Recommended reading:
Yoga asana, philosophy and/or history
Moving Into Stillness – Erich Schiffmann
Yoga Mind, Body, Spirit – Donna Farhi
Yoga: Awakening the Inner Body – Donald Moyer
The Heart of Yoga – Desikachar
Total Freedom – J. Krishnamurti
Roots of Yoga – James Mallinson and Mark Singleton
The Origins of Yoga and Tantra– Geoffrey Samuel
The Yoga Sutra – translations by Swami Satchidananda or Chip Hartranft
The Bhagavad Gita – translations by Stephen Mitchell or Barbara Stoler Miller
The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight – Lorin Roche
Bringing Yoga to Life – Donna Farhi
The Mirror of Yoga – Richard Freeman
Anatomy and somatics
Functional Anatomy of Yoga – David Keil
Anatomy of Movement – Bladine Calais-Germain
Anatomy Train – Thomas Myers
How Life Moves – Kevin Frank and Caryn McHose
Taking Root to Fly – Irene Dowd
The Thinking Body – Mabel Todd
The Wisdom of the Body Moving – Linda Hartley
Qigong, Daoism, Chinese Five Elements/Phases
The Way of Qigong, Kenneth Cohen
Being Taoist: Wisdom for Living a Balanced life – Eva Wong
Taoism: The Enduring Tradition – Russell Kirkland
The Taoist Body – Kristofer Schipper
Seven Taoist Masters – Eva Wong
The Tao te Ching – translations by Stephen Mitchell (for beautiful prose)
Lao Tzu/The Tao te Ching – translation by D.C. Lau (for more direct translation)
Original Tao: Inward Training (Nei-yeh) and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism – Harold Roth
Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits – Bill Porter and Stephen R. Johnson
Wood Becomes Water: Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life –Gail Richstein
Mindfulness and Buddhism
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening – Joseph Goldstein
Fully Present: The Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness – Susan Smalley and Diana Winston
Foundations of Buddhism – Rupert Gethin
The Buddhist Path to Awakening – Rupert Gethin
Being Peace -- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Buddha's Teachings – Thich Nhat Hahn
The Wisdom of No Escape – Pema Chodron
Turning the Mind into an Ally – Sakyong Mipham
Other spirituality/philosophy
Tattoos on the Heart – Gregory Boyle
A Life Worth Breathing – Max Strom
Yoga asana, philosophy and/or history
Moving Into Stillness – Erich Schiffmann
Yoga Mind, Body, Spirit – Donna Farhi
Yoga: Awakening the Inner Body – Donald Moyer
The Heart of Yoga – Desikachar
Total Freedom – J. Krishnamurti
Roots of Yoga – James Mallinson and Mark Singleton
The Origins of Yoga and Tantra– Geoffrey Samuel
The Yoga Sutra – translations by Swami Satchidananda or Chip Hartranft
The Bhagavad Gita – translations by Stephen Mitchell or Barbara Stoler Miller
The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight – Lorin Roche
Bringing Yoga to Life – Donna Farhi
The Mirror of Yoga – Richard Freeman
Anatomy and somatics
Functional Anatomy of Yoga – David Keil
Anatomy of Movement – Bladine Calais-Germain
Anatomy Train – Thomas Myers
How Life Moves – Kevin Frank and Caryn McHose
Taking Root to Fly – Irene Dowd
The Thinking Body – Mabel Todd
The Wisdom of the Body Moving – Linda Hartley
Qigong, Daoism, Chinese Five Elements/Phases
The Way of Qigong, Kenneth Cohen
Being Taoist: Wisdom for Living a Balanced life – Eva Wong
Taoism: The Enduring Tradition – Russell Kirkland
The Taoist Body – Kristofer Schipper
Seven Taoist Masters – Eva Wong
The Tao te Ching – translations by Stephen Mitchell (for beautiful prose)
Lao Tzu/The Tao te Ching – translation by D.C. Lau (for more direct translation)
Original Tao: Inward Training (Nei-yeh) and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism – Harold Roth
Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits – Bill Porter and Stephen R. Johnson
Wood Becomes Water: Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life –Gail Richstein
Mindfulness and Buddhism
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening – Joseph Goldstein
Fully Present: The Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness – Susan Smalley and Diana Winston
Foundations of Buddhism – Rupert Gethin
The Buddhist Path to Awakening – Rupert Gethin
Being Peace -- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Buddha's Teachings – Thich Nhat Hahn
The Wisdom of No Escape – Pema Chodron
Turning the Mind into an Ally – Sakyong Mipham
Other spirituality/philosophy
Tattoos on the Heart – Gregory Boyle
A Life Worth Breathing – Max Strom
