Best Yoga Books for Beginners & At-Home Practice

These books have been with me since yoga teacher training—softened pages, dog-eared corners, and lessons I still return to.

Best Yoga Philosphy Book

Best Overall Yoga Book for Beginners

Living Yoga explores the eight tenets of yoga, including the various postures. Christy shows readers how to meditate and incorporate yoga into your daily life.

This book combines hatha yoga and meditaion. It has simple instruction and illustrations and reveals more than one hundred poses and routines for all levels of ability.

Wanderlust helps readers find their own true north. Includes authentic yoga practices, provocative thinking, music, art, good food, eco-friendly activities, and more.

Starting or returning to yoga at home can feel overwhelming — but the right book can make your practice simple, peaceful, and inspiring. These books are my absolute favorites for anyone wanting to create a calm, confident, at-home yoga journey.

Top 3 Yoga Books (Quick Picks)

Best Yoga Alignment Book

Everyday Yoga

The Yamas & Niyamas

Yoga Anatomy

This book gives you everything you need to confidently start yoga at home — beginner-friendly poses, alignment basics, breathing exercises, and simple routines. My absolute favorite!

My all-time favorite yoga book is this one by Deborah Adele. Want to know the way to the true yogic lifestyle? This is it! Deborah thoroughly covers the entire yoga philopsphy and how it can enrich your life.

A clear guide to proper form, safe alignment, and how to protect your joints and back while practicing at home. Perfect for beginners who want to learn benefits of poses, avoid injury and build confidence.

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🌳 Alignment, Anatomy & More In-Depth Practice Books

In this book, find illustrated yoga poses for every mood or need, breathing exercises and so much more!

Again this is my fave. Read about all yoga poses and then make your own tailored routines. Great for beginners or seasoned.

This book simplifies yoga for the beginner. It showcases 35 basic poses and the foundation of yoga. Great to start and inspire.

There are 50 poses illustrated in this book with modifications for varying body types. It focuses on diversity and mixed fitness ability. Great choice!

Perfect introduction to Restorative Yoga: a gentle, relaxing type of practice. You will learn all of the yummy, reclining poses that bring you that Zen.

Chair Yoga is a modified practice that is ideal for seniors or those that have injuries. No need to get on the floor to practice yoga! Even great for office!!

Want to know the way to the true yogic lifestyle? This is it! Deborah thoroughly covers the entire yoga philopsphy and how it can enrich your life.

This workbook will appeal to yoga teachers, teacher trainers, and at-home practitioners who want to move to the next level. Find inspiration and themes for your own classes.

A clear guide to proper form, safe alignment, and how to protect your joints and back while practicing at home.

Simple and practical ways to heal the back, restructure the body, and cope with stress using yoga.

Science of Yoga uncovers the facts and explains how to get the most from your practice. Each asana is demonstrated with artworks that reveal the muscle and joint actions below the surface.

Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make ancient masterpieces thrillingly new. The Bhagavad Gita is universally acknowledged as one of the world's literary and spiritual masterpieces. It is the core text of the Hindu tradition and has been treasured by American writers from Emerson to Thoreau. Very deep read but interesting to compare to Christianity.

The definitive guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga--the ancient healing discipline for body and mind--by its greatest living teacher. Light on Yoga provides complete descriptions and illustrations of all the positions and breathing exercises. This is another deep read, but gives great insight into the true history of yoga.

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