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2008/2009 ADVANCED STUDIES READING LIST(required reading marked with a star*)

ASANAWe recommend that you get one of the following:

BKS Iyengar.Light on Yoga

Judith Hanson Lasater. 30 Essential Yoga PosesSilva, Mira, and Shyam Mehta. Yoga, the Iyengar Way

HOME PRACTICEWe recommend one of these books for further study:

Rodney Yee and Nina Zolotow.Moving into BalanceErich Schiffman.Moving into StillnessTKV Desikachar. The Heart of Yoga

ANATOMY*Required Reading:Anatomy of Movementby Blandine Calais-GermainBaxter recommends one of the following to supplement the above:

Leslie Kaminoff. Yoga AnatomyChris Jarmey. Concise Book of MusclesRay Long, MD. The Key Muscles of Hatha YogaWynn Kapit and Lawrence M. Elson. The Anatomy Coloring Book

PRANAYAMA*Required Reading: BKS Iyengar.Light on PranayamaWe recommended the following for further study: Richard Rosen. The Yoga of Breath

ON BEING A YOGA TEACHER*Required Reading: Donna Farhi. Teaching YogaAnn recommends the following for further study:

Mark Whitwell. Yoga of Heart: The Healing Power of Intimate ConnectionJohn Kain.A Rare and Precious ThingBKS Iyengar.Light on Life

YOGA PHILOSOPHYThis is the basic reading list for the Yoga Philosophy/History section of the program. Therearent any dates attached to the readings because well take as much time with each topic asneeded, usually a week but sometimes more. You need buy only one book, The ShambhalaGuide 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 UpanishadSuggested translations: Valerie Roebuck (Penguin); Patrick Olivelle (Oxford); S. Radhakrishnan(Indus)

Supplemental reading: The Rig Veda(Penguin Classics, trans by Wendy Doniger OFlaherty); David Frawley.

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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); GrahamSchweig (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 ofchapter 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 ofShiva; 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-YogaSwami Sivananda Radha. Kundalini Yoga for the WestHugh Urban. TantraDavid Gordon White. The Alchemical BodyJohn Woodroffe (writing as Arthur Avalon). The Serpent Power

FURTHER SUPPLEMENTAL READINGElizabeth de Michelis. The History of Modern Yoga(chapters 6 and 7)Georg Feuerstein. The Deeper Dimension of Yoga---------------------. The Teachings of YogaPaul Brunton.A Search in Secret IndiaRoberto Calasso. KaAlain Danielou. The Gods of India

John Keay.India: A HistoryGavin Flood.Introduction to HinduismAndrew Rawlinson. The Book of Enlightened Masters: Western Teachers in Eastern TraditionsRobert McDermott,editor. The Essential AurobindoDavid Godman, editor.Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana MaharshiAgehananda Bharati. The Light at the Center: Context and Pretext of Modern MysticismPhilip Self. Yogi Bare: Naked Truth from Americas Leading Yoga Teachers