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Yoga Anatomy Articles
Articles written specifically for yoga teachers, covering teaching philosophy, applied anatomy for the classroom, hands-on adjustments, and working with students' individual bodies and limitations.
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.
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Our Converging Histories In Yoga Practice
Our converging histories in yoga practice are the sum total of our genetics and life experiences that shape who we…
Teaching The Stages Of A Life-long Ashtanga Practice
Teaching students how to shape the stages of their Ashtanga practice into a life-long relationship, not a static achievement, is…
What Makes A Sustainable Ashtanga Practice?
Elements of a sustainable Ashtanga practice include using structure without rigidity, cultivating breath, awareness, and concentration. It requires developing comfort…
Yoga, Risk, And The Myth of Perfect Alignment
Instead of fear-based cueing and broadly overused alignment cues, let’s talk about how to adapt yoga to each individual. Let’s…
Does Intention In Yoga Class Affect Interoception?
Yoga may help us increase our sense of our internal state, called interoception, when we intentionally focus on our internal…
Conveying Yoga Philosophy In A Yoga Program For Veterans
A yoga program for veterans and others with PTSD also conveyed aspects of yoga philosophy even though it wasn’t explicit…
Yoga Alignment: Does It Really Matter?
Base yoga alignment intentions and verbal cues on sound anatomical concepts and apply them individually to each person’s specific situation.…
Myth: Everyone Should Do Dropbacks Before Starting Second Series
Doing dropbacks before beginning second series in Ashtanga makes sense only if the student has a comfortable steady full wheel…
How Are We Teaching The Ashtanga Practice?
When teaching Ashtanga, instructors balance the structure of the Ashtanga practice with tools to adapt the practice to the individual.…
Can Verbal Cuing In Yoga Influence Its Effects?
Physical versus philosophical verbal cuing in yoga didn’t affect body awareness, mindfulness, positive affect, or spirituality differently.…
Adjusting Seated Forward Bend
Learn some key techniques for adjusting seated forward bend. Find out how to offer an appropriate adjustment for different situations.…
Adjusting Downward Dog
Learn how to work with several different intentions in both the lower body and the upper body when adjusting downward…
Adjusting Marichyasana C
Learn the key ideas for how to effectively adjust marichyasana C. Learn which adjustments are helpful in different stages of…
Adjusting Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana
Understand the key ideas for effectively adjusting utthita hasta padangusthasana. Learn which adjustments might be helpful in this posture.…
Adjusting Triangle Pose And Revolved Triangle: Where Is Your Intention?
David discusses the key ideas for safely and effectively adjusting triangle pose and revolved triangle. Learn which adjustments might be…
Adjusting Standing Forward Bend: Where Is Your Intention?
David discusses the key ideas for safely and effectively adjusting standing forward bend. Learn which adjustments might be helpful in…
Injuries In Yoga Adjustments: What Are Practitioners Experiencing?
Injuries In Yoga Adjustments: What Are Practitioners Experiencing? Most respondents reported experiencing hands-on adjustments as “very helpful” and did not…
What’s Your Intention With That Adjustment?
Intention: What is it that we want to communicate to the student in this moment?…and why?…
Adjusting Yoga Postures… Why Bother?
Doing adjustments or assists while our students are practicing yoga can be beneficial in a number of ways as we’ll…
Yoga Adjustments And Good Body Mechanics
Positioning yourself relative to the person you’re adjusting is one place where good body mechanics show up. Depending on your…
Yoga Adjustments: Feel and Sense What’s Going On!
At the heart of putting your hands on someone to adjust or assist them in a yoga posture is the…