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Mandatory and Recommended Reading for Nartana Yoga School 200 Hours course Module Mandatory Reading Recommended Reading 1 - And now the Yoga Sutras of Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar teaching of yoga - Patanjali by Sri Light on Pranayama by BKS Iyengar Introductions Swami The Journey Inwards by Rolf Sovik Satchidananda Mudras for Healing and Transformation by Joseph le Page 2 – Yoga Anatomy The Concise Human The Muscle Book by Paul Blakey Part 1 Body Book by Dorling Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais- Musculoskeletal Kindersley Germain system The Concise Book of Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff Muscles by Chris Key Muscles of Yoga by Ray Long Jarmey Physical Examination of the Spine & Functional Anatomy Extremities by Hoppenfeld of Yoga by David Keil 3 – Beginning on Teaching Yoga by Teaching Yoga by Donna Farhi the teaching path Mark Stephens Yoga the Art of Adjusting by Brian Cooper Yoga Adjustments by Mark Stephens 4 – Yoga Anatomy As for Module 2 + Anatomy of Breath by Blandine Calais- part 2 Relax and Renew by Germain Respiration Judith Hanson Nervous System Lasater 5 – Subtle Body Chakras : Energy The Subtle Body Encyclopedia by Cyndi Dale Centres of Wheels of Life by User’s Guide to the Chakra Transformation by System by Anodea Judith Harish Johari The Tao of Physics – an exploration of the parallels between modern physics and eastern mysticism by Frijthof Capra Yoga of the Subtle Body – A guide to the physical and energetic anatomy of yoga by Tias Little 6 – Creating Heart of Yoga by Yoga Sequencing – Designing Transformative Intelligent Desikachar Yoga Classes by Mark Stephens Sequences 7 – History of Yoga Bhagavad Gita trans. Rig Veda by Penguin Classics by Eknath Easwaran Upanishads trans. by Eknath Easwaran Mahabharata by Penguin Classics Ramayana by Ramesh Menon Goraksha Paddhati Hatha Yoga Pradipika The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace by Norman Sjoman Roots of Yoga by James Mallinson and Mark Singleton Myths of the Asanas by by Arlana van der Kooij and Arjuna Kaivalya The Horse, The Wheel and the Language by David Anthony Page | 1 8 – Self Care and Yoga and Ayurveda Ayurveda The Science of Self-Healing by Introduction to by David Frawley Vasant Lad Ayurveda Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing by Usha and Vasant Lad Tending the Heart Fire by Shiva Rea 9 – Business of Yoga 10 - Graduation The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer I Will Not Die an Unlived Life by Dawna Markova Maps to Ecstasy by Gabrielle Roth The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron Living Your Yoga by Judith Hanson Lasater The Art of Attention by Elena Brower Writing the Fire by Gail Sher Lessons in Magic by Philip Carr-Gomm Readings for savasana and inspiration: Benedictus by John O’Donohue Anam Cara by John O’Donohue The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche Brightening Your Inner Skies by Norman Blair The Peace Of Wild Things by Wendell Berry Tending the Heart Fire by Shiva Rea Page | 2 .

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