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Key Poses of Yoga: Your Guide to Functional Anatomy in Yoga: 2 (Scientific Keys)
£21.30
This book offers a scientific approach to understanding the practice of hatha yoga. Through four-colour, three-dimensional illustrations of major muscles, tendons, and ligaments, Ray Long describes the practice and benefits of hatha yoga. Specific anatomical and physiological descriptions highlight the agonist, antagonist, and synergist muscles that come into play with each pose. Volume II of the series illustrates the correct muscle use during key poses of hatha yoga. From beginners to experts, this book will become a constant companion.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Greenleaf, Illustrated edition (1 Nov. 2009) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 216 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1607432390 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1607432395 |
| Dimensions | 19.81 x 2.03 x 27.69 cm |
by jenny fitzpatrick
This book is amazing such detail about Anatomy and the breakdown of individual poses . The pictures are so detailed clear and precise . The text is informative and precise .
Although the book is expensive it is well worth the money . An essential book for any yoga teacher .
by Maria João Coelho
Great 3D pictures to help you understand the correct asanas and every detail that will help your practice improve and get perfect. You see a lot of work was put into this book, with different colorful aspects of the muscles which contract or extend and amazing angles for visualization. It helps you understand what going on in your body while doing a certain asana and how to use the bandhas and alignment to go deeper. Unfortunately doesn’t explain what are the benefits of each one of the Asanas which would have been a great adition, but besides that I think it’s the best book out there. Fantastic!
by John
I purchased this book back in 2014 with the intention of beginning yoga. I’m yet to start yoga but I’m more focused on starting yoga soon. This book I would say is more suited to anyone wanting to get a better understanding of human anatomy in relation to yoga poses. It isn’t a beginners book and I realise that I need to get hold of a beginners book to help to get myself started.
This is a book that I will come back to. It’s well put together and the images are of high quality.
by Lost in Sussex
Being an Osteopath and having practiced yoga for over 30 years I found this book absolutely fascinating. All those things I learnt in my Iyengar classes 30 years ago now make perfect sense. I wish I had had this book both when I was training as a yoga teacher and when I training as an Osteopath. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in the musculo-skeletal system.
by macmonkee
Beautiful book. Highly readable. After purchasing this book as a required test for a course, I purchased Volume 1 that was not on the required reading list. Both books are totally engrossing. The illustrations are excellent and the text is easy to follow. I am reading both books out of interest and not because they are needed for my course. I have no previous knowledge of anatomy and find these books enlightening and incredibly informative.
by Eleanor Walker
I bought this for a CPD course I am doing at the moment. It is a great companion to the other book in the series (the key muscles of yoga) as a reference. Lots of anatomical terms and Latin names but with the diagrams this information becomes more easy to process.
I bought on kindle, and read it on my iPad where the images were still great. However I probably wouldn’t read on a normal kindle.
by H
I have been practicing yoga asana for several years, yet confess to not knowing that much about the body and how it works.
This book has changed all that in an instant and, as I am one of those people who learns easily when learning visually, it has been an invaluable aid in helping me to understand what is happening during each posture and therefore, in what areas i need to apply additional focus and breath, in order to deepen my practice.
The book has added yet another angle of enjoyment to my favourite part of each day.
by KatieD
The absolute best book for yoga anatomy