10 Best philosophy books like Embrace Yoga's Roots by Susanna Barkataki

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Embrace Yoga's Roots

By: Susanna Barkataki

4.27

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Embrace Yoga's Roots is for you if you practice, teach or want to learn yoga and integrate your val…

"You see, to be colonized is to become a stranger in your own land and culture."

-Susanna Barkataki, Embrace Yoga's Roots

"If our thought, speech or action is not bringing us right there, toward connection, it is not yoga."

-Susanna Barkataki, Embrace Yoga's Roots

"When we mistake yoga for a workout routine, reduce it to physical fitness or even practice some of the deeper practices without an eye to the whole system of liberation it offers, we rob ourselves and each other of the potential of this practice."

-Susanna Barkataki, Embrace Yoga's Roots

"It’s for you, if you’ve ever been unsure, insecure or curious about how to practice yoga without causing harm. Even the best-intentioned can cause harm by taking yoga out of context or diluting the practice. Harm can also be caused when people aren’t aware of the culture and traditions from which yoga comes, and unintentionally disrespect cultural elements of yoga."

-Susanna Barkataki, Embrace Yoga's Roots

If you liked the philosophy plot in Embrace Yoga's Roots by Susanna Barkataki , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of How to Communicate Like a Buddhist by Cynthia Kane

1. How to Communicate Like a Buddhist

By: Cynthia Kane

4.06

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

An Instruction Manual for Clear Communication   The most well-known Buddhist teachers on the planet… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body by None, David Emerson, Elizabeth Hopper, Peter A. Levine, Stephen Cope

2. Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body

By: None , David Emerson , Elizabeth Hopper , Peter A. Levine , Stephen Cope

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

Survivors of trauma--whether abuse, accidents, or war--can end up profoundly wounded, betrayed by t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • health
Cover of Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan

3. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

By: Michael Pollan

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fire, water, air, earth--our most trusted food expert recounts the story of his culinary education … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • health
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4. Light on Yoga

By: B.K.S. Iyengar , Yehudi Menuhin

3.66

Format: 296 pages,

Light on Yogahas become the bible for hundreds of thousands of people who practice Yoga daily with … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • health
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5. The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice

By: T.K.V. Desikachar

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The first yoga text to outline a step-by-step sequence for developing a complete practice according… read more

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  • health
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

6. The Yoga Sutras

By: Patañjali , Satchidananda

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

This valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of … read more

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  • health
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

7. Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System

By: Anodea Judith

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

As portals between the physical and spiritual planes, the chakras offer unparalleled opportunities … read more

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8. The Yamas Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice

By: Deborah Adele

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

The first two limbs of the eight-fold path of yoga sutras--the basic text for classical yoga--are e… read more

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9. Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life

By: Judith Hanson Lasater

2.83

Format: 64 pages,

If you think that you have to escape to a cave in the Himalayas to find the enlightenment that yoga… read more

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10. The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

By: Mark Nepo

4.03

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Philosopher-poet and cancer survivor, Mark Nepo opens a new season of freedom and joy--an escape fr… read more

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11. Yoga of the Subtle Body: A Guide to the Physical and Energetic Anatomy of Yoga

By: Tias Little

3.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

With his expert teachings, philosophical insights, and pragmatic imagery, world-class yoga instruct… read more

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12. Teaching Yoga: Essential Foundations and Techniques

By: Mariel Hemingway , Mark Stephens

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

Teaching Yogais an essential resource for new and experienced teachers as well as a guide for all y… read more

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13. Yoga and the Quest for the True Self

By: Stephen Cope

4.24

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Millions of Americans know yoga as a superb form of exercise and as a potent source of calm in our … read more

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14. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

By: Tricia Hersey

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more

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  • race
  • health
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
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15. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

By: Resmaa Menakem

4.40

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trau… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • health
"At its best, activism is a form of healing. It is about what we do and how we show up in the world. It is about learning and expressing regard, compassion and love."

-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

"In today's America, we tend to think of healing as something binary: either we're broken or we've healed from that brokenness. But that's not how healing operates, and it's almost never how human gro…"

-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

Cover of Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

16. Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit

By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Deepen your connection to the natural world with this inspiring meditation, "a path to the place wh… read more

Similar categories in Lyanda Lynn Haupt's Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit book and Susanna Barkataki's Embrace Yoga's Roots

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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17. Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World

By: Michelle Cassandra Johnson

4.43

Format: 106 pages, ebook

Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World will ask you to explore the… read more

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  • social justice
  • race
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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18. Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)

By: Mia P. Manansala

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When murder mars the grand opening for Lila Macapagal’s aunties’ new laundromat, she will have to a… read more

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"This town could use a force for good." Jae smiled down at me. "At least it has us."

-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)

"I took a huge bite of a silvana, savoring the contrasting crunchy, chewy, and creamy textures, letting the sweet richness of the buttercream melt in my mouth to give me courage."

