Best yoga books in India

Following are the easily available, top 8 yoga books in India, for practicing/learning/understanding moral values of yoga.

This includes books for women, children, sports persons and yoga instructors.

Yoga Anatomy

Yoga Anatomy is written by the leading Yoga instructor – Mr. Leslie Kaminoff. He has over 4 decades of experience in the field of Yoga.

This is the second edition of the book covering more details about different types of asanas, vinyasas, etc. It has good colorful anatomical instructions for better understanding for the reader.

Completely useful for Yoga practitioners, enthusiasts, and instructors. It is very much informative and can be referred by professionals as well as beginners in Yoga.

Yoga a gem for women

This book is written by the veteran Yoga teacher from India – Geeta Iyengar. She studied Yoga from her father – Mr. Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar.

The book has got details about different techniques of practicing asanas. All the positions of Yoga have been described in pictorial format for easy understanding. Most of the Indian women will find it useful. They can use it in their day-to-day lives.

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Yoga for sports

This book is written by Mr. BKS Iyengar who pioneered the philosophy of Yoga to the western world. He has written about 20 books on Yoga. This particular book focuses on how Yoga can be used by athletes and sports personalities.

Sportsmen are prone to different kinds of injuries due to excessive stress on the body. This book will them in knowing about how they can recover from those injuries and also focus on their game in a better manner.

Yoga for children

Yoga is not just useful for adults but also for children. Popular Yoga couple Swati and Rajiv Chachani have written this book – ‘Yoga for children.

They learned Yoga from popular Yoga guru – B.K.S. Iyengar. The book teaches moral values like truth, simplicity, non-violence etc through Yoga.

It is written in a simple language that can be easily understood by children. The content is also very interesting so as to engage children.

QCI Yoga guide book

QCI Yoga guide is for those who are looking for voluntary certification in Yoga. It is an official guidebook published by ‘Ministry of Ayush’.

This official guidebook is on two levels and has two editions general and student. It is available in Hindi and English questions.

It is a ready reckoner for students who want to give a professional exam of Yoga.

Yoga in action

Geeta Iyengar is also the author of the popular book ‘Yoga in action’ which is targeted towards beginners. It is a preliminary course for beginners based on what is taught in the renowned RamananiIyengar Memorial Yoga Institute.

This book is useful for people who are new to Yoga. They will find it easy to learn new methods and techniques with the help of this book.

Yoga Nidra

Swami Satyananda Saraswati has written the book ‘Yoga Nidra’ which explains different concepts and theories related to Yoga. It stresses methods related to managing stress through Yoga.

The author has written more such popular books like Kundalini Tantra, Ways of self – realization, etc. The book explains different concepts of Yoga in spiritual as well as in scientific terms.

Four Yogas

Yoga enthusiasts and followers cannot miss out on the popular book – Four Yogas written by the spiritual guru Swami Vivekananda.

Swami Vivekananda is regarded as the greatest philosopher of India who was equally popular in the west. In his book ‘Four Yogas’, the author has written about four ways of attaining Moksha or spiritual enlightenment.

They are the Raj-Yoga, Karma-Yoga, Jnana-Yoga, and Bhakti-Yoga. It is useful for those who want to learn more about his teachings to the world.

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