Yoga Anatomy Articles
The lower limb focuses on a variety posts that include, muscles in the lower limb, the hip, knee pain, and the foot.
The yoga anatomy articles are organized into categories such as, Injuries , Postures, Your Questions , Yoga , Anatomy , Yoga Injuries Research , Ashtanga Yoga Research , and even Yoga Adjustments.
They are also broken down more specifically by muscles, bandhas, breathing, sit bone pain, shoulders, psoas, and knee pain.
Ankle Pain in Half Lotus Pose: How to Evolve Your Half Lotus Without Pain
David shares his approaches to working with ankle pain in half lotus. Find out what might be causing your ankle…
Sartorius Muscle
This month’s muscle is sartorius. We’ll take a look at where it attaches in the body, what actions it does,…
The Adductor Muscles
This month’s muscle focus is the adductor group. We’ll take a look at where they attach in the body, what…
Sit Bone Pain – 2021 Update
There have been a couple of overlapping issues to the original article on Sit Bone Pain. It just shows that…
Adductor Magnus Muscle
This month’s muscle of the month is the adductor magnus. We’ll take a look at where it attaches on the…
Lotus – Right Leg First?
There are two answers to the question of whether we should always put our right foot into lotus first? One…
Forward Folds With A Rounded Spine?
Should we be rounding our spine when we do forward bends? Well, do you want a traditional answer or an…
Si Joint and Hamstring Relationship
An imbalance of tension between the hamstrings on the right and left sides can lead to pelvic imbalances. This can…
Students with Labral Tears?
In this question of the month a student asked about Labral Tears for her existing population of students. Labral tears…
Why Is Doing Lotus Pose Upside Down Easier?
I currently have left medial knee pain when attempting full lotus pose so for now I only take things as…
The Hamstrings
This month’s muscle of the month focus is on the hamstrings group. The hamstrings are a very powerful group of…
The Quadriceps Muscles
The last three quadriceps muscles are this month’s muscles of the month. We put them together because these three out…
The Rectus Femoris Muscle
The rectus femoris muscle is one of the four muscles that makes up the quadricep group of muscles. It is…
The Gluteus Minimus Muscle
Gluteus minimus is this month’s muscle of the month. All of the basics are covered here: where it attaches, what…
The Piriformis Muscle
The piriformis muscle is very popular and it is this month’s Muscle of the Month. Here is a nice and…
Working With Sit Bone Pain and Achy Hamstrings
Do you have sit bone pain or an aching hamstring? Here is a PNF technique that may help people with…
Flex Or Extend The Foot In Lotus Posture
Learn whether we should flex or extend our foot when doing lotus posture. Find out why flexing our foot in…
To Squeeze Or Not To Squeeze? Upward Facing Dog
Find out whether we should or should not squeeze our butt in upward facing dog, back bends, and drop backs,…
Padmasana Article
The basic goal of all the asana practice is finding and maintaining a comfortable padmasana (lotus pose) for meditation. There…
Your Foot Foundation In Yoga Postures
Your foot is the foundation of all of your standing postures in yoga practice. That means what is happening above…
Got Sit Bone Pain? – What To Do With That Hamstring © 2010
Sit bone pain is a common problem inside and outside of yoga. This could be a potential hamstring tear or…