Book Recommendations from Our Faculty

Written By Neena McIlwaine

What’s on your reading list for 2023? Check out an old standard, or something new! Here’s a list of recommendations from (some) of our offensively prolific readers on faculty! 

  • Waking by Matthew Sanford 

  • Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu

  • The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

  • Restore & Rebalance by Judith Hanson Lasater

  • Embracing Unrest by Dr Sandra Parker

  • The Nahisi Coats: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

  • The Stories Behind the Poses by Dr Raj Balkaran

  • Curious Poses by Lucy Greeves

  • Eat Feel Fresh Ayurveda Cookbook by Sahara Rose Ketabi

  • The Yamas & Niyamas by Deborah Adele

  • The Language of Yin by Gabrielle Harris

  • The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche, PhD

  • Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson PhD

  • Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 

  • The Heart of Buddhist Meditation by Nyanaponika Thera

  • Yoginis Dilemma by Nicole A. Grant

  • Yoga for Emotional Balance by Bo Forbes

  • The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

  • Letting Go by David R. Hawkins

  • How Yoga Works by Geshe Michael Roach

  • The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

  • The Key Muscles of Yoga by Ray Long

  • Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

  • The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

  • Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

  • Well Behaved Indian Women by Saumya Dave

  • The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

  • Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

  • The path of the Yoga Sutras by Nicolai Bachman

  • The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté

Books for Kids:

  • My Mindful A to Zen by Krina Patel-Sage

  • A Pebble for Your Pocket by Thich Nhat Hanh

  • A Saree for Ammi by Mamta Nainy

Newer Reads:

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto, by Tricia Hersey

A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry, by Czesław Miłosz

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism: by Trungpa, Chögyam

When the Body Says No, Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection - Dr. Gabor Maté

Old Standards/Classics:

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Sri Swami Satchidananda

The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice - TKV Desikachar

Literally anything written by : https://www.judithhansonlasater.com/

Light on Yoga - B.K.S Iyengar

Yoga of the Subtle Body - Tias Littles

Journey into Power - Baron Baptiste

Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda

Neena McIlwaine
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