Recommended Reading

Yoga and Buddhism

Freeing the Body, Freeing the Mind: Writings on the Connections between Yoga & Buddhism - edited by Michael Stone (read "A Twisted Story " by Jill Satterfield)

 

Buddhist Philososphy and Practice

 

Theravadan Buddhism:

The Mind and the Way by Ajahn Sumedho

 Small Boat, Great Mountain by Ajahn Amaro

 Open to Desire by Mark Epstein

 Living Dharma by Jack Kornfield

A Path of Life by Jack Kornfield

 Faith by Sharon Salzberg

 Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

 One Dharma by Joseph Goldstein

 Insight Meditation by Joseph Goldstein

 Buddhism without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor

 Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor

Dancing with Life by Phillip Moffitt

Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana

 Being Dharma by Ajahn Cha

The Mind and the Way by Ajahn Sumedho

 

Tibetan Buddhism:

The Joy of Living by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Eric Swanson

 Turning the Mind into an Ally by Sakyong Mipham

 When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron

 The Essence of Buddhism by Traleg Rinpoche

 Healing with Form, Energy and Light by Tenzin Wangyal

 The Heart of the Buddha by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

 Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

 Indestructible Truth by Reginald Ray

 Inner Revolution by Robert Thurman

 What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

 The Heart of the World by Ian Baker

 The Tibetan Art of Healing by Ian Baker

 

Zen Buddhism:

Zen Mind Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

 

Yoga Practice and Study

Hatha Yoga

Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar

The Heart of Yoga by Desikachar

 Yoga: the Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness  by Eric Schiffman

 Yoga and the Quest for True Self by Stephen Cope

 Yoga Body by Mark Singleton

 Light on Pranayama by B.K.S. Iyengar

 The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar

Yoga Sutras

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Chip Hartranft

Anatomy for Yoga

Yoga Anatomy, Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews

Anatomy of Movement, Blandine Calais-Germain

Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists, Thomas W. Myers

Psychology and Practice

Working with Trauma

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, Peter A. Levine

Working with Addictions

Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits , Martine Batchelor

Dharma Punx, and Against the Stream, Noah Levine

One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the 12 Steps, Kevin Griffin

Nutrition and Healing

Ultra-Prevention, Mark Hyman MD

Healing with Whole Foods, Paul Pitchford

Inspirational

Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke

This I Believe: the Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women, Edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman