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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Working With Wrist Pain in Yoga?
Yoga Injuries
Wrist pain in yoga is fairly common. There are many considerations when evaluating pain and/or…
chaturanga | down dog | upward dog | wrist | wrist pain
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The Deltoid Muscle
Anatomy | Upper Limb
The Deltoid Muscle is the latest Muscle of the Month here on Yoganatomy.com. Where does…
deltoid | muscle | trigger points
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What are Trigger Points?
Anatomy | Yoga Injuries
In my last Muscle of the Month article I alluded to Trigger Points and wanted…
trigger points
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The Piriformis Muscle
Anatomy | Lower Limb
The piriformis muscle (Very Popular) is this month’s Muscle of the Month. Like last month,…
muscle | piriformis | sciatica | trigger points
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Quadratus Lumborum
Anatomy | Torso
Quadratus Lumborum is a popular muscle and talked about often. This is part of a…
muscle | quadratus lumborum | trigger points
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Women’s Flexibility a Liability (in Yoga) ???
Yoga | Yoga Injuries
Here I discuss the recently published article by William J. Broad in the New York…
back pain | flexibility | knee pain
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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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Turning Your Feet Out When Doing a Yoga Dropback?
Yoga Postures
The inspiration for this month’s article comes from a question posed in an email. The…
backbend | drop-back
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Breathing in Yoga: Is there a Right and Wrong Way?
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga
We shouldn’t take it lightly when we ask or direct people to breathe in very…
bandha | breath | mula | uddiyana
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Quadratus Lumborum (QL) A Real Pain In The Back!
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga Injuries
I have written about a number of the “lightning rod” muscles such as the piriformis,…
muscle | quadratus
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Flexed or Extended Foot in Lotus Posture
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Postures
I’ve been hearing for years that we should flex our foot in various yoga postures…
foot | lotus | padmasana
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Gluteal and Psoas Relationship for Yogis
Anatomy | Yoga
There is a pattern that has shown itself to me over the last few months….
gluteals | pain | psoas
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Is Your Hip Pinching In Twists?
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga Injuries
There are other possibilities for hip pinching. Please also read Is Yoga Tearing Labrums? [/alert]…
iliacus | pain | psoas | twist
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Primary Series is…
Yoga
Doing an Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga practice involves much more than merely doing the asanas enumerated…
ashtanga yoga | primary series
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Your Shoulders in Upward Facing Dog
Anatomy | Upper Limb | Yoga Postures
This is a play off an article I wrote for the newsletter back in May….
backbend | shoulders | upward dog | wrist
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Can Yoga Fix Scoliosis?
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga Injuries
I was recently asked a question via email. Can yoga fix scoliosis? It’s certainly not…
back pain | scoliosis
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Morning with Guruji
Yoga
Although somewhere in my mind a voice is telling me I should have had this…
Guruji
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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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Supta Kurmasana Goes Pop!
Yoga Injuries | Yoga Postures
Some time ago I threatened to write an article about pain showing up in the…
pain | supta kurmasana
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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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Response to NYT Article – How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body – Yoga Injuries
Yoga | Yoga Injuries
It is disheartening to see the New York Times come out with yet another article…
back pain | knee pain | pain
