Resources

Books

Yoga and Identity

Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma, Dr. Gail Parker PhD

Radical Dharma, Rev. angel kyodo williams and Lama Rod Owens

Skill in Action, Michelle Cassandra Johnson

Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens

Gather, Octavia Raheem

Mindful of Race, Ruth King

Radiant Rest, Tracee Stanley

You Belong, Sebene Selassie

Piece from Anxiety, Hala Khouri

My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem

Holding Change, adrienne maree brown

The Inner Work of Racial Justice, Rhonda V. Magee



Philosophy and Practice of Yoga + Meditation

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar

The Bhagavad-Gita

The Secret of the Yoga Sutra, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD

Embrace Yoga’s Roots, Susanna Barkataki

Yoga and Ayurveda, David Frawley

Restore and Rebalance, Judith Hanson Lasater

Yoga of the Subtle Body, Tias Little

The Himalayan Masters, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD

Radiance Sutras, Lorin Roche, PhD

Lovingkindness, Sharon Salzberg



Mindfulness

Radical Compassion, Tara Brach

When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodrön

Finding Refuge, Michelle Cassandra Johnson




On transforming systems

The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander

Caste, Isabel Wilkerson

We Were Eight Years in Power, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Stamped from The Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi

Me and White Supremacy, Layla F. Saad

Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

All About Love, bell hooks

The Meaning of Freedom, Angela Davis

Talking Back, bell hooks

How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell

Emergent Strategy, adrienne maree brown

See No Stranger, Valarie Kaur



Native authors

Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Kimmerer

Earth Keeper, N. Scott Momaday



Science of wellness

The Relaxation Response, Herbert Benson M.D.

Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker PhD

One Simple Thing, Eddie Stern


Teachers

Lama Rod Owens

Michelle Cassandra Johnson

Octavia Raheem

Tracee Stanley

Chanti Tacorante-Perez

Hala Khouri

Jivana Heyman

Dr. Gail Parker

Susanna Barkataki

Podcasts