Reading & Materials
Required Readings:
The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies by Vasant Lad
Four Chapters on Freedom by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V Desikachar
The Mirror of Yoga by Richard Freeman
Hatha Yoga Illustrated by Martin Kirk, Brooke Boon (optional and recommended)
Yantra Painting Workshop:
A $25 materials fee will be required for our all day Yantra Painting workshop scheduled for March 13th. You will complete the session with a final product.
Yoga Props:
One Mat, Two blocks, Two Blankets and an 8′ Long Strap
Recommended Readings:
This list was compiled by one of our primary instructors, Santosh Powell. This list is intended to serve as supplemental reading and is not required for the program. It is a valuable resource and students are always encouraged to grow and evolve.
Asana, Yoga Poses
The Heart of Yoga 244p. T.K.V. Desikachar 1995
Ashtanga Yoga Primer 72p. Sri Baba Hari Dass 1981
Light on Yoga 544p. B.K.S. Iyengar 1966
30 Essential Yoga Poses 248p. Judith Lasater 2003
Anusara Yoga 196p. Doug Keller 2001
Kundalini Yoga 224p. Shakta Kaur Khalsa 2001
Jivamukti Yoga 300p. Sharon Gannon & David Life 2002
Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha 553p. Swami Satyananda Saraswati 1969
Anatomy of Hatha Yoga 623p. H. David Coulter 2001
Yoga for Your Type, an Ayurvedic Approach 275p. Dr. David Frawley 2001
Structural Yoga Therapy 343p. Mukunda Stiles 2000
Yoga for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond 160p. Francoise Barbira Freedman
2004
The Joy of Partner Yoga 159p. Gaia Books 2003
The Key to Yoga 140p. Unknown 1958 … underground
Meditation
Meditation & Its Practices 472p. Swami Adiswarananda 2003
Dhyana Meditation for Inner Growth 88p. Ameeta Mehra 1999
Dhyana 60p. M.P. Pandit 1960
Walking Meditation 60p. Thich Nhat Hanh 1985
Metaphysical Meditations 124p. Paramahansa Yogananda 1932
Meditate Happiness Lies within You 59p. Swami Muktananda 1980
Heart of Sadhana 122p. M.P. Panditnot dated …underground
The Mother Prayers and Meditations 388p. The Mother 1912-1917
Ashtanga Yoga Primer 72p. Baba Hari Dass 1981
Vinaya Chalisa 40p. Baba Hari Dass 1994
The Power of Stillness 213p. Tobin Blake 2003
Tantra
Tattwa Shuddhi, Tantric Practice of Purification 144p.
Swami Satyasangananda Saraswati 1984
Kundalini Tantra 453p. Swami Satyananda Saraswati 1984
The Serpent Power 500p. Sir John Woodrofee 1918
Sakti And Sakta 467p. Sir John Woodrofee 1918
Kularnara Tantra, the Sutras 216p. unknown 1020 a.d.
Jewel in the Lotus (sexual) 251p. Sunyata Saraswati 1987
Taming the Kundalini 186p. Swami Satyananda Saraswati 1967
Tools for Tantra 136p. Harish Johari 1986
Tantra the Art of Conscious Loving (sexual) 134p. Charles & Caroline Muir 1989
Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses 253p. Dr. David Frawley 1994
Sri Aurobindo on the Tantra 40p. M.P. Pandit 1967
Meditations from the Tantras 367p. Swami Satyananda Saraswati 1983
Ashtanga Yoga Primer 72p. Baba Hari Dass 1981
Sri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, the Ascent 499p. Swami Satyasangananda Saraswati 2003
Pranayama Breathing Practice
Science of Breath 89p. Yogi Ramacharaka 1904
Ashtanga Yoga Primer 72p. Baba Hari Dass 1981
The Yoga of Breath 288p. Richard Rosen 2002
Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha 553p. Swami Satyananda Saraswati 1969
Prana Pranayama Prana Vidya 442p. Swami Niranjanananda 1994
Refining The Breath 121p. Doug Keller 2001-2004 The Heart of Yoga 244p. T.K.V. Desikachar 1995
The tree of Yoga 194p. B.K.S. Iyengar 1988
The Deeper Dimension of Yoga 415p. Georg Feuerstein 2003
The Adventure of Consciousness 359p. Satprem 1970
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Samadhi Pada 146p. Baba Hari Dass 1999
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali book I-IV 263p. Sri Swami Satchidananda 1978
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sadhana Pada 215p. Baba Hari Dass 2008
Letters on Yoga I 502p. Sri Aurobindo 1958 compilations
Letters on Yoga II 503 – 1189p. Sri Aurobindo 1958 compilations
Letters on Yoga III 1190 – 1808p. Sri Aurobindo 1958 compilations
The Upanishads 319p. Eknath Easwaran 1987
The Upanishads 466p. Sri Aurobindo 1900-1920
The Shiva Samhita 87p. Rai Babadur Srisa Chandra Vasu 1914
Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend 224p. Anna Dallapiccola 2002
Yogic Philosophy & Poetry
The Synthesis of Yoga 918p. Sri Aurobindo 1914-1921
The Prophet 96p. Kahlil Gibran 1923
Sweeper to Saint 196p. Baba Hari Dass 1980
Fire without Fuel 192p. Baba Hari Dass 1986
The Yellow Book Baba Hari Dass 1974
Valmiki Ramayana, Story of Hanuman 176p. N. Chandrasekhara Aiyer 1953
The Mother 29p. Sri Aurobindo 1928 original manuscript
The sunlit Path 194p. The Mother 1950-1963 copy right 1984
The Path to Enlightenment is Not a Highway 323p. Baba Hari Dass 1996
Vedanta Heart of Hinduism 230p. Hans Torwesten 1985
Short Introduction to Vedanta 292p. Subodh Kapoor 2003
Shiva Sutras, Finding the Hidden Self 121p. Roger Worthington 2002
Emergence of the Psychic Being (the soul) 135p. Selections from The Mother & Sri Aurobindo copy right 2002
Bhagavad Gita 223p. Stephen Mitchell translation 2000
The Bhagavad Gita 245p. Eknath Easwaran 1985
Essays on the Gita 588p. Sri Aurobindo 1916-1920
The Vedic Experience Mantra-Manjari 937p. Raimundo Panikkar 1977
The Secret of Veda 604p. Sri Aurobindo 1914-1920
The Mother, Notebook on Evolution 211p. The Mother … Underground
Tao Te Ching 81 Proverbs Lao Tsu 600 b.c.
