Yoga Anatomy Articles
I love getting your questions and answering them on video. It helps me understand what you’re interested in. Below you’ll find all of the questions I’ve answered on video so far. Submit your own questions.
The yoga anatomy articles are organized into categories such as, Injuries, Postures, Your Questions, Yoga, Anatomy, Yoga Anatomy Research Project, and even Yoga Adjustments.
They are also broken down more specifically by muscles, bandhas, breathing, sit bone pain, shoulders, psoas, and knee pain.
You are viewing articles realted to: Your Questions
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Ankle Pain in Half Lotus Pose: How to Evolve Your Half Lotus Without Pain
Lower Limb | Yoga Injuries | Your Questions
David shares his approaches to working with ankle pain in half lotus. Find out what…
ankle | foot | lotus | pain
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Yoga Twisting and Disk Herniations: Should You Do Twists in Yoga With a Herniation?
Torso | Yoga Injuries | Your Questions
Yoga twisting and disk herniations is the topic of this question of the month. David…
back pain | injury | twist
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Frozen Shoulder And Yoga: How To Work With It?
Upper Limb | Yoga Injuries | Your Questions
This month’s question comes from Shirley, who asks about frozen shoulder and yoga. How do…
injury | pain | rotator cuff | shoulders
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Winged Scapula, What Are Those Shoulder Blades Doing?
Anatomy | Torso | Your Questions
This month’s question asks about winged scapula. What is winged scapula? When should you be…
arms | chaturanga | scapula | serratus anterior | shoulders
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Elbow Pain: Finding the Source of Your Elbow Tendinitis
Upper Limb | Yoga Injuries | Your Questions
This month’s question comes from Jade. She asked a question about elbow pain in yoga…
biceps | elbow | pain | wrist
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Lotus – Right Leg First?
Lower Limb | Your Questions
There are two answers to the question of whether we should always put our right…
lotus | padmasana
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Bakasana to Handstand: What Muscles are Used to Press Up?
Arm Balances | Yoga Postures | Your Questions
So this month’s question comes from Jessica Payne and she asked a very simple question,…
handstand | psoas | serratus anterior | shoulders
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Binding Marichyasana C, Which Muscles Prevent It?
Anatomy | Upper Limb | Yoga Postures | Your Questions
The question of the month was: Which muscles or muscle groups prevent me from binding…
arms | rotator cuff | shoulders | twist
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What’s the difference between fuzz and scar tissue?
Your Questions
What’s the difference between the “fuzz” and scar tissue? This month I answered this question…
scar tissue
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Forward Folds With A Rounded Spine?
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Your Questions
Should we be rounding our spine when we do forward bends? Well, do you want…
forward bend | hamstring | primary series
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Si Joint and Hamstring Relationship
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Your Questions
An imbalance of tension between the hamstrings on the right and left sides can lead…
SI joint | back pain | forward bend | hamstring
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Do I Have a Trapped Nerve?
Your Questions
In this Question of the Month a student ask: A student asks: Do I have…
pain | sciatica
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How Much Muscular Engagement Do I need?
Your Questions
In this Question of the Month a student asks: “How much muscular engagement do we…
technique
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Why The Emphasis On Forward Bending?
Your Questions
In this question of the month a student asked why there is such an emphasis…
forward bend | hamstring
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Students with Labral Tears?
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Your Questions
In this question of the month a student asked about Labral Tears for her existing…
hip | labrum
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Why Is Doing Lotus Pose Upside Down Easier?
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Your Questions
I currently have left medial knee pain when attempting full lotus pose so for now…
knee pain | lotus | padmasana
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Fingers Pointing Away In Purvottanasana?
Anatomy | Upper Limb | Your Questions
Good morning David. Greetings from New Zealand. A little advice please. What do you think…
biceps | shoulders
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What Are Those Popping Sounds?
Anatomy | Your Questions
A reader submitted a question asking what those popping sounds are when practicing yoga. Are…
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Anatomy Question #1
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga | Your Questions
Since I’ve been here at Purple Valley I’ve been asked a couple of questions regarding…
knee pain | lotus | na | padmasana