Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries

Book info: Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries (Paperback, 91 pages) – Functional Synergy Press, 2004. Language: English.

Easy to Understand and Simple to Apply, this book takes the struggle out of learning anatomy.

A Sampling of What's Inside:

The Internal World: Learn the basics of anatomy as they relate to asana including skin, bone, muscle, nerve, connective tissue, fascia, blood and lymph vessels.

The 8 Essential Principles of Movement: Explore and Experience the 8 essential principles of movement that can be applied to any style of yoga - Ashtanga, Bikram, Iyengar, ViniYoga, Moksha, Vinyasa Flow, Kripalu, Svaroopa, Anusara, etc.

Applying the Principles to Asana: Apply the 8 essential principles to each group of asana - back bends, forward bends, twists, inversions, and standing poses. Understand why problems can occur. Problems like - back pain in back bends, hamstring tearing in forward bends, and neck and wrist pain in inversions.