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