reading & music

recommended reading

Must Reads
If the Buddha…series — Charolette Kasl PhD
Awakening the Buddha Within — Lama Surya Das
Be Here Now — Ram Dass
Comfortable with Uncertainty — Pema Chodron
Siddhartha — Hermann Hesse
The Alchemist — Paul Coelho
Shantaram — Gregory David Roberts
It’s Here Now Are You? — Bhagavan Das

General Reading
The Path to Wholistic Health — BKS Iyengar
Yoga Mind Body — Sivananda Yoga Vendata Centre
Awakening The Spine — Vanda Scaravelli
Ashtanga Yoga Primer — Baba Hari Dass
The Yoga Tradition — Georg Feuerstein
The Heart of Yoga — TKV Desikachar
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self — Stephen Cope
The Power of Now — Eckart Tolle
The Breathing Book — Donna Farhi
Living Your Yoga — Judith Lasater
Hatha Yoga — Geoffrey Deveraux
Meditations from the Mat — Rolf Gates
The Yoga Sutras — Patanjali (Swami Satchidananda)
Mindfulness Yoga — Frank Jude Boccio
The Courage to Teach — Parker Palmer

Yoga Practice Manuals
Light on Yoga — BKS Iyengar
Anusara Teacher Training Manual — John Friend
Journey into Power — Baron Baptiste
Ashtanga Yoga (the practice manual) — David Swenson
Moving Into Stillness — Eric Schiffmann

suggested music

Kirtan
Krishna Das
Donna DeLory
Deva Premal
Jai Uttal
Bhagavan Das
Wah!
Benjy & Heather Wertheimer and Shantala

Asian Underground
TJ Rehmi
DJ Cheb I Sabbah
DJ Pathaan
Dum Dum Project
Nitin Sahwney
Bill Laswell
Talvin Sing
Kaya Project
Angel Tears

Compilations
Shiva Rea
Café del Mar volumes
Lotus - East and West
Indian Lounge
Buddha Bar Series
After Hours
Oliver Peoples 4
Mystic Groove
Salon Oriental
Transatalik Lounging
Hi Fidelity

Deep Rhythm/Tribal
Gabrial Roth and the mirrors
Dead Can Dance
Afro Celt Sound System
Professor Trance
Lotus
Adam Shake
Bharamji + Manesh De Moor: Call of the Mystic
Prem Joshua
Boozoo Bajou