Recommended Reading

General Yoga Reading list

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.

Recommended Reading

Women's Health Resource

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