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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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
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Piriformis – A real pain in the …
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Injuries
A Real Pain in the…. Piriformis I love tackling the “buzz” word muscles and topics….
hamstring | muscle | piriformis | sciatica | trigger points
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Simple Preparation for Lotus Posture – Video
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Postures
I video taped this like 6 months ago and finally finished the edits necessary. It…
knee pain | lotus | padmasana
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So, You Wanna Do A handstand…
Anatomy | Arm Balances | Upper Limb | Yoga Postures
Doesn’t everyone want to be able to do a handstand in the middle of the…
handstand | serratus anterior
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Nutation Counternutation
Anatomy | Torso
As a preface, there was an original question asking if someone could explain what nutation…
SI joint | back pain | nutation