Whether you have been practicing for a while or are just starting out with yoga and meditation, I hope this list will inspire and support you on your journey. I've been exploring various forms of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga for 15+ years now and I'm gathering up all of the best resources, tools, and products that I've found along the way.
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Tools & Gear for Yoga / Meditation
Books on Yoga / Meditation
Audio & Video Meditation / Yoga Resources
Tools & Gear for Yoga / Meditation
This is a simple but very useful set of meditation cushions that will help you stay warm, upright, and comfortable even through extended practice. I used to wonder if the bottom cushion was really necessary --until I tried it... Now my ankles have n...
DharmaCrafts Zafu and Zabuton Meditation Set
A simple firm bolster is honestly a must-have for yoga practice. If you are new, it can be really helpful for modifying poses in any practice, but its a key element for anyone during yin and restorative practices as well.
AJNA Organic Vegan Suede Yoga Bolster Pillow
These yoga blocks are another essential yoga item, especially for beginners, but really they come in handy for all of us. These will help you to modify poses as you're learning and improving balance but they are also great as a little meditation sea...
Bean Products Yoga Blocks - Cork or Foam
This is a good quality mat that will keep you safe from slipping and support your practice and it will last a long time. That's about all you need in a decent yoga mat but there are a lot more fancy ones out there than this.
Gaiam Yoga Mat
I call this one my "beanie butt" cushion and it is one of my favorites, especially for kundalini yoga practice. It provides great support to get you up on your sits bones but you can choose whether you want to sit higher on top or lower down at the ...
Sedona Zafu Yoga Meditation Cushion
These are such an awesome little tool with a really powerful impact. Tone therapy is a way of sending sound frequencies through the biofield and into the body to tune the vibrations in our physiological system. These magical little toning instrumen...
n.o.w. Tone Therapy
A Tibetan singing bowl is a really beautiful instrument to incorporate into any yoga, meditation, or healing practice. Different sized bowls provide different tones with varying effects on our mind-body system but all of them bring harmony to our bi...
Ohm Store Tibetan Singing Bowl Set with Striker
Just a little shameless self-promotion here... Look at this funny yoga themed design that I made! 🤣 I had fun with this one and I hope you will too...
Check out this cool art on mugs, shirts, pillows, etc. and you can see more of my designs on te...
Yoga Yourself and Then Get Back to Me - Funny Om Mandala Design
Books on Yoga / Meditation
Depending on how deep you're wanting to go with your yoga learning... this is an AWESOME book for really getting deep into the anatomy of yoga and learning all of the things.
Yoga Anatomy Coloring Book: Visual Guide
Back to where it all began... This is one of the ancient texts that yoga / meditation teachers have been exploring and unpacking for many many years.
Its a dense read, perfect for slow digestion and contemplative reading practice as you experiment ...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
This is by far the coolest yoga book / card collection I have ever come across. I've had this for years and it has helped me so much in working with so many asanas and really understanding the energetic component of the postures as well.
The entire...
Yoga Toolbox for Teachers and Students
This is another awesome yoga / meditation tool that I have carried with me for many years.
Mudra Yoga is the study of hand postures and these cards tell you everything you need to know to practice these different poses as well as the energetic and...
Mudras of Yoga: 72 Hand Gestures for Healing
This is an awesome guide to engaging with kids in yoga and mindfulness practices. I actually received my yoga teacher certification from the folks who wrote this book and I absolutely adore the work that they do.
Yoga, mindfulness, and meditation a...
Little Flower Yoga for Kids: Yoga & Mindfulness
I like to call this my "chakra bible" because it is so densely packed with wisdom and practical exercises to learn about, connect with, heal, and activate the primary energy centers in your body. It also bridges the gap between eastern traditional wi...
Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology & Chakras
This is a very simple, short, and sweet little book that absolutely changed my life. It actually saved my life because it came to me at a really challenging time and completely shifted my perspective on life. I've recommended it to pretty much ever...
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness
This guy is an absolute genius who has been studying and practicing with meditation and healing for many years.
He provides deeply transformative teachings as well as practical exercises to help you shift into a life of possibility and freedom.
I...
Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose
Audio & Video Meditation / Yoga Resources
This is a deeply moving guided audio meditation practice for connecting mindfully with the hands and activating the flow of energy from the heart chakra, out through the power centers in your palms.
Hand Chakra Somatic Meditation
This is a great practice that you can use daily to awaken energy in the heart chakra and center your focus on compassion and authenticity.
This meditation is a powerful guided experience for anyone who feels compelled to project the energy of healing, compassion, and peace to the areas of great struggle and wounding around the world.
Guided Meditation for World Peace: Cultivating and Emanating the Light of Compassion
If you're feeling weighed down by your attachments to other people, constant worries, or things from the past; this is a great healing practice for you. In this brief meditation, you'll be guided through a process to reclaim your own energies and repel anything that no longer serves you.
Guided Energy Reclamation Meditation: Cut Cords, Release Negative Attachments and Embrace Renewal
This is a great way to start your day or to get a boost when you're feeling drained or dazed from too much “doing”. Use this quick practice to recharge your energy field and recalibrate your inner being.
Activate Prosperity & Increase Vitality: Guided Meditation for Cultivating Life Force Energy
This guy has some really awesome meditations and teachings that I tune in for on a weekly basis. He does a lot of great work in the world of spiritual and conscious evolution and I really enjoy his style and approach.
Tim Whild
The Pillai Center channel on youtube is a great resource for learning specifically about the use of mantra meditation and connection with ancient vedic wisdom and practices. I have learned so much from this teacher and I use his youtube videos daily for my chanting practice.
Pillai Center
This is the absolute best resource I have found for kundalini yoga. After many years of struggling to find a teacher online who could safely share these intense subtle body experiences, I have been so grateful to have discovered Jai Dev. Along with the incredible sound healing of Simrit, this is my go-to site for online yoga training.