Recommended Reading for Jivamukti Teachers and Students

Sharon Gannon’s Recommended Reading List for all teachers and students of Jivamukti Yoga:

All of these books will deepen your understanding of the Jivamukti Yoga Method, which is founded upon the five tenets: Ahimsa, Bhakti, Dhyana, Nada and Sastra.

  • An Act of State, the execution of Martin Luther King, by William F. Pepper
  • Anna, Grandmother of Jesus by Claire Heartsong
  • An Offering of Leaves by Ruth Lauer-Manenti
  • A Garland of Forest Flowers by Swami Nirmalananda
  • A History of Yoga by Vivian Worthington
  • Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers, and Practitioners by H. David Coulter
  • An Unnatural Order by Jim Mason
  • Animals as Persons by Gary L. Francione
  • Animal Liberation by Peter Singer
  • Arcana V: Music, Magic and Mysticism edited by John Zorn
  • Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
  • Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis R.D. & Vesanto Melina R.D.
  • Be Here Now by Ram Dass
  • Bhagavata Purana in 2 volumes, by Ramesh Menon
  • Breaking the Food Seduction by Neal Barnard M.D.
  • Cats & Dogs are People, Too! by Sharon Gannon
  • Chants of a Lifetime by Krishna Das
  • Crazy Sexy Diet by Kris Carr
  • Death Must Die by Ram Alexandra
  • Diet for a New America by John Robbins
  • Dominion by Matthew Scully
  • Encyclopedic Dictionary of Yoga by Georg Feuerstein
  • Eternal Treblinka by Charles Patterson
  • Evolution’s End by Joseph Chilton Pearce
  • Fell in Her Hands by Ruth Lauer-Manenti
  • Fundamentals of Yoga by Ramamurti S. Mishra (Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati)
  • Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism by Lama Anagarika Govinda
  • Garbology by Edward Humes
  • Gita Wisdom by Joshua Greene
  • Green Yoga by George and Brenda Feuerstein
  • Gods of Love and Ecstasy by Alain Danielou
  • Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swami Muktibodhananda of the Bihar School of Yoga
  • Homo Deus, a Brief History of Tomorrow, by Yuval Noah Harari
  • Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
  • I am That by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
  • Inner Goddess by Shyamdas
  • Jivamukti Yoga by Sharon Gannon and David Life
  • Life and Teachings of Ananadamayi ma by Dr. Alexander Lipski
  • Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
  • Loving Wisdom by Shyamdas
  • Making Kind Choices by Ingrid Newkirk
  • Man of Peace, the illustrated life story of the Dalai Lama by Robert Thurman
  • Nada Yoga by Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati
  • Ocean of Grace by Shyamdas
  • One Can Make a Difference by Ingrid E. Newkirk
  • Plastic Ocean by Capt. Charles Moore
  • Quiet Retreat Teachings, books 1-4, by Geshe Michael Roach
  • Sanskrit-English Dictionary by M. Monier-Williams
  • Sapiens, a Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
  • Seven Experiments that Could Change the World by Rupert Sheldrake
  • Shiksha Patra by Shyamdas and Vallabhdas
  • Shiva and Dionysus by Alain Danielou
  • Simple Recipes for Joy by Sharon Gannon
  • Srimad Bhagvatam full 12- volume set, translated by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
  • Sweeping the Dust by Ruth Lauer-Manenti
  • Textbook of Yoga Psychology (Patanjali Yoga Sutra) by Ramamurti Mishra (Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati)
  • Thanking The Monkey by Karen Dawn
  • The Anatomy Coloring Book (3rd ed.) by Wynn Kapit & Lawrence M. Elson
  • The Art of Yoga by Sharon Gannon and David Life
  • The Biology of Transcendence by Joseph Chilton Pearce
  • The Bhagavad Gita by Winthrop Sargeant
  • The China Study by T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell
  • The Dawn of Indian Music in the West by Peter Lavezzoli
  • The Diamond Cutter by Geshe Michael Roach
  • The Food Revolution by John Robbins
  • The Joy of Vegan Baking by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
  • The Journey Home by Radhanath Swami
  • The Journey Within by Radhanath Swami
  • The Homemade Vegan Pantry by Miyoko Schinner
  • The Inner Art of Vegetarianism by Carol J. Adams
  • The Legacy of Luna by Julia Butterfly Hill
  • The Life of Milarepa by Lobsang P. Lhalungpa
  • The Living Gita by Swami Satchidananda
  • The Magic of Empty Teachers by Geshe Michael Roach
  • The Magic Ten and Beyond by Sharon Gannon
  • The Mahabharata, a modern rendering in two volumes, by Ramesh Menon
  • Misogyny, the world’s oldest prejudice by Jack Holland
  • The Myths and Gods of India by Alain Danielou
  • The Path of Grace by Shyamdas
  • The Presence of the Past, the habits of nature by Rupert Sheldrake
  • The Sita’s Fire Trilogy, an illustrated Ramayana-Book 1 & 2 by Vrinda Seth
  • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead translated by Prof. Robert A.F. Thurman
  • The World is Sound Nada Brahma by Joachim-Ernst Berendt
  • The World Peace Diet by Will Tuttle
  • The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion by Prem Prakash
  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri Swami Satchidananda
  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by George Feurstein
  • The Yoga Tradition by George Feuerstein
  • Vasistha’s Yoga by Venkatesananda
  • While the Gods Play by Alain Danilou
  • Yoga: Mastering the Secrets of Matter and the Universe by Alain Danielou
  • Yoga and Vegetarianism by Sharon Gannon
  • Yoga Assists by Sharon Gannon and David Life
  • Yoga Mala by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
  • Your Right To Know by Andrew Kimbrell
  • Zoopolis by Sue Donaldson & Will Kymlicka
  • 101 Reasons why I’m a vegetarian by Pamela Rice
  • 252 Vaishnavas Part 1, 2, 3 by Shyamdas