The Ayurvedic Institute: www.Ayurveda.com. This web site contains general guidelines, food and nutrition information and Ayurvedic cleansing guidelines. It is a quality resource for information, trainings and Ayurvedic products. Established in 1984 by Dr. Vasant Lad, the Ayurvedic Institute is recognized as one of the leading Ayurveda schools outside of to teach and provide traditional therapy of East Indian Ayurveda including herbs, nutrition, panchakarma cleansing, acupressure massage, Yoga, Sanskrit, and Jyotish (Vedic astrology).

American Institute of Vedic Studies. www.vedanet.com.  David Frawley's website offers information on trainings in Ayurvedic medicine as well as in the other Vedic Sciences. There is an excellent selection of books that can be ordered directly from the publisher - all of which are quality. Ayurvedic Physicians,Vaidyas, or Ayurvedic Physicians, are classically trained at an accredited Ayurvedic School of Medicine. This entails five years of rigorous full time study and exams followed by several years of apprenticeship.

International Association of Yoga Therapists. www.iayt.org A great resource for yoga teachers and new researchers.Provides a current listing of registered yoga teachers.

Modern Yoga Research. http://www.modernyogaresearch.org. Current academic research on yoga.

Swami Krishnananda http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/. E-books and audio lectures on yoga.

Yoga Psychology Magazine. http://yogapsychologymagazine.com. Current resources on yoga psychology. A fairly good mix of material, online lectures and articles.

Yoga Magazine. http://www.yogamag.net/ A great collection of articles!

Yoga Research and Education Foundation. http://www.yrec.org. To bring together a community of practitioners, scientists, visionaries, mathematicians, philosophers, artists, educators, and other well-trained and deeply thoughtful people to develop yoga science for the common good.

 

Authors

Akhilananda, S. (1951). Mental Health and Hindu Psychology. New York: Harper and Brothers.

Alter, J. (2004). Yoga in Modern India. New Jersey, Princeton University Press.


Alter, J. S. (2000). Gandhi's Body: Sex, Diet and the Politics of Nationalism. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press.
 

Aurobindo, S. (1997). Yoga and education. Pondicherry, India, Sri Aurobindo Press.

Chethimattam, J. (1971) Psychology and Personality. In Patterns of Indian Thought. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books.

Dalal, A. S. (2001). Psychology, mental health and Yoga. Pondicherry, Sri Aurobindo Ahram Press.

Eliade, M. (1958). Yoga: Immortality and Freedom. New Jersey, Princeton University Press.

Farhi, D. (2003). Bringing Yoga to Life. New York, Harper Collins Press.

DeMichelis, E. (2005). A History of Modern Yoga. New York, Continuum.

Feurstein, G. (2003). The Deeper Dimensions of Yoga. Boston, Shambala Press.


Frawley, D. (1997). Ayurveda and the Mind: the Healing of Consciousness. Wisconsin: Lotus Press


Frawley, D. (1999). Yoga and Ayurveda: Self-Healing and Self-Realization. Wisconsin: Lotus Press


Frawley, D. and Lad, V. (1988). The Yoga of Herbs. Wisconsin: Lotus Press


Kumar, A. (1997).Ayurvedic Clinical Medicine. Delhi, India: Sri Satguru Publications
 

Lad, V. (1996). The Secrets of the Pulse. Albuquerque, New Mexico: The Ayurvedic Press.


Lad, V. (1984).Ayurveda The Science of Self-Healing. Wilmot, Wi: Lotus Press.


Majumdar, A. (1999). Nervous System in Yoga and Tantra: Implications in Ayurveda. Delhi, India: Nag Publishers.


Michelis, E. D., J. Alter, et al. (2008). Yoga in the Modern World: Contemporary Perspectives. New York, Routledge Press.

Ravindra, R. (2006). The spiritual roots of yoga. Sandpoint, ID, Morning Light Press.

Strauss, S. (2005). Positioning Yoga: Balancing Acts Across Cultures. New York, Berg Press.

Svoboda, R. (1992).Ayurveda: Life, Health and Longevity. New York, New York :Penguin Books.


Svoboda, R. (1989). Prakruti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution. Albuquerque, NM: Geocom.

Venkatesananda, S. (1993). Vasistha's Yoga. New York, State University of New York Press.

 Research Articles

Agte, V. V., & Chiplonkar, S. A. (2008). Sudarshan Kriya Yoga for Improving Antioxidant Status and Reducing Anxiety in Adults. Alternative & Complementary Therapies, 14(2), 96-100.

al, G. e. (1965). Influence of Sirsasana headstand postures of thirty minutes duration on blood composition and circulation. Acta Physiol. Pol. , 16, 44.

Allen, D. (1972). Mircea Eliade's Phenomenological Analysis of Religious Experience. The Journal of Religion, 52(2), 170-186.

Allen, D. (1988). Eliade and History. The Journal of Religion, 68(4), 545-565.

Alter, J. (2009). Yoga in Asia - Mimetic History: Problems in the Location of Secret Knowledge. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 29(2), 213-229.

