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Why Yoga Works

By KC Content Team

This has been an exciting time for yoga research, as more studies emerge that continue to shed light on how yoga is effective in alleviating many mental and physical health problems.

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Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual

This is the most "User-Friendly" yoga book available! It contains the entire Primary and Intermediate series of Ashtanga Yoga with three options for every asana. Spiral bound to easily remain open while practicing, it contains over 650 photos with clear instructions and commentary.

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David Swenson
2007
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Feel to Heal: Releasing Trauma Through Body Awareness and Breathwork Practice

In this revolutionary approach to living well, a pioneering trauma-release therapist puts relief in reach—with a multi-modal practice that can be done at home.

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Giten Tonkov
2019
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Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace and Ultimate Freedom

B.K.S. Iyengar, whose teachings on yoga are followed throughout the world, reflects upon his lifetime's experience on the yoga path.

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B.K.S. Iyengar
2019
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The Tree of Yoga

Iyengar developed a form of yoga that focuses on developing strength, endurance, correct body alignment, as well as flexibility and relaxation. The Iyengar method integrates philosophy, spirituality, and the practice of yoga into everyday living.

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B.K.S. Iyengar
2025
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Energy Medicine Yoga: Amplify the Healing Power of Your Yoga Practice

What is it that makes yoga practitioners feel so good after a session―more so than after other kinds of exercise or stretching? "Yoga was created to directly stimulate and move us at the energetic level," teaches Lauren Walker.

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Lauren Walker
2014
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Life Loves You: 7 Spiritual Practices to Heal Your Life

Life Loves You is one of Louise Hay’s best-loved affirmations. It is the heart thought that represents her life and her work. Together, Louise and Robert Holden look at what life loves you really means – that life doesn’t just happen to you; it happens for you.

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Louise Hay, Robert Holden
2016
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Guiding Strala: The Yoga Training Manual to Ignite Freedom, Get Connected, and Build Radiant Health and Happiness

Strala teaches us to release the stress that inhibits our bodies, our minds, and our lives. It begins with a mindset that drops the myth of “no-pain, no-gain,” and says our best way to get where we’re going is to feel good along the way.

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Tara Stiles, Rudolph Tanzi (foreword)
2017
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Strala Yoga: Be Strong, Focused, and Ridiculously Happy from the Inside Out

In Strala Yoga, Tara Stiles explains the origin and philosophy of this feelings-based style of yoga, which is spreading like wildfire around the world—from New York City to Barcelona to Singapore.

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Tara Stiles
2016
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Slim Calm Sexy Yoga: 210 Proven Yoga Moves for Mind/Body Bliss

Study after study has shown that yoga offers a multitude of benefits for today's stressed out, busy woman, including a trimmer body, stronger immunity, lower blood pressure, improved mood, better sex, and more! In this comprehensive manual, you'll find more than 200 body-shaping and life-changing...

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Tara Stiles
2010
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Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love Your Body.

From the unforgettable teacher Jessamyn Stanley comes “Every Body Yoga,” a book that breaks all the stereotypes. It's a book of inspiration for beginners of all shapes and sizes: If Jessamyn could transcend these emotional and physical barriers, so can we.

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Jessamyn Stanley
2017
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