Yoga Anatomy Articles
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.
What Poses Will Strengthen Serratus Anterior?
…do a little bit of strengthening of rhomboids while also focusing on how to strengthen serratus anterior, just to throw…
The Serratus Anterior Muscle
…our rotator cuff muscles to function properly. What does serratus anterior mean? The serratus anterior muscle was named for its…
Chaturanga Dandasana: There Is Only One Right Way To Do This Posture
…here is that if you don’t already have a relationship with your serratus anterior muscle, it’s going to be difficult…
How To Do Bakasana B
…that I see in students working this posture. That missing piece is a strong relationship with serratus anterior. If serratus…
A Comprehensive Guide To The Shoulder In Yoga
…stress at the top of the shoulder. Engaging serratus in downward dog The way out of this is to engage…
Winged Scapula, What Are Those Shoulder Blades Doing?
…The base, the foundation, serratus anterior, is not being engaged. Here is another resource: What Poses Will Strengthen Serratus Anterior…
The Rotator Cuff And Yoga
…push and pull arm movements. That job is better done by big powerful muscles like serratus anterior, latissimus dorsi, and…
Yoga Postures Stabilize The Shoulder Blade
…used in scapular stabilization). Results Most yoga postures that were evaluated generated more muscle activity from serratus anterior than from…
Sun Salutations Part 6 – Lowering Into Chaturanga
…more important. It leads us back to the question, what is a high quality chaturanga anyway? For me it’s one…
What Are The Mechanics Of Lowering Into Chaturanga?
…cage, which is of course serratus anterior. I do talk a little bit about the mechanics there, so I’m not…
How Do I Avoid Overworking The Upper Trapezius In The Ashtanga Practice?
…to serratus anterior. And, if you go to my site, you can click the search bar and type in serratus…
Sun Salutation 9 – Downward Facing Dog – You’ve Arrived!
…from the larger and stronger muscles. The core of the shoulder girdle I was referring to before is the serratus…
What Do I Need To Strengthen To Maintain Handstand?
…while, go back to the website and type in serratus anterior, or, I’ve got an article called, So, You Want…
The Anatomy Of The Lift Up And Jump Back Transition
…that in this article. The idea is to direct your movement from this location in your body. Anatomical points #2…
Your Shoulders In Downward Facing Dog
…which is your serratus anterior. Elbows pressing into floor to feel serratus contract. Don’t stop there. Move into downward facing…
Should You Land In Chaturanga Or Plank?
…the strength is there, then you can choose to land in either pose. Connecting to serratus anterior If you have…
Bakasana to Handstand: What Muscles are Used to Press Up?
…good stuff going on with serratus. There’re plenty of articles on the website about it. You may also want to…
Are My Arms Too Short to Jump Through?
…asking about it, so you know, make sure you’re engaging your serratus through sun salutations and through all of the…
How Do You Know When to Add Poses in the Ashtanga Intermediate Series?
…Incorporating full lotus into different types of postures Serratus action: creating a base for being upside down Resisting gravity: in…
Sun Salutations – Part 7 – Upward Facing Dog
…they are all true and false at the same time. All could be right or wrong depending once again on…
So, You Wanna Do A handstand…
…strong and stable in a handstand. There are a number of muscles that attach to the scapula which can help…