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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Why Can’t I Keep My Legs Straight In Navasana?
Yoga Postures | Your Questions
David explains why the relationship between strength and flexibility of the quadriceps and hamstrings is…
hamstring | hip | quadriceps
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Adjusting Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana
Yoga Adjustments
David discusses the key ideas for effectively adjusting utthita hasta padangusthasana. Learn which adjustments might…
forward bend | hamstring | hip
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What’s Happening In Kurmasana and Supta Kurmasana?
Yoga Postures
David breaks down the anatomy of kurmasana and supta kurmasana and explores techniques for evolving…
ashtanga yoga | hamstring | hip | primary series | supta kurmasana | technique
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How Do I Self-treat Sit Bone Pain and Obturator Internus?
Your Questions
David answers the question: How do I self-treat sit bone pain and obturator internus? He…
gluteals | hamstring | sit bone pain
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Why Should We Open Our Hips In Yoga And Lengthen Our Hamstrings?
Your Questions
This month David answers the question, why should we open our hips in yoga and…
hamstring | hip
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Should I Pull the Flesh from Sitting Bones in Forward Bend?
Yoga Injuries | Your Questions
This month, David answers a question about forward bending. David discusses why we sometimes like…
forward bend | gluteals | hamstring | sit bone pain
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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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Sit Bone Pain – 2017 Update
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Injuries
There have been a couple of overlapping issues to the original article on Sit Bone…
hamstring | pain | sit bone pain
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Forward Folds With A Rounded Spine?
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Your Questions
Should we be rounding our spine when we do forward bends? Well, do you want…
forward bend | hamstring | primary series
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Si Joint and Hamstring Relationship
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Your Questions
An imbalance of tension between the hamstrings on the right and left sides can lead…
SI joint | back pain | forward bend | hamstring
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Why The Emphasis On Forward Bending?
Your Questions
In this question of the month a student asked why there is such an emphasis…
forward bend | hamstring
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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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The Hamstrings
Anatomy | Lower Limb
This month’s muscle of the month focus is on the hamstrings group. The hamstrings are…
hamstring | hip | muscle
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Working With Sit Bone Pain and Achy Hamstrings
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Injuries
I want to share with you an exercise that I regularly do with students who…
forward bend | hamstring | sit bone pain
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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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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
