A practitioner of yoga is called yogi. This section lists books about the personal life of yogis from various background.
1. Yogananda. Autobiography of a Yogi. 8th ed. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1959.
What's inside: one of the classic works in the yoga field that introduced yoga to the West; describing the search of Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 –1952), a guru, and his encounters with leading spiritual figures
Location and call number: Davis Library 3rd floor stacks, B133.Y63 A3 1959;
In addition, Davis Library (3rd flool stacks) has 2 other editions for circulation: B133 .Y64 1946 and B133.Y63 A3 1954
Audience: anyone who is interested in knowing the a yogi's life story
2. Walters, J. Donald. The Path: Autobiography of a Western Yogi. Nevada City, Calif.: Ananda Publications, 1977.
What's inside: a companion to Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi (see above); over 400 stories and sayings of Paramhansa Yogananda, a great spiritual master and the author’s teacher
Location and call number: Davis Library 3rd floor stacks, BP605.S43 K744; Undergraduate Library 2nd floor stacks, BP605.S43 K744 c. 2
Audience: anyone anyone who is interested in knowing the a yogi's life story
3. Feys, Jan. The Life of a Yogi. Calcutta: Firma KLM, 1976.
What's inside: about the life of Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) as a yogi; to learn more about Sri Aurobindo, an Indian nationalist and philosopher, browse call number B5134.G42 in the online catalog or Davis Library 3rd floor stacks
Location and call number: Davis Library 3rd floor stacks, B5134.G42 F47
Audience: anyone who is interested in knowing the a yogi's life story
4. Rampuri. Baba: Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Yogi. 1st ed. New York: Bell Tower, 2005.
What's inside: a California-born author's search of the truth in India after his troubled life in the late 1960s
Location and call number: Davis Library 3rd floor stacks, BL1175.R34295 A3 2005
Audience: anyone who is interested in knowing a yogi's life story