Description
Your Upper Body, Your Yoga is the essential addition to the 'Your Body, Your Yoga' trilogy, providing a rich exploration of how individual anatomy uniquely impacts your yoga practice. This transformative guide dives deep into the biomechanics of the upper body, examining the shoulder complex, arms, and hands with insightful detail. Perfect for yoga students and teachers alike, this book serves as a vital resource to understand how your unique body influences your movements and postures. Dive into discussions on how asymmetries and proportions affect yoga practice, exploring important questions like the optimal hand positioning in Downward Dog or the safety of hyperflexion in shoulders. This comprehensive text combines Western anatomical insights with modern yoga philosophy, making it an invaluable addition to your yoga library. Whether you're looking to refine your practice, instruct others, or simply understand the intricate relationship between your body and yoga, this book has you covered. With engaging illustrations and practical advice, 'Your Upper Body, Your Yoga' helps tailor your practice to suit your individual needs. By recognizing that each person’s body is different, you can create a more enriching and safer yoga experience, empowering you to embrace your distinct anatomy. Order now and explore how this thorough investigation can transform your approach to yoga! Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781777687304. Format: Trade paperback (US). Year: 2022. Publisher: Wild Strawberry Productions.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781777687304
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2022
Publisher: Wild Strawberry Productions
Description:
Your Upper Body, Your Yoga is the highly anticipated final book of the Your Body, Your Yoga trilogy — the definitive investigation of how your uniqueness affects your movements, postures and your yoga.
This remarkable trilogy looks at the variations of human anatomy and its effect on the body’s biomechanics. Used as a standard text for many yoga teacher training programs it provides yoga students and teachers a system for exploring what asanas are possible and sensible and which postures should best be left alone. This third book in the series looks at the upper body: the shoulder complex, arms and hands. But, there is more. This final book also includes explorations of how asymmetries and proportions affect our practice.
You are unique. No one else in this whole world has your biology or biography. Why suppose that your yoga practice should be, or even could be, the same as anyone else’s? How far apart should your hands be in Down Dog? Where should they be pointing? Should you avoid hyperextension of the elbows? Is hyperflexion of the shoulders safe? The answer is — it depends! Your Upper Body, Your Yoga looks at the upper body from both the Western anatomical/biomechanical point of view and the modern yoga perspective. It is filled with detail, discussion, illustrations and practical advice for bodies of all types.
Proportions and asymmetries are highly variable from person to person. The implications of asymmetries for a yoga practice and whether these asymmetries need to be changed, accommodate
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781777687304
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2022
Publisher: Wild Strawberry Productions
Description:
Your Upper Body, Your Yoga is the highly anticipated final book of the Your Body, Your Yoga trilogy — the definitive investigation of how your uniqueness affects your movements, postures and your yoga.
This remarkable trilogy looks at the variations of human anatomy and its effect on the body’s biomechanics. Used as a standard text for many yoga teacher training programs it provides yoga students and teachers a system for exploring what asanas are possible and sensible and which postures should best be left alone. This third book in the series looks at the upper body: the shoulder complex, arms and hands. But, there is more. This final book also includes explorations of how asymmetries and proportions affect our practice.
You are unique. No one else in this whole world has your biology or biography. Why suppose that your yoga practice should be, or even could be, the same as anyone else’s? How far apart should your hands be in Down Dog? Where should they be pointing? Should you avoid hyperextension of the elbows? Is hyperflexion of the shoulders safe? The answer is — it depends! Your Upper Body, Your Yoga looks at the upper body from both the Western anatomical/biomechanical point of view and the modern yoga perspective. It is filled with detail, discussion, illustrations and practical advice for bodies of all types.
Proportions and asymmetries are highly variable from person to person. The implications of asymmetries for a yoga practice and whether these asymmetries need to be changed, accommodate