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Yoganatomy Volume 1 & 2 together ($10 discount) - BUY NOW!
more info - These DVDs are NTSC and can be used in ALL REGIONS of the world. Now has three new Languages Japanese, Chinese and Spanish
YogAnatomy Vol.1 (2:15) and Vol.2 (1:55) DVDs take you on a journey through your body as it relates to yoga. These DVDs use the major obvious structures (foot, knee, hip, etc...) as a jumping off point to function, dysfunction, common conditions and injuries as well as with explanation of the tissues and how they allow or restrict movement in different postures.
If you've been fighting to learn anatomy from books, and haven't really succeeded or still feel like you don't quite get it. We guarantee that after watching these two DVDs, you will.
What People are Saying
Dear David, I am in the process of watching your Yoga Anatomy DVDs volume I and II. How you have organized the material is so helpful. You are so succinct and clear in your communication that I am absorbing a great deal. I also think the production value is fantastic because there is nothing that gets in the way of the information. The choice to have only you illuminated is brilliant. -Molly
Your DVD is outstanding! After struggling to learn anatomy from books, this has cast the scales from my eyes. Finally, I think I get it. - Jenni
I don't remember where I discovered the info on your DVDs but I have just reviewed the first one and really want the second for my first teacher training, thank you for creating this! It is excellent, not complicated and so clear. Looking forward to the second one -Donna
click here for a video clip of the knee section (9:45)
click here for the short trailer video (1:23)
click here for the long trailer video (5:52)
Together these two DVDs introduce you to anatomy in a way that no one has presented it before. The hallmark of David's teaching skill is to make things simple, clear and understandable. When you understand the information, you then have the ability to apply it to your teaching or your practice.
The best part about these DVDs is that you have the ability to pause, stop, and rewind David as he presents the material. If you've wanted to understand anatomy these DVDs are for you!
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Topics Covered
Volume 1
- How the body is put together
- Discern where movement happens and doesn’t happen
- What connective tissue is and what role it plays in your yoga practice
- How the priniciple of "tensegrity" applies to your body and practice
- What scar tissue is and what to do when injury arises
- What a muscle is (not necessarily what you think it is)
- How a muscle functions in movement
- Different types of muscular contractions and where they show up in your yoga practice
- The relationship between muscles and connective tissue
- How the nervous system relates to your yoga practice
- How you bring patterns of movement onto your yoga mat
- How the skeletal system functions and may play a role in your yoga practice
- The foot and its arches
- How the arches are formed, sustained, and impact your yoga practice
- Practical suggestions for applying the anatomy of the foot to your practice
- How the knee joint is put together including its major ligaments
- How the knee functions and dysfunctions (common injuries)
- Add the concept of "Kinetic Chain" to your vocabulary and understanding
- Practical application of the concepts and movements to do lotus posture
- Practical tips for working with a knee that is painful in the lotus posture
- The structure and function of the hip joint
- Major muscles surrounding the hip joint including piriformis and others
- How the hamstrings and quadriceps function as "two joint muscles"
- Demonstration of where and how tight hips play a role in knee dysfunction
- Demonstration to show where movement does or doesn't happen at the hip joint
Volume 2
- psoas
- where the psoas is located and attaches
- what function does the psoas perform
- how the psoas is related to your yoga practice
- spine
- what movements happen in the spine
- where movement happens specifically in the spine
- explanation of bulge, herniation, and ruptured disc
- how the spine functions in back bending
- what tissues restrict back bending and put force into the low back
- how the femur, pelvis and spine function together
- shoulders and arms
- anatomy of the shoulder joints
- detailed description of the rotator cuff group of muscles
- how to control our scapula in poses like up dog and down dog
- comparison of the upper and lower limbs
- breath and bandha
....................................and much much more!