-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)

"Nabila hesitated, but then Longganisa sat on Nabila's foot and looked up at her as if to say, You sure you don't want to be our friend? Even if you weren't a dog person (do those exist?), there was n…"

-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)

"An old client brought me a bottle of Vinho Verde, so I thought I'd try making a green sangria. Perfect for spring, isn't it?" The pitcher was full of honeydew, green apple, green grapes, lime, basil,…"

-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)

Cover of Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by Kōhei Saitō

19. Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto

By: Kōhei Saitō

3.91

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

"[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary p… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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20. Embrace Yoga's Roots

By: Susanna Barkataki

4.27

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Embrace Yoga's Roots is for you if you practice, teach or want to learn yoga and integrate your val… read more

Similar categories in Susanna Barkataki's Embrace Yoga's Roots book and Susanna Barkataki's Embrace Yoga's Roots

  • race
  • health
  • feminism
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • india
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • social justice
"You see, to be colonized is to become a stranger in your own land and culture."

-Susanna Barkataki, Embrace Yoga's Roots

"If our thought, speech or action is not bringing us right there, toward connection, it is not yoga."

-Susanna Barkataki, Embrace Yoga's Roots

"When we mistake yoga for a workout routine, reduce it to physical fitness or even practice some of the deeper practices without an eye to the whole system of liberation it offers, we rob ourselves an…"

-Susanna Barkataki, Embrace Yoga's Roots

"It’s for you, if you’ve ever been unsure, insecure or curious about how to practice yoga without causing harm. Even the best-intentioned can cause harm by taking yoga out of context or diluting the p…"

-Susanna Barkataki, Embrace Yoga's Roots

Cover of Yoga for Everyone: 50 Poses For Every Type of Body by Dianne Bondy

21. Yoga for Everyone: 50 Poses For Every Type of Body

By: Dianne Bondy

4.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Yoga can benefit every body, including yours! Discover how to take advantage of all yoga has to off… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness by Donna Farhi

22. Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness

By: Donna Farhi

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The author of Yoga Journal's most-read column presents the first holistic guide to yogaA user-frien… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • health
Cover of Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

23. Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways

By: Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

4.09

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

A timely, delightfully readable, and much-needed book. --Booklist, starred review Social justice w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of 24 Hours in Charlottesville: An Oral History of the Stand Against White Supremacy by Nora Neus

24. 24 Hours in Charlottesville: An Oral History of the Stand Against White Supremacy

By: Nora Neus

4.36

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A gripping oral history of the white nationalist riots that shook the nation and signaled the arriv… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
Cover of Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom Beyond the Mat by Kelly DiNardo

25. Living the Sutras: A Guide to Yoga Wisdom Beyond the Mat

By: Kelly DiNardo

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

You work your yoga body—now work your yoga mind! Living the Sutras brings the wisdom of classical y… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World by Prentis Hemphill

26. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World

By: Prentis Hemphill

4.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • health
Cover of The Stories Behind the Poses: The Indian mythology that inspired 50 yoga postures by Raj Balkaran

27. The Stories Behind the Poses: The Indian mythology that inspired 50 yoga postures

By: Raj Balkaran

4.46

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Discover the traditional stories and wisdom behind your favourite yoga poses in this stunningly ill… read more

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  • religion
  • india
  • spirituality
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28. A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation

By: Jacoby Ballard

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Queer critique, queer practice: embodied teachings for healing from trauma and social injustice. … read more

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  • social justice
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief by Michelle Cassandra Johnson

29. Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief

By: Michelle Cassandra Johnson

4.15

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Learn how to process individual, intergenerational, and collective grief with this fierce and openh… read more

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  • social justice
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of The Yoga of Parenting: Ten Yoga-Based Practices to Help You Stay Grounded, Connect with Your Kids, and Be Kind to Yourself by Sarah Ezrin

30. The Yoga of Parenting: Ten Yoga-Based Practices to Help You Stay Grounded, Connect with Your Kids, and Be Kind to Yourself

By: Sarah Ezrin

4.37

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Bring the wisdom of yoga into your parenting journey. Mom and yoga teacher Sarah Ezrin offers 34… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Deconstructing the Fitness Industrial Complex: How to Resist, Disrupt, and Reclaim What It Means to Be Fit in American Culture by Justice Roe Williams

31. Deconstructing the Fitness Industrial Complex: How to Resist, Disrupt, and Reclaim What It Means to Be Fit in American Culture

By: Justice Roe Williams

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Fit is subjective. Who our society designates as fit--and who gets to be fit in our society--is pre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • health

22 must-read nonfiction books like Embrace Yoga's Roots by Susanna Barkataki

Transform Your Habits

How to Communicate Like a Buddhist

Cynthia Kane

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body

None , David Emerson , Elizabeth Hopper , Peter A. Levine , Stephen Cope

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

Michael Pollan

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Light on Yoga

B.K.S. Iyengar , Yehudi Menuhin

3.66

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17 Top nonfiction books like Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief by Michelle Cassandra Johnson

Transform Your Habits

The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

Francis Weller , Michael Lerner

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Anne Lamott

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Gabor Maté

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls

Kai Cheng Thom

4.18

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