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Yoga Philosophy Reading List
Ever wonder what the yoga teacher means when she starts talking about “dharma” in the middle of practice? For one thing, she’s helping to keep your mind off a physically challenging practice. But there’s also this whole other world to yoga outside of the asana practice. Yoga isn’t specifically religious, but it has developed alongside some pretty interesting spiritual practices from the East. This yoga philosophy reading list is a good start for anyone who wants to learn more about the some of the ideas brought up in yoga. Let’s be honest, though. Who has time to read all of these? I wish I did. Luckily, it’s pretty easy to…
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Yoga Teacher Training Book Reviews
Yoga Teacher Training is well under way, and my book collection is steadily growing. I’m so excited to have finally started yoga teacher training. The majority of our training comes from the Joy Yoga University manual, but these books are my best friends for the five months of yoga teacher training. I have tons of other books on yoga to dig into and share, but these are the core books for me to really focus on for now. I respond well to learning from books. Teaching Yoga: Essential Foundations & Techniques By Mark Stephens Teaching Yoga feels like the primary textbook for our yoga teacher training. There’s a chapter that…