Strongly Recommended Reading:

• T.K.V. Desikachar. The heart of yoga
• B.K.S. Iyengar. Light on Yoga
• B.K.S. Iyengar. Light on Panayama
• Srivatsa Ramaswami. The complete book of vinyasa yoga
• Swami Muktibodhananda Hatha Yoga Pradipika
• Jaganath Carrera. Inside the Yoga Sutras: A Comprehensive Sourcebook for the Study & Practice of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
• Jaganath Carrera. Awaken: Inside Yoga Meditation
• Elizabeth de Michelis. A History of Modern Yoga

          Recommended Reading:

• T.K.V. Desikachar. Health, Healing & Beyond
• Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Yoga Mala: The Original Teachings of Ashtanga
• Michael Stone and Richard Freeman. The Inner Tradition of Yoga: A Guide to Yoga Philosophy for the Contemporary Practitioner
• Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor. The Art of Vinyasa: Awakening Body and Mind through the Practice of Ashtanga
• Richard Freeman. The Mirror of Yoga: Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind
• B.K.S. Iyengar. Light on Life
• B.K.S. Iyengar. The Tree of Yoga
• Srivatsa Ramaswami. Yoga Beneath the Surface
• Andrey Lappa. Universal Yoga
• Swami Vivekananda. Raja-Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma-Yoga, Bhakti-Yoga
• Romain Rolland. The Life of Ramakrishna
• Swami Nikhilananda. Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
• Gheranda Samhita
• Shiva Samhita
• Simon Chokoisky. Sex, Love, and Dharma: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Relationships

 
 
          The Vedas  & Upanishads
 

• Rigvedic Maharishi Parashara and H. H. Wilson. The Vishnu Purana
• Swami Gambhirananda. Eight Upanishads, with the Commentary of Sankaracarya
• Satyananda Saraswati. Nine Principal Upanishads
• Ramesh Menon. The Siva Purana Retold
• David Frawley. Wisdom of the Ancient Seers
• Ralph Griffith. Hinduism: The Rig Veda
• Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty. The Rig Veda