Yoga book you're eager to read this summer?

[Meryl]

Anybody looking forward to diving into a specific yoga-related book this summer?

I'm hoping to reread Yoga Bitch. I loved it the first time and could use a good laugh!

Please share what you're planning poolside.

[Jessica]

I really enjoyed Kate Bishop's "Breathe" - perhaps I'll pull that up on the Kindle again while I'm poolside this summer.

And not to wish all the nice weather away, but I'm happy to report that "Softer Than Steel" (my rock and roll yoga love story, as I like to call it) will release in September. Finally! It's been quite a few years in the making.

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I recently read "Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery, and Loving Your Body."

It was a great read and I highly recommend it to all yogis and anyone who has ever had body image issues.

[Meryl]

Thanks for the recommendations. There's also a new memoir by Colleen Saidman Yee that could be good.

Yoga for Life

Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom

[Nikiverse]

I still havent read Hell Bent. I want that to be next!

Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga

But I own Poser and that would be easier to grab.

Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses

But these are older releases.

[Em]

Just learned of this book and am very excited about reading it, "The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West." From what I've read about it, it sounds fascinating.

[Monette]

That does look good, Michelle! Thanks for mentioning it. We hear so much about the men who helped popularize yoga in the West but not much about the women. Will you let us know what you think if you get to it before the rest of us?

[Monette]

Yep. Poser is on my summer reading list again too. Hope I get to it this time!

[Meryl]

I learned about Indra Davi in the excellent yoga history book The Subtle Body. She was quite the character. A whole book on her could be great.

[Em]

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Gladly, but it doesn't even become available until June 9!

[eHawk]

I plan on reading Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice and Fierce Medicine: Breakthrough Practices to Heal the Body and Ignite the Spirit this summer.

[Meryl]

All good and interesting books! Happy reading.

[Meryl]

I haven't read this--it just came out, but someone told me this new yoga/adoption memoir set in Japan is terrific.

It's called Here Comes the Sun

Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras