Yoga Anatomy
The articles below demystify yoga anatomy, offering accessible guidance on alignment cues, asana techniques, injury prevention, and more. Learn how to activate individual muscles in your body, and then how to translate that awareness to your students with effective teaching cues and hands-on assists. Explore yoga poses and sequences that target specific musculature; and find out how to modify those asana to increase effectiveness and reduce injury. Deepening your body awareness will both improve your personal practice and advance your yoga teaching career.
Recent Posts for Yoga Anatomy & Techniques
July 12, 2018
The Quadratus Lumborum muscle can get overworked due to prolonged sitting or standing, especially with poor posture. Here are some postures to help stretch and strengthen the QL to ease back pain and prevent pain.
March 15, 2018
Natarajasana, or Lord of the Dance pose, is a pose symbolic of both transformation and of maintaining internal bliss amidst chaos.
February 20, 2018
Proper alignment in yoga should be practiced consistently for optimum health, strength, flexibility, of the body and mind.
January 8, 2018
Soothe and relieve sciatic nerve pain without medication by practicing these 8 simple yoga poses tailored to sciatica relief.
January 2, 2018
Crow pose is the first arm balance that yogis learn—it takes more trust than strength to execute this particular pose. However, once you’ve gotten the hand of Crow pose, all other arm balances become simple.
October 3, 2017
Yoga is a great way to help reduce the effects of our current sedentary, high-tech lifestyles. Try these eight gratifying poses to improve your posture.
September 26, 2017
Chaturanga Dandasana is an advanced pose that strengthens and tones your upper body, core, and legs. Learn how you can ease into this pose with these tips!
August 25, 2017
While flowing through poses you work your muscles in a variety of ways. While exercising the muscles, force is exerted on the muscle fibers. This happens when […]