Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries

Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries is an anatomy book designed with the yoga enthusiast in mind.

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.

Susi Hately Aldous is the facilitator of the Anatomy and Asana workshop series taught in Canada and the United States. She is also the author of the globally read Anatomy and Asana ezine, a monthly e-lesson that explains concepts of anatomy as they relate to yoga asanas. Her diverse background, which includes a BSc. Kinesiology, yoga certification and practical experience in physical rehabilitation and ergonomics, provides a functional and common sense approach to her teaching. Her students say that her style is engaging, empowering and loads of fun.