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.
Your QuestionsFeet Together Versus Feet Apart in Bow Pose: Here’s What Changes
Tension in the hip flexors, especially rectus femoris, is a likely reason for difficulty lifting up in bow pose with the feet…
Your QuestionsWhat Happens In Pigeon Pose With The Hips Squared?
When you do pigeon with the hips squared, you create leverage for rotational force into the hip joint which stretches the lateral…
Your QuestionsHow Much Can I Change My Hip And Shoulder Rotation In Yoga?
Limitations to hip and shoulder rotation in yoga are usually caused by soft tissue restrictions, not bone shape.
Your QuestionsWhat Is The Right Amount Of Pelvic Tilt In Yoga?
The right amount of pelvic tilt in yoga is whatever is right for the individual in the posture and maintains the natural…
Your QuestionsWhy Can’t I Do A Wide-legged Forward Bend?
A short, tight adductor magnus is often the culprit if you struggle to do a wide-legged forward bend, but don't struggle with…
Your QuestionsWhy Do I Have Knee Pain In Bhujapidasana?
Knee pain in bhujapidasana can happen for many reasons. Do some testing in the pose to determine how to best modify the…
Your QuestionsHow Do I Balance Opening My Hips In Yoga With Stability For Running?
Opening the hips in yoga for poses like lotus can be in conflict with creating stability for activities like running. You have…
Your QuestionsHow Do I Work With Hip Impingement In Yoga?
Before working with a hip impingement in yoga, find out whether you have an existing bony deformity or tight muscles causing the…
Standing PosturesWhy Do I Feel Unstable In Revolved Side Angle?
One reason for feeling unstable in revolved side angle is setting up with the feet too close together and the front knee…
Your QuestionsHow Do I Open My Hips And Hamstrings For Forward Bending?
Consistent, frequent yoga practice and scaling back on activities like running can help open tight hips and hamstrings for forward bends.
Yoga PosturesWhy Does My Leg Go Numb In Full Lotus?
If your leg goes numb in full lotus, due to compression or stretching of nerves or reduced blood flow, you can likely…
Standing PosturesWhy Can’t I Put My Back Heel Down In Revolved Side Angle?
Learn why both tight hips, and the technique you use to do the posture, can affect getting the back heel down in…
AnatomyHow Is Turnout In Ballet Achieved, Anatomically?
Learn how turnout in ballet happens in your body, anatomically. Find out how the hip and kinetic chain of the leg are…
Your QuestionsHow To Stretch The Quadriceps
Learn a great way to stretch the quadriceps. Find out how to use a modified virasana to prepare for doing backbends.
Standing PosturesAlignment In Triangle Pose: What’s Correct?
Learn why the style of triangle pose and tensional patterns throughout the whole chain of joints affect our alignment in triangle pose.
Standing PosturesHow Do You Protect The Knees In Warrior One?
Learn how to modify the hip and foot placement to protect the knees in warrior one and find out why common alignment…
Yoga PosturesWhy Can’t I Keep My Legs Straight In Navasana?
Learn why the relationship between strength and flexibility of the quadriceps and hamstrings is key to keeping the legs straight in navasana.
Your QuestionsWhich Postures Strengthen Tensor Fascia Latae (TFL)?
Wondering how to strengthen the tensor fascia latae? Learn how the tensor fascia latae works in balance with other muscles in the…
Your QuestionsShould You Practice Through Pain In Yoga?
Should you ever practice through pain in yoga? Learn about different potential sources of pain and what those types of pain might…
Your QuestionsShould I Do Full Expression Of A Pose On One Side If I Can’t Do It On The Other Side?
Learn why you should do both sides of a posture even if one side is more flexible than the other. And, learn…
Your QuestionsWhy Should We Open Our Hips In Yoga And Lengthen Our Hamstrings?
This month David answers the question, why should we open our hips in yoga and lengthen our hamstrings? David explains why open…
Yoga PosturesIs The Psoas Stretched In Supta Virasana?
Is supta viarasana really a psoas stretch? David explains the anatomical reasons why the psoas is not necessarily stretched in a yoga…
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