ZEN PRACTICE
- San Francisco Zen Center – Daily meditation, classes, and zazen instruction. Residential practice opportunities available at City Center (San Francisco), Green Gulch Farm (Marin), and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (Ventana Wilderness).
- SotoZen-Net – Resources for practicing Soto Zen nationally and internationally, in temples certified by Sotoshu Shumucho (Soto Zen parent organization based in Japan).
- Soto Zen Buddhist Association – Resources for practicing Soto Zen, with teachers recognized by North American teachers.
- American Zen Teachers Association – General information and dialogue among American teachers of all branches of Zen.
YOGA PRACTICE
- Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco – Daily asana classes, Teacher Education programs, workshops all taught by Certified Iyengar Yoga Teachers. IYISF is also the home base of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Northern California.
- Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States – Teachings, resource pages, store, blog, teacher listings by certification level and state. The Association holds a national convention every three years for practitioners of all levels.
BOOKS
Iyengar Yoga accessible to all:
- How to Use Yoga and Yoga: The Iyengar Way by Silva, Mira and Shyam Mehta
- The Tree of Yoga by BKS Iyengar
- Light on Life by BKS Iyengar
- Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health by BKS Iyengar
Iyengar Yoga for experienced students:
- Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar
- Light on Pranayama by BKS Iyengar
- Yoga: A Gem for Women by Geeta Iyengar
- Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by BKS Iyengar
- Bhagavad Gita
Trauma, healing and resilience:
- The Brain That Changes Itself and The Brain’s Way of Healing by Norman Doidge
- Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma — The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences and In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter A. Levine
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Zazen, Buddhism and Zen meditation Classics:
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice by Shunryu Suzuki
- The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Taking the Path of Zen by Robert Aitken
- What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
- How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment by Eihei Dogen Daiosho
Pranayama:
- Light on Pranayama by BKS Iyengar
- Pranayama by Prashant Iyengar
- Astadala Yogamala vol. 7, entire section on Pranayama by BKS Iyengar
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