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.

How Do You Breathe In Backbends?

Reducing tension on the ribcage, and increasing your focus on the breath, can help you breathe in backbends with more…

In yoga, finding more ease when breathing with the diaphragm is not so much about which postures you do, but…

David describes the many complex sources of low back pain and offers direction for working with low back pain in…

David explains why stabilization and depression of the scapulae is as important as squeezing the shoulder blades together in upward…

Curious about how to work backbends with scoliosis? Learn some tips for focusing on the hip flexors to evolve your…

This month David answers the question: Should you contract or relax the glutes in urdhva dhanurasana? He explains why the…

When are yoga practitioners most at risk for low back injuries? David reports on the experiences of our survey of…

This month I’m highlighting the deep six lateral rotators. The deep six lateral rotators are a powerful group of muscles…

The inspiration for this month’s article comes from a question posed in an email. The question, from Catherine, asks specifically…

This is a play off an article I wrote for the newsletter back in May. That one was titled Your…

Find out whether we should or should not squeeze our butt in upward facing dog, back bends, and drop backs,…