Which are the Best Books to Learn Yoga?

Yoga is a meditation practice that helps you to create self-awareness to your life. It rids your body of all the negative energies that include anxiety, stress, and strain. It also helps you to relieve body pains like back aches. It is a tool that sparks self-mastery, knowledge, compassion for others and freedom from stress and pain. It enhances a connection between the body, soul and mind. Here you will find the best three yoga books that can be of great inspiration and help to any potential yoga enthusiast. It does not matter whether you are newly practicing or a well-established practitioner in this art. Which are the best books to learn yoga?

 

1. Light on Yoga The Bible of Modern Yoga

 

The book is written by B.K.S Iyengar and was published in 1966 Lady doing Yogaand was among the first yoga manuals that were available especially in the western world. Iyengar goes deeper into the teachings of yoga poses with well written and detailed explanations that are complemented with about 600 photos. The book not only covers the yoga practice but also
covers breathing techniques, philosophies of yoga and body workings in relation to yoga. It has a more traditional approach to yoga.

 

2.The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice

 

Woman into YogaT.K.V. Desikachar wrote this yoga book and takes you through the yoga journey regarding the art and science of yoga. These are teachings that he got from his father who was regarded as the father of modern yoga. His name was Krishnamcharya. He was regarded as the guru of gurus as his teachings are reflected in this book. The author includes his own perspectives of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, which is a 2000-year-old practice of yoga teachings.

 

3.The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness

 

This book is written by Pema Chodron, a Buddhist nun whose main objective in this book is to help the reader integrate into their unique life. It is not about the meditation of sitting down and chanting, but it is about the interpretation of the Buddhist principle of loving kindness. It teaches the reader about the virtues of being compassionate. It has very basic principles in yoga that help people to practice yoga as an integral part of their life. All of the above books have been highly recommended by many readers as the best books for all people not only to learn; but also to practice yoga. If you are still asking which are the best books to learn yoga? Try the above and see for yourself.

Author: Kathlin Walton

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