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By (author) Keil David
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In this full-colour illustrated guide, David Keil brings the anatomy of the body in yoga asanas to life.
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A full-color illustrated exploration of the body in motion during yoga practice
• Examines anatomical patterns and body mechanics in specific asanas, such as forward bends, twists, external hip rotations, arm balances, and back bends, to inspire confidence in students, deepen practice, and prevent injury
• Provides detailed images and photos overlaid with anatomical diagrams, allowing you to see clearly what is happening within each asana discussed
• Explores how various yoga postures interrelate from the perspective of functional anatomy
In this full-color illustrated guide, David Keil brings the anatomy of the body in yoga asanas to life. Writing in an accessible, conversational tone, he outlines how practitioners and yoga teachers alike can utilize a deeper understanding of their anatomy and its movement and function to deepen their yoga practice, increase confidence, prevent injury, and better understand their students and their challenges.
Providing detailed images and photos overlaid with anatomical diagrams, allowing you to see clearly what is happening within each asana discussed, Keil shows how the muscles, joints, tendons, and structure of the body work together to support integrated movement. He discusses the basics of functional anatomy, exploring the workings of the foot and ankle, the knee, the hip joint, the pelvis and SI joint, the spine, the shoulder, and the hand, wrist, and elbow. He examines anatomical patterns and body mechanics in specific asanas, such as forward bends, twists, external hip rotations, arm balances, and back bends, such as, for example, how a wide-legged forward bend shifts the position of the femur and the pelvis, allowing students with tight hamstrings to accomplish a deep forward bend–something they struggle with when the legs are together. Keil also shows how various yoga postures interrelate from the perspective of functional anatomy.
Revealing in detail how everything in the body is connected and how your anatomy functions holistically during yoga practice, this book helps you to understand the body better and connect and integrate yoga postures in a completely new way.
Biographical note:
David Keil is an experienced yoga teacher and longtime practitioner. The creator of the YogAnatomy DVD series, he was introduced to yoga in 1989 by his Tai Chi Chuan instructor and later studied yoga in Mysore, India, with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his grandson R. Sharath. He was an instructor of kinesiology at Miami’s Educating Hands School of Massage from 1999 to 2003, and since 2000 he has been presenting yoga anatomy workshops. He lives in Miami, Florida.
Excerpt:
From Chapter 3. The Knee
Making our way up the body, the knee is the next major joint we come to. The femur and tibia, the two longest bones in the body, meet here to create one of the more complicated joints. Knee pain and dysfunction are almost as common as good old back pain. But what else should we expect from a joint that has to perform the type of demanding tasks that we ask of it?
In every workshop I have ever done, the knee is high on people’s priority list. I can’t say I blame them, since the ideal image of yoga in most of the world is someone sitting in Lotus. Therefore, Padmasana becomes a measuring stick for a person’s yoga practice. Of course, there is nothing less in line with a true yoga practice than a determined beginner trying to get into this pose and destroying their knee(s) in the process.
As my teacher John Scott points out, yoga has been plucked out of its cultural context and placed here in the West. In India, sitting on the floor has been a w
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