The New York Times: 7 Yoga Books to Deepen Your Practice

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4. Embrace Yoga’s Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice, by Susanna Barkataki

This 2020 title is a must “because of the intersection of yoga and social justice,” said Tejal Patel, co-host of the “Yoga is Dead” podcast. Many people associate yoga with “just movement or just meditation,” Patel explained. “This really teaches you more about the practice.”

6. Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda

Published in 1946, this autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda, who died in 1952, is “a seminal text,” Patel said. It provides an inside account of his life, including childhood, finding a teacher, becoming a monk and teaching Kriya Yoga meditation.

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