Yoga Anatomy for the Rest of Us! | Yoga Anatomy

A lot of work | Yoga Anatomy | Leslie Kaminoff

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	• Yoga Anatomy Leslie Kaminoff Human Kinetics Publishers, 2007 - 221 pages average customer review:based on 63 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

an amazing book!!!!

a great book for all who are interested in yoga anatomy- great images and all in very simple english.

Yoga Anatomy for the Rest of Us!

Rest assured, you can relax and breathe easy as you meander through the pleasant pages of this book! Other great books connect yoga and anatomy, including the highly regarded titles, Anatomy of Yoga, by H. David Coulter, and The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga, by Ray Long. However, Yoga Anatomy is so user-friendly even those of us who drift off during yoga anatomy workshops can enjoy absorbing the wisdom in this book.

There were no anatomy books specifically designed for yoga teachers when I studied anatomy at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco in the `70s. I was already overwhelmed just learning how to place my feet in Triangle Pose and could not get my head into the daunting standard anatomical textbooks used at the time. If this book had been available, I might not have gotten a D in anatomy!

The beautiful illustrations by award-winning medical illustrator Sharon Ellis are based on photographs of various models. As others have mentioned, some perspectives illustrated are quite unusual because they were shot from underneath. The book shows a photograph of a photo shoot where the model is balanced in Crow Pose, on a long piece of plexiglass secured between two ladders. The photographer is lying on his back on the floor, shooting the pose from below.

The sight of this photo prompted me to do something I have not done in 30 years of practicing Downward-Facing Dog. I placed a sturdy mirror, one foot wide and four feet long, in the center of my yoga mat. I went into downward-facing dog in such a way that my hands and feet were pressing on the mat, and I could see the pose reflected in the mirror. I turned to the book, and there was a picture of the view I had just seen in the mirror.

I am fond of telling my students to turn the pages of yoga books sideways and upside down so that they can better see the connection between the various poses. The views shown in Yoga Anatomy make this concept crystal clear and help you see yourself and your students with X-ray eyes. Yoga Anatomy is definitely an essential resource that will illuminate your practice for years to come!

Suza Francina, author, The New Yoga for Healthy Aging, The New Yoga for People Over 50, and other books. www.suzafrancina.com

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A lot of work

There is a fantastic amount of work in this book, and any teacher, or trainee teacher will find it a very useful book. The section on breathing is particularly good and explains well the complex relationship that exists between the thorax and abdomen. The asanas are wonderfully illustrated, but I felt a little frustrated that muscles that are working, and those that are stretching are not clearly differentiated, it would have been easy to do them in different colours for instance. However, If you want to find out what muscles do what when you practice the asanas he describes, this is probably the best book around.
It doesn't set out to make judgements about the validity of the asanas described, and that probably needs to be understood when you read it, because understanding what is happening to you when you practice doesn't always mean that what your doing is good for you.

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Lots of detailed information

This book has it all when it comes to the anatomy of yoga postures. I am a yoga teacher and I keep this book with me at all times. If a student has a question about how a certain pose works or what goes on during that pose I break this out to help them understand while I talk to them. It helps give them a visual what I am telling them about a pose. I just love, love, love this book! Every person who is a serious student or teacher of yoga should own this book.

yoga Aatomy

Wonderful, wonderful illustrations from the ground up literally. I loved the explaination of the other two diaphragms as it is key in understanding how the breath moves in the body. Maha Mudrasana is a prime example of the immediate cognition one gets as the base point of the asana is shown from a unique observational perspective. It is one of the most powerful asanas at moving energy, and from this diagram, it is clear why. Cat/Cow is the greatest vinyassa we can master in my view and the section on primary and secondary curves is very informative. I was happy to see they had included Simhasana. Another ancient asana that is overlooked in modern day asana classes.Maybe because it is so subtle.
I will use this book a lot I think. Thankyou. Camella Nair - author of "Aqua Kriya Yoga".

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