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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Sartorius Muscle
Anatomy | Lower Limb
This month’s muscle is sartorius. We’ll take a look at where is attaches in the…
hip | knee | muscle
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Ashtanga Practice Without A Teacher: What Do I Do?
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga | Yoga
It can hard to maintain an Ashtanga practice when you don’t have a teacher nearby….
ashtanga yoga | primary series
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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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Negative Experiences In Yoga Practice: What Do Practitioners Report?
Yoga Injuries | Yoga Survey
What Negative Experiences In Yoga Practice Are Practitioners Reporting? While slightly more than half of…
injury
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The Adductors: What Are The Adductor Muscles?
Anatomy | Lower Limb
This month’s muscle focus is the Adductor group. We’ll take a look at where they…
hip | muscle
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How Do You Know What Yoga Practice To Do When You’re Injured?
Yoga | Yoga Injuries
I get lots of questions about how to do yoga practice when you’re injured. In…
injury | pain
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Elbow Pain: Finding the Source of Your Elbow Tendinitis
Upper Limb | Yoga Injuries | Your Questions
This month’s question comes from Jade. She asked a question about elbow pain in yoga…
biceps | elbow | pain | wrist
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What Are the Benefits of Doing a Yoga Practice?
Yoga Survey
What Are the Benefits of Doing a Yoga Practice? This is the second post that…
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Assessing the Impacts of Yoga Asana – Survey Summary
Yoga Injuries | Yoga Survey
The Yoga Anatomy Research Project (YARP) – This first post lays out the fundamental information…
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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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Adductor Magnus Muscle
Anatomy | Lower Limb
This month’s muscle of the month is the adductor magnus. We’ll take a look at…
hip | muscle | sit bone pain
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What’s Your Intention With That Adjustment?
Yoga Adjustments
Intention: What is it that we want to communicate to the student in this moment?…and…
down dog
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Lotus – Right Leg First?
Lower Limb | Your Questions
There are two answers to the question of whether we should always put our right…
lotus | padmasana
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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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Triceps Brachii Muscle
Anatomy | Upper Limb
The Triceps Brachii is located on the posterior of the upper arm. It’s also our…
arms | muscle | shoulders
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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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Binding Marichyasana C, Which Muscles Prevent It?
Anatomy | Upper Limb | Yoga Postures | Your Questions
The question of the month was: Which muscles or muscle groups prevent me from binding…
arms | rotator cuff | shoulders | twist
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The Teres Major Muscle
Anatomy | Upper Limb
Teres Major is this month’s muscle of the month. Get information on where this muscle…
muscle | shoulders
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What’s the difference between fuzz and scar tissue?
Your Questions
What’s the difference between the “fuzz” and scar tissue? This month I answered this question…
scar tissue
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Sun Salutations 8 – Tricks for Up Dog to Down Dog
Yoga Postures
Transitioning from Up Dog to Down Dog can be as simple as flipping your feet….
down dog | psoas | sun salutations | upward dog
