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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What Are The Mechanics Of Lowering Into Chaturanga?
Anatomy | Torso | Your Questions
David explains why the key to lowering into chaturanga is doing two things at once:…
chaturanga | scapula | serratus anterior
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A Comprehensive Guide To The Shoulder In Yoga
Anatomy | Upper Limb
This post is a comprehensive look at the shoulder in its entirety. We share a…
injury | pain | serratus anterior | shoulders
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What Do I Need To Strengthen To Maintain Handstand?
Yoga Postures | Your Questions
David explains why serratus anterior is often the key muscle that you need to strengthen…
handstand | serratus anterior
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The Anatomy Of The Lift Up And Jump Back Transition
Anatomy
David explains, anatomically, which muscles are key for initiating the challenging lift up and jump…
bandha | jump back | psoas | serratus anterior
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How Do I Avoid Overworking The Upper Trapezius In The Ashtanga Practice?
Your Questions
David answers a question about how to avoid overworking the upper trapezius when jumping through…
ashtanga yoga | jump back | muscle | serratus anterior
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What Is The Right Alignment In Chaturanga?
Anatomy | Torso | Upper Limb | Yoga Postures
David explains why there is not one right alignment in chaturanga. He explains why some…
chaturanga | core | serratus anterior | shoulders
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What Poses Will Strengthen Serratus Anterior?
Your Questions
David explains when other muscles might contribute to a winged scapula and how you can…
chaturanga | scapula | serratus anterior
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Yoga Postures Stabilize The Shoulder Blade
Yoga Research
Researchers found that some yoga postures show promise for use as a preventative therapy to…
scapula | serratus anterior | shoulders
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Are My Arms Too Short to Jump Through?
Yoga Postures | Your Questions
This month, David answers a question about body proportions and the vinyasa transition: jump through/jump…
arms | jump back | serratus anterior
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Winged Scapula, What Are Those Shoulder Blades Doing?
Anatomy | Torso | Your Questions
This month’s question asks about winged scapula. What is winged scapula? When should you be…
arms | chaturanga | scapula | serratus anterior | shoulders
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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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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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The Serratus Anterior Muscle
Anatomy | Upper Limb
Serratus anterior is this month’s muscle of the month. As usual, we put it into…
down dog | handstand | muscle | serratus anterior
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Your Shoulders in Downward Facing Dog
Anatomy | Upper Limb | Yoga Postures
I think we can all agree about one thing with regard to the shoulders in…
down dog | serratus anterior | shoulders | wrist
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Yes, you can get injured doing a headstand…
Yoga Injuries | Yoga Postures
We can often gather information from the name of a posture. Sometimes embrace the quality…
headstand | serratus anterior
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So, You Wanna Do A handstand…
Anatomy | Upper Limb | Yoga Postures
Doesn’t everyone want to be able to do a handstand in the middle of the…
handstand | serratus anterior
