yoga

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december 2018 / january 2019

yogajournal.com.sg

ILLUSTRATIONS: MICHELE GRAHAM; PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER DOUGHERTY; MODEL: KARIN GURTNER; CLOTHING: MODEL’S OWN

Foot & Leg Anatomy

QUADRATUS LUMBORUM

12TH RIB

LUMBAR VERTEBRAE

PSOAS MAJOR

PECTINEUS

PATELLA

TIBIAL TUBEROSITY

TIBIA

FOR TEACHERSTo check for rotation within FIBULA

the knee, lightly pinch the inside and

outside edges of your student’s kneecap

with your thumb and forefinger. Put your

other forefinger right on the tibial tuberosity

(the bump on the top front of the shin bone).

The distance from here to the edges of the

patella, where your fingers are, should be

the same (read more on p. 20).