations: Georg Feuerstein (Inner Traditions); Chip Hartranft (Shambhala); Barbara Stoler Miller (UC Press)
Supplemental reading : Mircea Eliade. Yoga: Immortality and Freedom

THE TANTRIC REVOLUTION (available on-line) *Required reading: The Shiva Sutras (not to be confused with the Shiva Samhita). Suggested translations: Jaideva Singh (Motilal Banarsidass); Mark Dyczkowski (SUNY)
Supplemental reading: Georg Feuerstein. Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy; Paul Muller-Ortega. The Triadic Heart of Shiva; Mark Dyczkowski. The Doctrine of Vibration

HATHA YOGA (available on-line) *Required reading: The Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Suggested translation: Brian Akers (YogaVidya.com)
Supplemental reading: NE Sjoman, The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace (difficult to find, expensive) Theos Bernard. Hatha Yoga (difficult to find and probably expensive) Mikel Burley. Hatha-Yoga Swami Sivananda Radha. Kundalini Yoga for the West Hugh Urban. Tantra David Gordon White. The Alchemical Body John Woodroffe (writing as Arthur Avalon). The Serpent Power FURTHER SUPPLEMENTAL READING Elizabeth de Michelis. The History of Modern Yoga (chapters 6 and 7) Georg Feuerstein. The Deeper Dimension of Yoga ---------------------. The Teachings of Yoga Paul Brunton. A Search in Secret India Roberto Calasso. Ka Alain Danielou. The Gods of India John Keay. India: A History Gavin Flood. Introduction to Hinduism Andrew Rawlinson. The Book of Enlightened Masters: Western Teachers in Eastern Traditions Robert McDermott,editor. The Essential Aurobindo David Godman, editor. Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi Agehananda Bharati. The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern Mysticism Philip Self. Yogi Bare: Naked Truth from Americas Leading Yoga Teachers