Yoga Anatomy Paperback – 1 July 2007

Cannot recommend this book enough - clear, easy to use, well-organized, it analyzes key actions of muscles and body structures of major yoga poses. Very good, illustrative pictures - a great textbook for yoga students, teachers-in-training as well as tutors.

This is a brilliant book for those studying yoga. It has plenty of detail which would come in handy during study.If you need help on joint movements and muscles being used during postures the this is the book you need to buy- very clear, interesting and brilliantly illustrated.

This new book is one of very few available on the specific subject of yoga and anatomy.The nice thing about this book is its accessibility - it has pictures of a range of poses in the style shown on the book cover, illustrating the muscular-skeletal system in the asana and highlighting the muscles being utilised (some postures shown from several angles). In some illustrations, the internal organs are also shown.This helps you to relate anatomical and physiological knowledge to the actual asanas of yoga. The book also includes notes on breathing and the action of the joints in each posture.Not as in-depth as the Coulter book, but at a good 400 pages shorter, that is to be expected. What this book offers instead is a more visual, illustrated approach and a great reference tool for serious students and teachers.

Great book, I also have 'The Anatomy of Yoga',,, It's the thing with yoga, you really can't have too many books, you're forever learning, exploring and growing with any great yoga book you read!!! This a good book to have if you wish to make progress.

fantastic diagrams, i use it as a text book for a teacher training foundation course and have only had positive feedback from my students about it...

This book made me understand so much about my body and breathing. VERY informative, with detailed imaging. I would highly recommend this book.

I had a bit of a giggle when I first opened and started scanning the pages of this book. Taking a randomly selected sentence...Page 145 Support Shoulder Stand...The infraspinatus and teres minor externally rotate the head of the humerus; the subscapularis and coracobrachialis work eccentrically to protect the front of the joint from the protraction...Help! Unfortunately not all terms are explained or have a reference within the book, or at least not that I was able to easily find, so I've been using google to help translate some of them. It makes for slow reading. I guess it is what it is, but as a layman a glossary of terms would have been very useful. Or if it had been dumbed down a little e.g. using layman terms, I think I would have gotten more from it.On the plus side amongst all the technical jargon I've been able to pick up some very handy tips on how to improve my asanas and understand them better, and there are some interesting sections on the spine and breathing. I'm likely to use this as a reference book to dip into rather than reading from start to finish. Note it does not include any instructions on how to move into poses, it simply (!) explains the joints, muscles and breathing involved in each asana. It also points out common obstacles that might impair each asana/pose and cautions/risks.An impressively technical account of many yoga poses, but most people like me may need an anatomical dictionary while reading.

I like yoga, but am not particularly good at it. I thought that by understanding which muscles were being used I would get more benefit and could concentrate on my weaker poses etc. This book definitely does the trick as the illustrations are excellent. You do need a companion book on how to do the poses but the ones covered in this anatomy book are the stanard ones.