Teacher Training Book List

Recommended* Anatomy Apps for all Levels

Anatomy Apps by ‘Visible Body’:

  • Muscle Premium
  • Skeleton Premium
  • Human Anatomy Atlas
Recommended* Videos for all Levels

Knoff Yoga DVD’s and USB’s

  • Level 1 Discovery
  • Level 3 Foundation
  • Level 7 Intermediate

Available for purchase via our online shop

The required reading texts are mandatory, it is essential that you have them with you on the first day; failure to do so may result in your disqualification from the course.

LEVEL 1 – Discovery

Required Texts:

  • The Tree of Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar
  • The Key Muscles of Yoga, Scientific Keys Vol 1, Ray Long
  • Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, (Workbook and CD), Vyaas Houston (downloadable products available via American Sanskrit Institute)
  • The Heart of Yoga, T.K.V. Desikachar
  • Knoff Yoga Teacher Training Handbook (Provided on Day 1)

Recommended* Texts:

  • Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar
  • Yoga Anatomy (2nd Edition – 2012), Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews
  • The Key Poses of Hatha Yoga, Scientific Keys Vol 2, Ray Long

LEVEL 2 – Chair Yoga

Required Text:

  • Knoff Yoga ’24 Principles of Practice’ (Sent via email prior to the course)

Recommended* Texts:

  • Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar
  • The Key Muscles of Yoga, Scientific Keys Vol 1, Ray Long

LEVEL 3 – Foundation

Required Texts:

  • The same four texts as required for Level 1 – Discovery
  • Knoff Yoga Teacher Training Handbook (Provided in Level 1 – Discovery Course)

Recommended* Texts:

  • The same three texts as recommended* for Level 1 – Discovery

LEVEL 4 – Pregnancy Yoga

Required Text:

  • Knoff Yoga Teacher Training Handbook (Provided in Level 1 – Discovery Course)

Recommended* Texts:

  • Yoga and Pregnancy, Sophy Hoare
  • The Female Pelvis, Blandine Calais-Germain
  • The Woman’s Book of Yoga & Health, Linda Sparrowe
  • Yoga: A Gem for Women, Geeta Iyengar
  • Take Control of Your Health, Elaine Hollingsworth

LEVELS 5 & 6 – Yoga Holistic Healing A & B

Required Text:

  • Knoff Yoga Teacher Training Handbook (Provided in Level 1 – Discovery Course)

Recommended* Texts:

  • Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar
  • Yoga Anatomy (2nd Edition – 2012), Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews
  • The Key Muscles of Yoga, Scientific Keys Vol 1, Ray Long
  • The Key Poses of Hatha Yoga, Scientific Keys Vol 2, Ray Long
  • A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers: The Incorporation of Neuroscience, Physiology and Anatomy into the Practice, Mel Robin, 2009
  • Yoga – The Path to Holistic Health, B.K.S. Iyengar
  • The Woman’s Book of Yoga & Health, Linda Sparrowe
  • Take Control of Your Health, Elaine Hollingsworth
  • A Matter of Health, Dr. Krishna Raman
  • Back Care Basics, Mary Pullig Schats, M.D
  • Health Through Yoga, Mira Mehta

LEVEL 7 – Intermediate

Required Texts:

  • The same four texts as required for Level 3 – Foundation
  • Knoff Yoga Teacher Training Handbook (Provided in Level 1 – Discovery Course)

Recommended* Texts:

  • The same three texts as recommended* for Level 3 – Foundation, PLUS:
  • A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers: The Incorporation of Neuroscience, Physiology and Anatomy into the Practice, Mel Robin, 2009
  • Yoga – The Path to Holistic Health, B.K.S. Iyengar
  • The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners, Jack Hawley

LEVEL 8 – Advanced

Required Texts:

  • The same four texts as required for Level 7 – Intermediate, PLUS:
  • Yoga Anatomy (2nd Edition – 2012), Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews
  • A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers: The Incorporation of Neuroscience, Physiology and Anatomy into the Practice, Mel Robin, 2009
  • Knoff Yoga Teacher Training Handbook (Provided in Level 1 – Discovery Course)

LEVEL 9 – Master

Required Texts:

  • The same six texts as required for Level 8 – Advanced
  • Knoff Yoga Teacher Training Handbook (Provided in Level 1 – Discovery Course)

 

Additional Recommended* Texts for LEVELS 8 & 9

  • The Key Poses of Hatha Yoga, Scientific Keys Vol 2, Ray Long
  • Yoga – The Path to Holistic Health, B.K.S. Iyengar
  • Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar
  • Light on Life, B.K.S. Iyengar
  • Light on Pranayama, B.K.S. Iyengar
  • The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners, Jack Hawley
  • Introduction to Gnosis: Gnostic Methods for Today’s World, Samael Aun Weor
  • Yoga: The Practice of Myth and Sacred Geometry, Rama Jyoti Vernon
  • Yoga and the Quest for the True Self, Stephen Cope
  • Living Yoga ‘A Comprehensive Guide for Daily Life’, edited by Georg Feuerstein and Stephan Bodian
  • The Teachings of Yoga, Georg Feuerstein
  • The Lost Teachings of Yoga, Georg Feuerstein
  • Building the Happiness Centred Business, Dr Paddi Lund
  • The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life, Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally
* All texts/apps listed as recommended* are not compulsory for the successful completion of each Course.

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