[Resource & Reading Guide] Yoga in Action
For the student who wants to go beyond the workshop or YTT, this post represents my recommended starter guide of books, podcasts, websites, and additional non-social media resources for you to deepen your understanding of Yoga, it’s origins, history, and it’s true potential for healing and transformation — for the individual and for the collective.
I’ve included links to my book reviews/summaries where available and affiliate links to purchase these continuing education resources!
BOOKS
Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra
By: Shyam Ranganathan, 2009Yoga and the Luminous: Patañjali's Spiritual Path to Freedom
By: Christopher Key Chapple, 2008Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice
By: Mark Singleton, 2010→ Read my summary of Yoga Body, here.
Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture
By: Andrea Jain, 2014Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World
By: Michelle Cassandra Johnson, 2017 & 2021Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practice for Every Body
By: Jivana Heyman, 2019Peace Love Yoga: The Politics of Global Spirituality
By: Andrea Jain, 2020→ Read my summary of Peace Love Yoga, here.
White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals
By: Amanda Lucia, 2020Embrace Yoga’s Roots : Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Practice
By: Susanna Barkataki, 2020
PODCASTS
Accessible Yoga Podcast
Code Switch
LMU Graduate Yoga Studies Podcast
The Mahabharata with Arti Dhand
Yoga Girl: Conversations from the Heart
Cultural Appropriation with Susanna Barkataki - Aug. 31, 2018
Why I Stopped Saying Namaste with Susanna Barkataki - Nov. 13, 2020
Bonus Episode! Continuing with Susanna Barkataki on Cultural Appropriation, Discrimination and Equity in Yoga - Nov. 16, 2020