During my Travels, and times when I studied for numerous hours a day , Jnana Yoga was the lead horse, or dominant Yoga Practice, I read a lot! I still read a good amount. I hope you find these books of interest.

Translations of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 

·       The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

    Translated by/introduced by Alistair Shearer

·       The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   

    Translation & Commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda

·       The Textbook of Yoga Psychology     

    Ramamurti S. Mishra, M.D.(Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati)

 

 

 

Translations of the Bhagavad Gita

    

   ·       The Living Gita: The Complete Bhagavad Gita

Sri Swami Satchidananda

 

·       The Bhagavad Gita

Winthrop Sargeant

Foreward by: Christopher Chapple

 

·       Bhagavad Gita : As It Is

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta

 

 

Ashtanga Yoga

       ·       Yoga Mala

Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

 

·       Ashtanga Yoga  

The Practice Manual

David Swenson

 

·        Ashtanga Yoga  

The Definitive Step-by-Step Guide to a Dynamic Yoga

John Scott

Foreword by: Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

 

 

 

Other readings for a Hatha Yoga Practice

      

     ·       Light on Yoga

B.K.S. Iyengar

Foreword by: Yehundi Menuhin

 

·       Moola Bandha :The Master Key

Swami Buddhananda

 

·       The Tree of Yoga

B.K.S. Iyengar

 

·       The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga

Georg Feururstein, Ph. D

 

·       The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice

T.K.V. Desikachar

 

 

Interesting People/Interesting Biographies 

    Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic

Osho

 

Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba

Compiled by Ram Dass

 

       Life and Teaching of  ŚRĪ ĀNANDAMAYĪ MĀ

Dr. Alexander Lipski

 

·Amma :Healing the heart of the World

Judith Cornell

 

Devotional Yoga

 

·       The Yoga of Kirtan Conversations on the Sacred Art of Chanting

Steven Rosen

 

·       The Heart of Awareness  A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita

Thomas Byron

 

·       The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion  A Modern translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras

Prem Prakash

 

Other influential readings

 

 

·       The Prophet

Kahill Gibran

 

·       Classics of Indian Spirituality

Translated by Eknath Easwaran

 

·       Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

 

·       Ramayana

Retold by William Buck

 

·       Mipam  The First Tibetan Novel

Lama Yongden