Recommended Reading

Recommend reading for a better appreciation of yoga. 

There are many books available about yoga; the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the  Bhagavad Gita are worthy of study to deepen your understanding of yoga. The sutras are a teachers handbook relating to your approach to practice and the Gita is a comprehensive insight to yoga philosophy. Two accessible and relatable modern interpretations of the two main texts are as follows: 

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Swami Satchidananda

The Gita for Children by Roopa Pai 

More in-depth versions are available, though starting with these versions will help with initial grounding. Continued and ongoing study will deepen and broaden your learning. 

Menopause

• New Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way Alternative Approaches 30 - 90, Susun S. Weed, Ash Tree Publishing, 2002
• Menopause: The Change for the Better, Deborah Garlick, Green Tree, 2018
• The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change, Christiane Northrup, Bantam, 2001
• Yoga for Women: Health and Radiant Beauty for Every Stage of Life, Shakta Kaur Khalsa, DK, 2002

Menstrual health

• Her Blood is Gold: Awakening to the Wisdom of Menstruation, Lara Owen, Archive Publishing, 2009
• Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power, Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer & Alexandra Pope, Hay House, 2017

Pregnancy and birth

• Yoga Sadhana For Mothers, Sharmila Desai and Anna Wise, Yoga Words, 2014

Cave In The Snow: A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment, Vicki Mackenzie, Bloomsbury, 1998