Book Recommendations

Yoga Anatomy

Yoga Anatomy 3rd Edition – Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews – the first and second editions are also great if you can pick them up second hand.

Anatomy & Yoga a Guide for Teachers & Students – Ellen Saltonstall (More useful for teachers and those really interested in anatomy).

Anatomy of Yoga for Posture and Health – Nicky Jenkins and Leigh Brandon

Stretching Anatomy – Arnold G. Nelson and Jouko Kokkonen

Yoga body – Anatomy, Kinesiology and Asana – Judith Hanson Lasater PH.D., P.T

Practice

Energy The Spark of Life & Universal Goddess – Swami Muktibodhananda

Light On Yoga – BKS Iyengar

There are so many books on yogasana, these two are great, Light on Yoga is considered to be a seminal text on asana practice, and I love Swami Muktibodhananda book Energy the Spark of Life as it gives great instructions on asana, but also is a wonderful text on other aspects of yoga.

Find a teacher you like and get their book, take books out of the library, and find what technique and style work for you.

Chair Yoga

A Chair for Yoga – Eyal Shifroni.   A wonderful book for those with mobility issues or movement difficulties, and also a wonderful book for deepening your practice at any level of physical ability, as working with a chair allows you to deepen your experience of the pose with more ease and support.

Restorative Yoga

Restorative Yoga for Life  – Gail Boorstein Grossman

Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times – Judith Hanson Lassatar PH.D., P.T

Yoga Therapy

Yoga As Medicine – The Yogic Prescription for Heath and Healing – Timothy McCall M.D.

Yoga Therapy – A Guide to the Therapeutic use of Yoga and Ayurveda for Health and Fitness – A.G. Mohan and Indra Mohan

Mudra

Yoga In Your Hands – Gertrud Hirschi

Yoga For Healthy Aging

Relax into Yoga for Seniors – Kimberly Carson and Carol Krucoff.  Not just for seniors, this is a wonderful book with a full 6 week progamme showing lots of progressions and modification for the yoga poses.

Yoga for Osteoporosis – Loren Fishman

Yoga for Healthy Aging – Baxter Bell and Nina Zolotow

Psoas

The Vital Psoas Muscle: Connecting Physical, Emotional and Spritual Well-Being – Jo Ann Staugard-Jones

Yoga Philosophy

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Swami Satchidananda

The Living Gita: The Complete Bhagavad Gita – A Commentary for Modern Readers – Swami Satchidananda

Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Swami Muktibodhananda

Interesting or Inspiring Reads

The Shambala Encyclopedia of Yoga – Georg Feuerstein

Awakening Shakti – Sally Kempton

Myths of the Asanas:  The Stories at the Heart of the Yoga Tradition – Alana Kaivalya

Outrageous Openness – Tosha Silver

The Book of Awakening – Mark Nepo

The Ramayana – Ramesh Menon