Yoga Anatomy Articles
Yoga postures deserve better explanations than what muscle should contract and which should relax or stretch. Yoga postures are dynamic and always in a state of process. Check out handstands, sun salutations, padmasana, upward dog, and down dog.
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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How Do You Know When to Add Poses in the Ashtanga Primary Series?
Yoga | Yoga Postures
How Do You Know When to Add Poses in the Ashtanga Primary Series? In this…
ashtanga yoga | primary series | technique
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Is the Psoas Stretched in Supta Virasana?
Yoga Postures | Your Questions
Is supta viarasana really a psoas stretch? David explains the anatomical reasons why the psoas…
hip | knee | muscle | psoas
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How Do Long Femurs in Yoga Effect Handstands and Jump Throughs?
Yoga Postures | Your Questions
David shares some anatomical reasons for why working with long femurs in handstands and jump…
handstand | jump back
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Is Standing Forward Bend As Simple As It Looks?
Yoga Postures
David breaks down two variations on standing forward bend, padagusthasana and pada hastasana. Learn what…
ashtanga yoga | forward bend | hamstring | primary series
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Forward Bends and Hamstring Injury: Have You Injured Your Hamstrings?
Yoga Injuries | Yoga Postures | Yoga Survey
Hamstring injuries are prevalent in yoga. In our survey, we found some very interesting relationships…
forward bend | hamstring | injury | sit bone pain
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Jump Forward in Sun Salutations: Part 10, A Return to the Beginning
Yoga Postures
When jumping forward in sun salutations, we are really jumping up and forward. We have…
hamstring | handstand | serratus anterior | sun salutations
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Sun Salutation 9 – Downward Facing Dog – You’ve Arrived!
Yoga Postures
I hear so many questions about downward facing dog. Where should your feet and hands…
down dog | serratus anterior | shoulders | sun salutations
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Bakasana to Handstand: What Muscles are Used to Press Up?
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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Sun Salutations 8 – Tricks for Up Dog to Down Dog
Yoga Postures
Transitioning from Up Dog to Down Dog can be as simple as flipping your feet….
down dog | psoas | sun salutations | upward dog
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Sun Salutations – Part 7 – Upward Facing Dog
Yoga Postures
In Part 7 of the Sun Salutation Series we move from chaturanga dandasana to upward…
sun salutations
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Sun Salutations Part 6 – Lowering Into Chaturanga
Yoga Postures
In part 6 of the Sun Salutation series we take a closer look at the…
chaturanga | scapula | shoulders | sun salutations
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Jump Back in Sun Salutations – Part 5
Yoga Postures
Now that we have established some hand foundation in Part 4 of this sun salutation…
handstand | jump back | psoas | serratus anterior | shoulders | sun salutations
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Observing Yoga Students Before Adjusting Their Posture
Yoga Adjustments | Yoga Postures
There is no better place to start discussing yoga adjustments than with what initially creates…
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Sun Salutations – Part 4 – The Look Up
Yoga Postures
Part 4 of the Sun Salutation Series explores the small but important movement of “looking…
handstand | neck | shoulders | sun salutations
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Sun Salutations – Part 3 – The Forward Fold
Yoga Postures
In part 3 of the Sun Salutation series we look at the forward fold that…
forward bend | hamstring | sit bone pain | sun salutations
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Sun Salutations – Part 2 – Arms Up!
Yoga Postures
Sun Salutations are a vital part of any system of yoga. In this part of…
rotator cuff | scapula | shoulders | sun salutations
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Sun Salutations – Part 1 – Tadasana
Yoga Postures
Sun Salutations are a vital part of any system of yoga. In this series I…
ashtanga yoga | sun salutations
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Turning Your Feet Out When Doing a Yoga Dropback?
Yoga Postures
The inspiration for this month’s article comes from a question posed in an email. The…
backbend | drop-back
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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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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
