Reddit mentions of Yoga Mala

You can always go to the horse's mouth and pick up a copy of this:
Yoga Mala: The Original Teachings of Ashtanga Yoga Master Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

It's not a book on yoga theory - it's a technical guide on how to execute all of the poses in the primary series. Even within this stripped down, secular context, the primary series layers are fascinating to me, and meaning and understanding within the poses are constantly evolving. You will read and re-read this book.

You'll notice with experienced and knowledgeable teachers, their verbal queues will reiterate some of technical aspects written in the book, but never all, because the text is pretty exacting in detail. Some of the specifications are hard AF to me, and require super human ability (transition of 9th vinyasa in upavishta konasana). I'll probably never be able to do some of that but it sure is fun trying to figure it out .

In my experience, given the differing ranges of ability with practitioners, the expectations of students by the teacher may vary (ie - not all students are conditioned enough to do vinyasas on each side of every seated postures, or the exercise of pick up asana as a stepping stone to jumping back from seated). This is done to make the practice accessible to a broader audience.

You'll deepen your practice by doing it at home.

I use the time at the studio in guided classes to get help and encouragement, reinforce the attention to detail (ritual, and consistency, and pace), and enjoy the company of other ashtangis.

I'm not in any hurry to get through the primary series, but once you burn through it, just know there are 5 more series to go.

Actually from what I read Jois was a beggar on the streets of Mysore for a couple of years when he first travelled there as a young man.

Source: Sharath's foreword to Yoga Mala.

Edit: downvotes? Its in the book!

There are two columns:

The far left column is the postures in the practice. They are in sequential order from top to bottom (the sequence number of the posture in the first number of each row).

The far right column is the Vinyasa count for each posture (the number of positions into/out of each posture).

Shri K. Pattabhi Jois describes the entire theory of the eight limbs of Ashtanga in just over 100 pages including step by step details of the Primary Series and recommended practice for the elderly and sick in his book Yoga Mala