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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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
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Some Words for Oz
Yoga
Thinking of Oz I wasn’t going to make this a “post” but I’ve never gotten…
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To Squeeze or Not to Squeeze? Upward Facing Dog
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Postures
This month’s newsletter article comes out of a recent trip to the Midwest. I was…
backbend | gluteals | upward dog
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Basic Yoga Anatomy Workshop
Anatomy Related Workshops
I’ve now taught the basic workshop over 100 times since 2000. It is the foundational…
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Observation Workshop
Anatomy Related Workshops
One of the most important skills a teacher can have is the skill of…
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Adjustment Workshop
Anatomy Related Workshops
Adjustments to yoga poses come in a variety of forms including physical, verbal, and even…
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Advanced Yoga Anatomy Course
Anatomy Related Workshops
The advanced anatomy course is is the synergy of all the other workshops I teach….
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The ‘Almighty’ Psoas Muscle: Your Body’s Center of Movement by David Keil © 2005
Anatomy | Torso | Yoga
The foundation of our bodies and our yoga practice lies at our feet. In order…
core | iliacus | psoas
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Padmasana Article
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Postures
The basic goal of all the asana practice is finding and maintaining a comfortable padmasana…
knee pain | lotus | padmasana
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The Knee Part 2 by David Keil © 2005 Enlightened Practice Magazine
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Injuries
In Part 1 of this article we left off looking at the deepest, most intrinsic…
knee | knee pain | lotus | padmasana
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The Knee Part 1 by David Keil © 2005 Enlightened Practice Magazine
Anatomy | Lower Limb | Yoga Injuries
In our last article, we looked at the part of our anatomy that grounds us,…
knee | knee pain | lotus | padmasana
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Foot Foundation by David Keil © 2005
Anatomy | Lower Limb
Those wonderful glorious feet, unfortunately, kept in containers (shoes) most of the day. Poor things…
ankle | foot
