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BOOK REVIEWS ON YOGA |
Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., regularly reviews books that are of interest to him personally and that he feels might also be of interest to others. Please click on any of the links below to see the individual reviews.
A History of Modern Yoga by de Michelis
A Reappraisal of Patanjali's Yoga-Sûtras by Tandon
Beyond Race: The Bhagavad-Gita in Black & White by Byrd
Fearless Living by Swami Rama
Forceful Yoga ed. by Bhatt
God Talks With Arjuna by Yogananda
Hatha-Pradîpikâ by Gharote and Devnath
Hathatatvakaumudi by Gharote et al.
Kriya Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Siddhas by Govindan
Light on Life by Iyengar
Mindfulness Yoga by Boccio
Naked in Ashes (video)
Pilgrim in Love by Levitt
Reconciling Yoga by Chapple
Samadhi by Sarbacker
Shiva-Sûtras: The Supreme Awakening ed. by Hughes
Siddhasiddhântapaddhati ed. by Gharote & Pai
The Alchemical Body by White
The Integrity of Yoga Darsana by Whicher
The Language of Yoga by Bachman
The Spiritual Roots of Yoga by Ravindra
The Wisdom of Jesus and the Yoga Siddhas by Govindan
The Yoga of Time Travel by Wolf
The Yogasûtrabhâshyavivarana transl. by Rukmani
The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali by Hartranft
The Yoga-Sûtra of Patanjali by Swami Veda Bharati
Thirumandiram transl. by Natarajan
Yoga by Iyengar
Yoga of Kashmir Shaivism by Swami Shankarananda
Yoga of Siddha Avvai by Kandaswamy
Yoga of Siddha Bogarnathar by Ganapathy
Yoga of Siddha Tirumular by Ganapathy and Arumugam
Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas by Ganapathy
Yoga: The Indian Tradition by Whicher and Carpenter
Yogis of Tibet (video)
Light on Life by Iyengar
(a mature reflection on life from a yogic perspective)
Hatha-Pradîpikâ by Gharote and Devnath
(a rendering of the complete text of Svatmarama's classic manual of 10 chapters)
Forceful Yoga ed. by Bhatt
(renderings of the three major Sanskrit manuals on Hatha-Yoga)
Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas by Ganapathy
(an introduction to the yogic teachings of the Tamil Siddhas)
The Yoga Sûtra of Patanjali by Hartranft
(a user-friendly but sensitive rendering of the Yoga-Sûtra)
Reconciling Yoga by Chapple
(one of the few available works on Jaina Yoga)
The Yogasûtrabâshyavivarana transl. by Rukmani
(a fine rendering of Shankara Bhagavatpada's commentary on the Yoga-Sûtra)
The Yoga-Sûtra of Patanjali by Swami Veda Bharati
(an excellent rendering and translation of the first chapter of the Yoga-Sûtra)
The publications on Tamil Siddha Yoga all deserve special attention, as this yogic tradition is little known in the West.