Yoga Anatomy Articles
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.
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The Piriformis Muscle
Anatomy | Lower Limb
The piriformis muscle (Very Popular) is this month’s Muscle of the Month. Like last month,…
muscle | piriformis | sciatica | trigger points
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Quadratus Lumborum
Anatomy | Torso
Quadratus Lumborum is a popular muscle and talked about often. This is part of a…
muscle | quadratus lumborum | trigger points
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Working With Sit Bone Pain and Achy Hamstrings
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Injuries
I want to share with you an exercise that I regularly do with students who…
forward bend | hamstring | sit bone pain
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Breathing in Yoga: Is there a Right and Wrong Way?
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga
We shouldn’t take it lightly when we ask or direct people to breathe in very…
bandha | breath | mula | uddiyana
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Quadratus Lumborum (QL) A Real Pain In The Back!
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga Injuries
I have written about a number of the “lightning rod” muscles such as the piriformis,…
muscle | quadratus
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Flexed or Extended Foot in Lotus Posture
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Postures
I’ve been hearing for years that we should flex our foot in various yoga postures…
foot | lotus | padmasana
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Gluteal and Psoas Relationship for Yogis
Anatomy | Yoga
There is a pattern that has shown itself to me over the last few months….
gluteals | pain | psoas
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Is Your Hip Pinching In Twists?
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga Injuries
There are other possibilities for hip pinching. Please also read Is Yoga Tearing Labrums? [/alert]…
iliacus | pain | psoas | twist
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Your Shoulders in Upward Facing Dog
Anatomy | Upper Limb | Yoga Postures
This is a play off an article I wrote for the newsletter back in May….
backbend | shoulders | upward dog | wrist
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Can Yoga Fix Scoliosis?
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga Injuries
I was recently asked a question via email. Can yoga fix scoliosis? It’s certainly not…
back pain | scoliosis
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Your Shoulders in Downward Facing Dog
Anatomy | Upper Limb | Yoga Postures
I think we can all agree about one thing with regard to the shoulders in…
down dog | serratus anterior | shoulders | wrist
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To Squeeze or Not to Squeeze? Upward Facing Dog
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Postures
This month’s newsletter article comes out of a recent trip to the Midwest. I was…
backbend | gluteals | upward dog
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The ‘Almighty’ Psoas Muscle: Your Body’s Center of Movement by David Keil © 2005
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga
The foundation of our bodies and our yoga practice lies at our feet. In order…
core | iliacus | psoas
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Padmasana Article
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Postures
The basic goal of all the asana practice is finding and maintaining a comfortable padmasana…
knee pain | lotus | padmasana
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The Knee Part 2 by David Keil © 2005 Enlightened Practice Magazine
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Injuries
In Part 1 of this article we left off looking at the deepest, most intrinsic…
knee | knee pain | lotus | padmasana
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The Knee Part 1 by David Keil © 2005 Enlightened Practice Magazine
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Injuries
In our last article, we looked at the part of our anatomy that grounds us,…
knee | knee pain | lotus | padmasana
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Foot Foundation by David Keil © 2005
Anatomy | Lower Limb
Those wonderful glorious feet, unfortunately, kept in containers (shoes) most of the day. Poor things…
ankle | foot
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Got Sit Bone Pain? – What To Do With That Hamstring © 2010
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Injuries
I was in the DC area this month and saw a student that I knew…
hamstring | sit bone pain
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How Breathing Leads to Bandhas © 2010
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga
In the last two newsletters I’ve covered both mula and uddiyana bandhas from an anatomical…
bandha | breath | mula | psoas | uddiyana
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Mula Bandha Anatomically Speaking by David Keil © 2010
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga
The bandhas (mula bandha specifically) are perhaps the most difficult aspect to grasp in the…
bandha | breath | mula | uddiyana
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Uddiyana Bandha Anatomically Speaking by David Keil © 2010
Anatomy | Torso
In the last piece about mula bandha and its relationship to the pelvic floor muscles…
bandha | breath | psoas | uddiyana
