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| Yoga Anatomy | 
 enlarge | Author: Leslie Kaminoff
Creators: Amy Matthews, Sharon Ellis
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $11.75
You Save: $8.20 (41%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 971
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 221
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 0.5
ISBN: 0736062785
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7046
EAN: 9780736062787
ASIN: 0736062785
Publication Date: June 20, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Serious yoga practitioners September 12, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you really want to see under the skin in a yoga pose this book is for you. Beautiful illustrations and details.
The body inside - muscles September 11, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Very nice book. Illustrated and clear at a very reasonable price. It shows how muscles work in most commom practised postures.
Yoga Anatomy August 28, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is a great tool for yoga teachers and anyone wanting to further their knowledge of yoga and anatomy. The drawings are incredible. The notes accompanying the drawings are exactly what I need to deepen my understanding of yoga anatomy. The layout for each asana is clear and easy to understand with everything I would want to know about that posture. The text about the Breath in general is thorough. The text about the breath in each posture is not something I have found in other texts. What an incredible resource!!
a missing link has been found August 23, 2007
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
excellent book... well-organized by asana. first book i have seen that applies so clearly and crisply per pose: alignment, detailed notes on anatomy involved, joint & limb actions, muscular actions, risks, levels of difficulty, notes, sanskrit translations, and crisp drawings based upon photographs from multiple angles. primary focus approached via breath and the spine. this is a treasure trove and not a million pages either - each pose is one to three pages - digestible in mini-sittings and at a glance.
The book I've been waiting for August 22, 2007
52 out of 55 found this review helpful
This book is a godsend for anyone who studies or teaches yoga. It reflects so much care and work and attentiveness to detail. It really is anatomy for yogis. I've been studying yoga for close to 40 years and have been exposed to a variety of corrective allignment forms of body work. So when I'm having trouble in a posture I often refer to standard anatomy books but they can be overwhelming and aren't geared towards helping me understand what is going on in a given posture. Despite taking several anatomy classes including a wondrous anatomy dissection class, I still don't have enough knowledge to translate what I read or see in an antomy text into what I'm doing and not doing in a given yoga posture. There are books that aim to be more inclusive, like Mel Robin's book on the physiology of yoga--but I just get overwhelmed by that much information. This book helps me see the main muscles working in a given posture and the main reasons I might be having difficulty with that posture. Of course I would like even more--how can I strengthen or lengthen the muscles that I'm needing to employ in a given posture. But that is asking for too much and I think really requires work with a well trained teacher. This book is just the right size, user friendly and chocked full of information. The illustrations are remarkable, showing postures from different angles and reflecting the author's extensive study of both anatomy and yoga. I highly recommend it.
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