Yoga in Boston and Cambridge

Anatomy

My Right Elbow – Radioulnar joint anatomy

Elbow Joint Anatomy: Sketch of Proximal Radioulnar joint (Anterior View)

There is something funky about my elbow. What to do? Anatomy books to the rescue! A story of yoga practice, elbow histories, and anatomy drawings.


Brock & Krista Cahill workshop: Notes & drawings (handstands, trapezius, bakasana, and tired-ness)

Anatomy of Trapezius: insertions around scapula and acromium of lower, middle, and upper parts from spine attachments

Notes from Brock & Krista Cahill’s yoga workshop. Notes on handstand & bakasana transitions, drawings of trapezius muscle, opening block shoulder sequence, plus various notes and musings.


Yoga Art: Low Back Anatomy lesson + Layers in Torso Skeleton

GIbbon Skeleton-- torso and skull anterior view

Comparative anatomy is cool. When you look at the anatomy, form and function of another species, you can gain insights into the human body in ways we may have overlooked or ignored. Invisible characteristics become relevant and significant. Since form is function, our anatomy will effect our biomechanics, both in and out of yoga asana [...]


Yoga Art: Hand: Connect A Mudra

Hand: Connect a Mudra

Hand. Hand. Alive. Energy. Fingers. Folds. Deep Ridges. Wrinkles. Experience. Lines. Circles. Connect. You might also like the Senses series, including the upcoming Yoga Art: Senses: Drishti and Yoga Art: Senses: Scent


Yoga Art: Senses: Scent

Scent

Senses. Scent. Nose. Throat. Thyroid. Vishuddha chakra. Breath. Lung. Soothing. Inside Outside Scent. You might also like other posts in the Senses series, such as the  Yoga Art: Senses: Drishti Or the upcoming Yoga Art: Hand: Connect A Mudra


Yoga Art: Senses: Drishti

Drishti

Drishti. Eyes. Focus. Angles. Lines. You might also like the upcoming Yoga Art: Senses: Scent Or Yoga Art: Hand: Connect A Mudra


Yoga Art: Spiral Twist: Sacrum Kidneys Heart

Spiral Twist-Sacrum Kidneys Heart

Spiral. Twist. Kidneys twist. Sacrum Base. Heart Follows. Up. You might also like the beginning of this series: Yoga Art: Head Heart Hearth Or the Yoga Art: Grounding Study or Yoga Art: Kidney Study: Thoracic Heart Cavity


Yoga Art: Head Heart Hearth

Head Heart Hearth

Movement. Woozy. Wild Thing. Front Heart Energy. Head Heart Hearth Sacrum   You might also like the upcoming continuation of this series: Yoga Art: Spiral Twist: Sacrum Kidneys Heart and the continuation of the front heart opening poses in Yoga Art: Heart Opening Poses: Front, Back, and Ground Study Or the Yoga Art: Kidney Ribs Study: Thoracic Heart Cavity


Yoga Art: Kidney Ribs Study: Thoracic Heart Cavity

Kidney Study 1.3

Kidneys. Ribs. Heart. Bones. Ribcage. Organ Space. Thoracic Cavity. Thoracic Space. Shoulders Hips Spine Juncture. Kidneys. Heart. Throat. You might also like: Yoga Art: Lung Arc Study Or images from the upcoming Yoga Art: Head Heart Hearth series which includes Yoga Art: Spiral Twist: Sacrum Kidneys Heart


Yoga Art: Grounding Study. Earth Center of Gravity. Center Line

Study Ground 1.2 Tadasana Handstand

Balasana. Child’s Pose. Earth. Center of Gravity. Center Line Balance. Spine. Feet. Hands. Ground through your feet + hands. Dance Balance through your center (of gravity, aka by the pelvis.) Tadasana. Adho mukha vrksasana (Handstand). A potpourri of poses: Vrksasana (Tree pose), Lotus, Parsvakonasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana, Virabhadrasana 2, and Virabhadrasana 3.   You might also [...]


Yoga Art: Evolution to Center

Center-Bacigalupe

Parsvakonasana. Side Angle. Side Bends, Side Waist, Twist Ground. Cones of torso shoulders, hips, body. Heart. Center Plane. Yoga Center of Gravity. Pelvis. Sacrum. Heart.


Yoga Art: Lung Arc Study

Lung Arc Study 1.2

Ribs. Ribcage. Lung. Diaphragm. Liver. Breath. Heart. Torso. Colon. Organs protected interacting with bones and connective tissue. Weight and fall and relationship of liver to lung, diaphragm. Pleura. Pleural Cavity