Recommended Reading

We would like to develop this page with reviews from local teachers, of yoga books that they recommended for interest and the advancement of knowledge.

If you have a book review you would like to submit please email bermudayoga@gmail.com

Title: Bringing Yoga to Life
​Author: Donna Farhi

The Yoga Journal called Donna Farhi's book "wise and eloquent". Almost every page of my copy is decorated with highlights. It is at the same time insightful and poetic, yet humble and honest. Donna invites you to really delve into understanding the meaning of your practice and the place it holds in your life.  Inspiring through every step, it guides you to really contemplate your journey of yoga and spirituality and also applies very practical advice for how to engage the 8 limbs in your life and look at ourselves very honestly in the process.
I feel like this book gives a heartbeat to my own practice but it also really helps to craft my vision as a teacher; I consider my own introspection and also how to guide others to their own unfolding.
Reviewed by Emma Sloan

Title: Yoga & the Path of the Urban Mystic
​Author: Darren Main

I had this title on my shelf for years before I finally read it. It was a fortuitous moment that I chose to pick up the book to actually read it... I was in need of a reset, something to draw me back into focus. This book very simply and clearly reminds us of why we practice. It outlines the 8 limbs of yoga, not as a guide to the practices but to look at why they have relevance for our lives. It reignited a spark back into my practice.
It is the spring board from which to take a deeper dive.
Reviewed by Emma Sloan

Title: The Science of Yoga
​Author: Ann Swanson

This book has been one of the best purchases I have made for my personal yoga practice and teaching.  The book explores 30 key yoga poses, in-depth and from every angle.   For each pose, muscles are labelled in purple (stretching and engaging), blue (stretching) and red (engaging).  Each of these labels give the practitioner a better idea of how to move that muscle to get the best out of the pose.  I share the pictures with my practitioners anti is a game-changer. 
Book Review submitted by Tracey Gibbons