The Subject Tonight is Love 67p. Hafiz translation Daniel Ladinsky 1996
The Gift 333p. Hafiz translation Daniel Ladinsky 1996
The Yoga of Love And Devotion, Bhakti Yoga 157p. Sri Aurobindo 1986
GOD
Savitri 737p. Sri Aurobindo 1950
The Life Divine 1154p. Sri Aurobindo 1939
Reincarnation
Rebirth and Karma 161p. Sri Aurobindo 1915
The Life Beyond Death 192p. Yogi Ramacharaka 1909
Life after Life 176p. Raymond Moody 1975
The Future Evolution of Man 148p. Sri Aurobindo 1963
Journey of Souls 266p. Michael Newton 2002
Yogi Ayurvedic Medicine, the Spiritual Science of life
Ayurveda, The Science of Self-Healing 175p. Dr. Vasant LAD 2004
Practical Ayurveda 231p. Atreya 1998
Concept of Agni in Ayurveda 212p. Bhagwan Das 1971
Yoga & Ayurveda, Self-Healing and Self-Realization 345p. Dr. David Frawley 1999
Ayurvedic Home Remedies 326p. Dr. Vasant Lad 1998
Yoga for Your Type, an Ayurvedic Approach 275p. Dr. David Frawley 2001
Ayurveda & Panchakarma 309p. Dr. Sunil Joshi 1996
Yogi Healing
The Science of Psychic Healing 190p. Yogi Ramacharaka 1909
Prana the Secret of Yogic Healing 148p. Atreya 1996
The Chakras & Esoteric Healing 139p. Zachary Lansdowne 1986
Kabalistic Healing 216p. Shirley chambers 2000
Setting the Scene, Creative Visualization for Healing 27p. Alan Cohen 1982
Metaphysical
Astral Dynamics, A new approach to Out-of-Body Experience 559p. Robert Bruce 1999
Asana Breath and Mantrum, Brotherhood of the White Temple A Complete Course in Preparing the Physical Body for the Coming of The Guru 50p. Doreal 1939 … Underground
Eastern or Vedic Astrology
Beneath a Vedic Sky 407p. William Levacy 1999
Astrology of the Seers 283p. Dr. David Frawley 2000
The Divisional Charts 215p. Dr. Dinesh Sharma 1996
Vedic Astrology 311p. Ronnie Gale Dreyer 1997
Science & Astronomy
Relativity, The Special and The General Theory 188p. Albert Einstein Translation
Robert Lawson 1961 Estate of Albert Einstein
Occult Ether Physics 106p. William Lyne … Underground
A Brief History of Time 248p. Stephen Hawking 1996
Seven Life Lessons of Chaos, Spiritual Wisdom from the Science of Change 205p.
John Briggs & F. David Peat 1999
Beyond Earth, Mapping the Universe 255p. Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
2002
Hubble Space Telescope 64p. Mark Voit 2000
The Cambridge Star Atlas 90p. Wil Tirion 1991
Randoms
Symbols of Tibetan Buddhism 127p. Text Claude Levenson 2000
Autobiography of a Yogi 596p. Paramahansa Yogananda 1946
Facing Death and Finding Hope, A guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying Christine Longaker 1997
Only One Sky 253p. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho) 1975
Mudras, Yoga in Your Hands 223p. Gertrud Hirschi 2000
The Alchemy of Finance 378p. George Soros 1987, 1994
Conversations with God 211p. Neale Walsch 1996
Dictionary of Sanskrit Names 314p. Integral Yoga Institute 1996
Golf In the Kingdom 219p. Michael Murphy, founder of the Esalen Institute 1972
Glossary of Terms in Sri Aurobindo’s Writings 3oop. Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Pondicherry India 1987