The path of a yoga teacher is one of continuous learning. It is only by committing to expanding our knowledge that we can begin to advance our practice and teaching ability.
Reading a variety of yoga texts and research is one way to inform your teaching and develop your connection to yoga.
To set you on your way, Yoga Alliance Professionals has compiled a recommended reading list for all yoga teachers, with suggestions from our members and the wider yoga community.
- Bhagavad Gita
- Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
- The Upanishads
- Light on Yoga, by B.K.S Iyengar
- Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa
- Hatha Yoga Pradipika, by Swami Satyananada Sawaswati
- Roots of Yoga, by Mark Singleton and James Mallinson
- Breath: The essence of Yoga, by Sandra Sabatini
- The Art of Adjusting, by Brian Cooper
- Yoga Body, by Mark Singleton
- Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha, by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
- The Heart of Meditation, by the Dalai Lama
- Yoni Shakti, by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
- The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van der Kolk
- Yoga Sequencing, by Mark Stephens
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