Yoga Anatomy

skeletal sYstem 49 useful instruction for people whose shoulders have slid forward around their rib cage. If, however, there is ...

50 Yoga anatomY Spinal Joint actions The following terms describe movements when the joints of the spine are moving and the ve ...

skeletal sYstem 51 rotation—Movement around the axis of the limb; in the hips, shoulders, and forelegs, this is further describe ...

52 Yoga anatomY Forearm rotation—Rotation of the radius and ulna so that they cross each other is called pronation, and rotati ...

skeletal sYstem 53 upward or lateral rotation—Rotation of the scapula in the vertical plane in such a way that the glenoid fossa ...

54 Yoga anatomY Range of motion in Joints The body never moves only one joint or does only one joint action. In any given move ...

4 CHAPTER MUSCULAR SYSTEM I f the job of the skeletal system is to transfer weight and force by way of the ligaments through the ...

56 Yoga anatomY E5267/Kaminoff/fig4.3/417613/alw/pulled-r3 Connective tissue fibers Muscle fibers Bone Tendon Muscle belly Ske ...

muscular sYstem 57 Muscle contractions When a muscle cell contracts, the molecules create and release bonds between the thick an ...

58 Yoga anatomY In the fields of fitness and movement training, the words lengthen and stretch are used in many different ways ...

muscular sYstem 59 If, however, stretch implies a particular quality of sensation in the muscle, then it is not interchangeable ...

60 Yoga anatomY Agonist and antagonist roles are relative, and they change as the focal joint and the joint action change. The ...

muscular sYstem 61 12 to 15 joints. The diaphragm has an effect on over 100 joints. It crosses some of those directly and affect ...

62 Yoga anatomY Bones support weight; muscles move bones. There is an enormous difference between how the muscles work when th ...

muscular sYstem 63 Muscles pull. In a concentric contraction, the pulling power of the muscle is greater than the resistance. In ...

64 Yoga anatomY When we assume that we can generate a final and complete analysis of the unique and complex sequences of muscu ...

5 CHAPTER INSIDE THE ASANAS A n asana, or yoga pose, is a container for an experience. An asana is not an exercise for strengt ...

66 Yoga anatomY The poses in this book are arranged by a starting position that is determined by the base of support. Any asan ...

InsIde the asanas 67 Does the joint action involve lifting the weight of the body or the limbs away from the floor, or moving ag ...

68 Yoga anatomY DrawingS The asana images in this book are based on photographs of various models that were taken during sever ...