Recommended reads

Self study, which may include study of scholarly texts, is one of the 8 limbs of yoga. As your receptivity grows, we hope you enjoy these excellent resources that will inform your practice and journey to Self Realization.

- Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Swami Satchitananda
- Bhagavad Gita – Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood
- Yoga Anatomy - Leslie Kaminoff
- Integrative Yoga Therapy Teachers’ Toolbox
- Yoga Posture Adjustments and Assisting – Stephanie Pappas
- Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Swami Svatmarama
- Autobiography of a Yogi – Paramahansa Yogananda
- Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha – Swami Saraswati
- Yoga: The Iyengar Way – Silva Mehta
- Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers, and Practitioners – H. David Coulter
- Chakra Yoga: Balancing Energy for Physical, Spiritual, and Mental Well-Being – Alan Finger
- Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga… – B. K. S. Iyengar
- Scientific Keys Volume I: The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga – Ray Long
- Anatomy of Movement – Blandine Calais-Germain
- Teaching Yoga – Donna Farhi
- The Language Of Yoga: Complete A to Y guide to Asana Names, Sanskrit Terms, and Chants – Nicolai Bachman

The Teachers

Julia Romano has been teaching at Yoga District for 3 years. She received her teaching certification in hatha and vinyasa flow through Yoga Alliance, and her classes focus on coordinating breath with body movement to promote flexibility, strength, and peace of mind. She strongly believes in yoga as therapy, so catch one of her Dharma Flow or Reboot classes when you need a healthy dose of self-care.
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The Next Step

The Yoga District 200 and 500 hour teacher training certification programs, registered by the Yoga Alliance are unique in their emphasis on diversity of teaching styles studied, personal attention, and trauma sensitive yoga. It's no coincidence that Yoga District is regularly voted the leading studio in the nation's capital, and that most of its classes are taught by graduates of its training program. As a full time yoga school, small group trainings are led up to eight times a year by a dedicated faculty including Jasmine Chehrazi, contributor to the Harvard Karma Yoga Project teacher training, teacher training faculty at George Washington University, Yoga Alliance Standards Committee Advisory Board Member, Yoga Activist Founder, and Yoga Service Council Advisory Board Member. So take your practice and community involvement to the next level by joining a training. There's a reason why our graduates call the training "transformative."
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