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Required Reading Lists for All SCHYS Programs
SCHYS has an extensive and required Reading List for all Programs. SCHYS strives to keep the books and resources listed up-to-date with the latest books available.  Enrolled students will find the latest reading list on the Schoology website for their Program.

200-Hour and Step 1 Required Reading List


Author Text
Buck, William The Ramayana or other translation
Desikachar, TKV The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice
Desikachar, TKV Health, Healing, & Beyond: Yoga & The Living Tradition of Krishnamacharya
Desikachar, TKV The Yoga of the Yogi: The Legacy of Krishnamacharya
Gormly, JJ & Scottie Bruch Asana Reference Manual
Gormley, JJ & Laura Vanderberg Holistic Healing with Yoga Therapy
Gormley, JJ Gentle Yoga for Everybody DVD or Yoga for Every Body DVD
Judith, Anodea Eastern Body, Western Mind
Kaminoff, Leslie & Amy Matthews Yoga Anatomy
Kapit, Wynn and Lawrence M. Elson The Anatomy Coloring Book, or other anatomy text such as: Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel
McCann, Stephanie & Eric Wise Kaplan Medical Anatomy Coloring Book (Anatomy Text) or other anatomy text
Pond, David Chakras for Beginners
Satchidananda, Swami The Living [Bhagavad] Gita or other translation
Satchidananda, Swami The Yoga Sutras or other translation
SCHYS Step 1 Study Guide & Workbook
Tiwari, Maya A Life of Balance, The Complete Guide to Ayurvedic Nutrition and Body Types 

We encourage students to read The Heart of Yoga by TKV Desikachar first. After that, the books may be read in any order.




Step 2 Required Reading List
These are in addition to the books required for the 200-Hour and Step 1 training programs.


Author Text
Desikachar, TKV Nathamuni’s Yoga Rahasya
Desikachar, TKV The Yoga Taravali
Desikachar, TKV Yoga Yajnavalkya
Easwaren, Eknath The Upanishads or other translation
Eden, Donna Energy Medicine
Franklin, Carol Mental Health: Personalities: Personality Disorders, Mental Disorders & Psychotic Disorders
IAYT Membership to IAYT
Lad, Vasant Ayurveda: A Complete Guide to Clinical Assessment
Lad, Vasant Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing
Mohan, A.G. and Ganesh Mohan Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings
Moors, Franz Liberating Isolation (Yoga Sutras) or other translation
Satyeswarananda, Swami (Giri Babaji) Mahabharata or other translation
SCHYS Step 2 Study Guide & Workbook
Svaboda, Robert Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution
Tigunait, Pandit Rajmani Seven Systems of Indian Philosophy
Vaughn, Phillip Anatomy & Physiology Made Easy
Yarema, Thomas Eat, Taste, Heal
Yogananda, Paramahansa Autobiography of a Yogi



Step 3 Required Reading List
These are in addition to the books required for the 200-Hour, Step 1, and Step 2 training programs.


Author Text
Brown, R., P. Gerbarg, & P. Muskin How to Use Herbs, Nutrients & Yoga in Mental Health Care
Bryant, Edwin The Yoga Sutras or other translation
Chiplunkar, Suman Mudras & Health Perspectives: An Indian Approach (or other mudra book)
Desikachar, TKV The Yoga of Healing
Hall, Anthony Grim Krishnamacharya’s ‘Original’ Ashtanga Yoga
Houston,Vyaas The Yoga Sutras* Workbook
Khalsa, Sat Bir, Lorenzo Cohen, Timothy McCall, and Shirley Telles

The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care

Kraftsow, Gary Yoga for Wellness
Kraftsow, Gary Yoga for Transformation
Lad, Vasant Marma Points of Ayurveda
Lad, Vasant Secrets of the Pulse
Levine, Peter Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Regan, Eva Medical Terminology Made Easy
Sargeant, Winthrop The Bhagavad Gita or other translation
SCHYS Step 3 Study Guide & Workbook
Sjoman, N.E. The Yoga of the Mysore Palace
Whitwell, Mark Yoga of Heart: The Healing Power of Intimate Connection
Van der Kolk, Bessel The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Expected cost of required books and materials can range from $200-$300 per Program.


Surya Chandra Healing Yoga School
331 N Madison Rd | Orange, VA 22960
(703) 389-3174 | jj@suryachandrahealingyoga.com