Why We Recommend This Book
I’ve consulted 18 books on the Yoga of Sound and Mantras. They are each valuable, and all so different from one another! What I love about this one is that it has some of the qualities I find in the teachings of my favorite teachers: it’s clear and accessible, reads like a fascinating tale told by a clearly experienced storyteller, offers context, theory and history while also focusing on practicality and practice. – Shelly
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Learning to surrender to the mantra and to the energy of the mantra puts in motion the process of purification of the self, facing up to and eliminating selfishness, self-glorification, self-justification and self-gratification. Do not let the intellectual mind distract you from attempting the practice of Mantra and Japa. No amount of words or book knowledge can give you the experience. You have to practice yourself for the effect to be understood.
While we have highlighted a few outstanding books, there are many wonderful books and we encourage you to peruse the entire list. Any one of these may be just what you need!
- Ashley-Farrand, Thomas — Chakra Mantras: Liberate Your Spiritual Genius Through Chanting link
- Ashley-Farrand, Thomas — Healing Mantras: Using Sound Affirmations for Personal Power, Creativity, and Healing link
- Ashely-Farrand, Thomas — Shakti Mantras: Tapping into the Great Goddess Energy Within link
- Devi, Nischala Joy — The Secret Power of Yoga link
- Easwaran Eknath — The Mantram Handbook: A Practical Guide to Choosing Your Mantram & Calming Your Mind link
- Frawley, Dr. David — Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound: Secret of Seed (Bija) Mantras link
- Freeman, Richard — Yoga Chants link
- Gass, Robert — Chanting: Discovering Spirit in Sound link
- Girish — Music and Mantras: The Yoga of Mindful Singing for Healthy, Happiness, Peace & Prosperity link
- Graves, Harrison MD — The Mystical Chakra Mantras: How To Balance Your Own Chakras With Mantra Yoga link
- Hernandez Ana — The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice link
- Kaivalya, Alanna — Sacred Sound: Discovering the Myth & Meaning of Mantra & Kirtan link
- Kaivalya Alanna & Arjuna van der Kooij — Myths of the Asanas link
- Hersey, Baird — The Practice of Nada Yoga: Meditation on the Inner Sacred Sound link
- Michael, Edward Salim — The Law of Attention: Nada Yoga and the Way of Inner Vigilance link
- Paul, Russill — The Yoga of Sound: Tapping the Hidden Power of Music and Chant link
- Radha, Swami Sivananda — Mantras: Words of Power link
- Ustaine, Richard P. — Yoga RX: A Step-by-Step Program to Promote Health, Wellness, and Healing for Common Ailments link
- Carroll, Cain — Mudras of India: A Comprehensive Guide to the Hand Gestures of Yoga and Indian Dance link
- Carroll, Cain — Mudras of Yoga: 72 Hand Gestures for Healing and Spiritual Growth link
- Hirschi, Gertrud — Mudras for Body, Mind and Spirit: The Handy Course in Yoga [With 68 Cards for Practice] link
- Hirschi, Gertrud — Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands link
- LePage, Joseph & Lilian — Mudras for Healing and Transformation link
- Mesko, Sabrina — Healing Mudras: Yoga for Your Hands link
- Chopra, Deepak — Perfect Health: The Complete Mind/Body Guide link
- Frawley, Dr. David — Yoga & Ayurveda: Self-Healing and Self-Realization link
- Frawley, Dr. David & Sandra Summerfield Kozik — Yoga for Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice link
- Kelley, Peggy — Physical Poetry: Uniting Yoga and Ayurveda link
- Lad, Dr. Vasant — Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide link
- Remski, Matthew — Studying Ayurveda: A Manual in Progress link
- Silcox, Katie — Healthy Happy Sexy: Ayurveda Wisdom for Modern Women link
- Stiles, Mukunda — Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy link
- Stillman, Cate — Body Thrive: Uplevel Your Body and Your Life with 10 Habits from Ayurveda and Yoga link
- Svoboda, Dr. Robert E. — Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution link
- Tiwari, Maya — Ayurveda: A Life of Balance: The Complete Guide to Ayurvedic Nutrition & Body Types with Recipes link
- Warrier, Gopi & Deepika Gunawant MD — The Complete Illustrated Guide to Ayurveda: The Ancient Indian Tradition link
- Boyd, Doug — Swami: Encounters with Modern Mystics link
- Dederer, Claire — Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses link
- Forrest, Ana T. — Fierce Medicine: Breakthrough Practices to Heal the Body and Ignite the Spirit link
- Leaf, Brian — Misadventures of a Garden State Yogi: My Humble Quest to Heal My Colitis, Calm My ADD, and Find the Key to Happiness link
- Gates, Janice — Yogini: The Power of Women in Yoga link
- Goldberg, Philip — The Life of Yogananda: The Story of the Yogi Who Became the First Modern Guru link
- Greene, Joshua M. — Swami in a Strange Land: How Krishna Came to the West: The Life of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada link
- Iyengar, B.K.S. — Astadala Yogamala: Collected Works Volume 1 (this volume focuses on Iyengar’s biography plus definition of yoga & sutras) link
- Lee, Cyndi — May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind link
- Marchildon, Michelle Berman — Finding More on the Mat: How I Grew Better, Wiser and Stronger through Yoga link
- Mohan, A.G. — Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings link
- Morrison, Suzanne — Yoga Bitch: One Woman’s Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment link
- Pollack, Neal — Stretch: The Unlikely Making of a Yoga Dude link
- Rama, Swami — Living with the Himalayan Masters link
- Sabatini, Sandra — Like a Flower: My Years of Yoga with Vanda Scaravelli link
- Self, Philip — Yogi Bare: Naked Truth from America’s Leading Yoga Teachers link
- Sell, Christina — Yoga from the Inside Out: Making Peace with Your Body Through Yoga link
- Swami, Radhanath — The Journey Home: Autobiography of an American Swami link
- Tigunait, Pandit Rajmani PhD — At the Eleventh Hour: The Biography of Swami Rama link
- Tigunait, Pandit Rajmani PhD — Touched by Fire link
- Yogananda, Paramahansa — Autobiography of a Yogi link
- The Alive Musical Yoga Experience link
- Craig Kohland Shamans Dream – DJ, live performance & yoga music link
- Music Girish link
- Jay on the Drums – live drums for yoga classes link
- Jim Beckwith – live music for yoga classes link
- Lokah Music link
- MC Yogi link
- Michael Franti & Spearhead link
- The Steve Gold Exerience link
- Wade Imre Morissette link
- Wah! link
- The Yehoshua Project: Josh Brill, Musician and Teacher link
- Ziggy Marley link
- BizplanDB — Yoga Studio Business Plan – MS Word/Excel link
- Blanco, Brenda — Career Yogi: Marketing Wisdom for Yoga Teachers link
- Main, Darren — The Yogi Entrepreneur: 2nd Edition: A Guide to Earning a Mindful Living Through Yoga link
- Ippoliti amy & Taro Smith, PhD — The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga link
- Payne, Larry — The Business of Teaching Yoga link
- Tanner, Andrew — So You Want to Open a Yoga Studio link
- Thatcher, Ron — Selling Yoga: A Handbook for the Ultimate Yoga Business Professional link
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