THE YOGA COMMONS
READ YOGA
Free yoga book club for lifelong learners of yoga's roots.
Yoga wasn't meant to be studied alone.
Yoga was passed on through conversation, questioning, practice and community.
READ YOGA brings us back to Yoga's roots.
Come to read, leave ready to lead.
Up next at READ YOGA
The Taittirīya Upaniṣad
This Upaniṣad asks:
What are we, really?
Body, breath, mind, wisdom, bliss.
Come explore one of yoga's foundational texts and its extraordinary map of us as human beings & becomings.
Tuesday, November 17th
3–4 PM Pacific / 6-7 PM Eastern
Live on Zoom + 30-day replay
Free / Donation
About The Yoga Commons at Ignite
READ YOGA is a project of The Yoga Commons, the free public study + conversation space of Ignite Institute for Yogic Leadership and Social Change
The Yoga Commons offers free public learning.
Ignite offers deeper training, mentorship + professional pathways.
Founded by Susanna Barkataki, Gold Nautilus Award-winning and #1 bestselling author of Embrace Yoga’s Roots and Ignite Your Yoga.
Learn about training with us:
Yoga Teacher Training 200/300
Trauma-Informed Yoga Certification & Yoga Therapy
HOW DOES THIS WORK?
Join the Yoga reading club. It’s free.
- Get the seasonal READ YOGA pick + curated bookshelf.
- Read what you can. Come talk about it. Live conversation, reflection + practice.
- Take it with you, into your practice, teaching and life.
That’s it. A free, unpretentious book club. About yoga.
DO I NEED TO READ THE BOOK BEFORE WE MEET?
Nope. Read if you can. Come either way.
IS IT OK IF I CAN'T MAKE IT LIVE?
Come live if you can. Replays are available for 30 days.
DO I NEED TO BE A YOGA TEACHER or PRACTITIONER?
No. You just need to be curious about yoga and interested in studying together.
WHAT WILL WE READ NEXT?
We rotate between yoga’s classical texts + contemporary voices shaping how we understand and live yoga today.
NOW: Taittirīya Upaniṣad
FEBRUARY 2027: Michelle Cassandra Johnson’s new book You Are Protected: Invoking Spiritual Support to Sustain Your Energy
When you order from our Bookshop (here!), you support Black Owned Bookstore & Future of Yoga Fund.
WHY IS THIS FREE/DONATION?
READ YOGA is free/donation-based public education through The Yoga Commons by Ignite. Founded by
Susanna Barkataki, is the founder of Ignite, bestselling yoga author, teacher trainer and former high school English teacher. So yes, a yoga book club was probably inevitable.
KEEP THE YOGA COMMONS FREE
A note on the scholarship fund 🙏🏽
READ YOGA is free/donation-based public education. If you'd like to offer dana (generosity) please do.
Donations to the Future of Yoga Fund support free public yoga education, yoga scholarships and greater access to yoga education.
Your yoga bookshelf just got bigger.
And so did your reading circle.
We aren't pretentious around here. Come curious, unfinished, not read.
Come as you are. READ YOGA is welcoming, inclusive and free.
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