Alter, J. S. (1994). Celibacy, Sexuality, and the Transformation of Gender into Nationalism in North India. The Journal of Asian Studies, 53(1), 45-66.

Alter, J. S. (1996). Gandhi's Body, Gandhi's Truth: Nonviolence and the Biomoral Imperative of Public Health. The Journal of Asian Studies, 55(2), 301-322.

Alter, J. S. (2004). Indian clubs and colonialism: Hindu masculinity and muscular Christianity. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 46, 497-534.

Alter, J. S. (2006). Yoga and fetishism: reflections on Marxist social theory./Yoga et fetichisme : reflexions sur la theorie sociale marxiste. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 12, 763(721).

Asencia, T. (2006). Yoga in your school: Exercises for classroom, gym and playground. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Company.

Atkinson, N. L., & Permuth-Levine, R. (2009). Benefits, Barriers, and Cues to Action of Yoga Practice: A Focus Group Approach. American Journal of Health Behavior, 33(1), 3-14.

Balslev, A. N. (1991). The Notion of Klesa and Its Bearing on the Yoga Analysis of Mind. Philosophy East and West, 41(1), 77-88.

Benavides, S., & Caballero, J. (2009). Ashtanga yoga for children and adolescents for weight management and psychological well being: An uncontrolled open pilot study. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 15(2), 110-114.

 Boudette, R. (2006). Question & answer: yoga in the treatment of disordered eating and body image disturbance: how can the practice of yoga be helpful in recovery from an eating disorder? Eating Disorders, 14(2), 167-170.

Carei, T. R., Breuner, C. C., & Fyfe-Johnson, A. (2007). 30: The evaluation of yoga in the treatment of eating disorders. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40(2, Supplement 1), S31-S32.

Douglass, L. (2009). Yoga as an intervention for eating disorders: Does it help? . Eating Disorders: The journal of treatment and prevention. , 17 (2), 126-139.

Douglass, L. (2011). Thinking Through the Body: The Conceptualization of Yoga as Therapy for Individuals with Eating Disorders. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. 19 (1) 83-107.

Javnbakht, M., Hejazi Kenari, R., & Ghasemi, M. (2009). Effects of yoga on depression and anxiety of women. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 15(2), 102-104.

Krisanaprakornkit, T., Krisanaprakornkit, W., Piyavhatkul, N., & Laopaiboon, M. (2006). Meditation therapy for anxiety disorders. Cochrane Database Of Systematic Reviews (Online)(1), CD004998.

Lavey, R., Sherman, T., Mueser, K. T., Osborne, D. D., Currier, M., & Wolfe, R. (2005). The effects of yoga on mood in psychiatric inpatients. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 28(4), 399-402.

McIver, S., O'Halloran, P., & McGartland, M. (2009). Yoga as a treatment for binge eating disorder: A preliminary study. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 17(4), 196-202.

Mitchell, K. S., Mazzeo, S. E., Rausch, S. M., & Cooke, K. L. (2007). Innovative interventions for disordered eating: evaluating dissonance-based and yoga interventions. The International Journal Of Eating Disorders, 40(2), 120-128.

Monnazzi, P., Leri, O., Guizzardi, L., Mattioli, D., & Patacchioli, F. R. (2002). Anti-stress effect of yoga-type breathing: modification of salivary cortisol, heart rate and blood pressure following a step-climbing exercise. Stress & Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 18(4), 195-200.

Nespor, K. (1993). Twelve years of experience with yoga in psychiatry. International Journal Of Psychosomatics: Official Publication Of The International Psychosomatics Institute, 40(1-4), 105-107.

Ospina, M. B., Bond, K., Karkhaneh, M., Tjosvold, L., Vandermeer, B., Liang, Y., . . . Klassen, T. P. (2007). Meditation practices for health: state of the research. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment(155), 1-263.

Schell, F. J., Allolio, B., & Schonecke, O. W. (1994). Physiological and psychological effects of Hatha-Yoga exercise in healthy women. International Journal Of Psychosomatics: Official Publication Of The International Psychosomatics Institute, 41(1-4), 46-52.

Shannahoff-khalsa, D. S. (2004). An Introduction to Kundalini Yoga Meditation Techniques That Are Specific for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, 10(1), 91-101.

Sharma, V. K., Das, S., Mondal, S., Goswampi, U., & Gandhi, A. (2005). Effect of Sahaj Yoga on depressive disorders. Indian Journal Of Physiology And Pharmacology, 49(4), 462-468.

Singh, A. N. (2006). Role of yoga therapies in psychosomatic disorders. International Congress Series, 1287, 91-96.

Smith, C., Hancock, H., Blake-Mortimer, J., & Eckert, K. (2007). A randomised comparative trial of yoga and relaxation to reduce stress and anxiety. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 15(2), 77-83.

Woolery, A., Myers, H., Sternlieb, B., & Zeltzer, L. (2004). A yoga intervention for young adults with elevated symptoms of depression. Alternative Therapies In Health And Medicine, 10(2), 60-63.