Your Body, Your Yoga: Learn Alignment Cues That Are Skillful, Safe, and Best Suited to You
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- Author：Bernie Clark
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Summary
Your Body， Your Yoga goes beyond any prior yoga anatomy book available。 It looks not only at the body’s unique anatomical structures and what this means to everyone’s individual range of motion， but also examines the physiological sources of restrictions to movement。 Two volumes are provided in this book: Volume 1 raises a new mantra to be used in every yoga posture: What Stops Me？ The answers presented run through a spectrum， beginning with a variety of tensile resistance to three kinds of compressive resistance。 Examined is the nature of muscles， fascia， tendons， ligaments， joint capsules， bones and our extracellular matrix and their contribution to mobility。 The shape of these structures also defines our individual， ultimate range of movement， which means that not every body can do every yoga posture。 The reader will discover where his or her limits lie， which dictates which alignment cues will work best， and which ones should be abandoned。 Volume 2 will take these principles and apply them to the lower body， examining the hip joint， the knee， ankle and foot， and will present how your unique variations in these joints will show up in your yoga practice。
Reviews
Knit Spirit
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Le livre parfait qui combine anatomie et yoga de façon claire et détaillée。
Gise Provenzano
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The book is super detailed， but you need to have strong physical background to read it in a pleasant way and fully understanding it
Giulia Mastrantoni
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There is barely any science in this book， which is not what I was expecting。 The introduction by Paul Grilley is interesting， the initial chapter is bearable， but the rest。。。 definitely not my type of book。 The information about pain science is terribly outdated as well。
Dawn
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This book has amazing content but the order of the book for me was hard to follow， I am not sure if it is because of the quality on kindle or just the way it is laid out。 The writing is technical so I think having good knowledge of anatomy before reading this book would be beneficial。 Despite the challenges of the lay out I cherish the content！
Terri Bonow
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It's a yoga anatomy book probably geared to instructors。 However， It's a good guide to see each detailed body descriptions and how the stretches and position affect different body parts。 I recommend it。 It's a yoga anatomy book probably geared to instructors。 However， It's a good guide to see each detailed body descriptions and how the stretches and position affect different body parts。 I recommend it。 。。。more
Natalie
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First anatomy book I've ever read and I'm so psyched to read the next one （Your Spine Your Yoga）！ I learned a ton of potential why's behind "What's Stopping Me？" （WSM？） which helped me to understand why some poses are great for me and others seem impossible no matter how many years I've practiced。 Also， a lot of previously mystical [to me] cues were explained。 Seeing all the pictures of different bones and study outcomes also helped me to understand the wide degree of variance between different First anatomy book I've ever read and I'm so psyched to read the next one （Your Spine Your Yoga）！ I learned a ton of potential why's behind "What's Stopping Me？" （WSM？） which helped me to understand why some poses are great for me and others seem impossible no matter how many years I've practiced。 Also， a lot of previously mystical [to me] cues were explained。 Seeing all the pictures of different bones and study outcomes also helped me to understand the wide degree of variance between different bodies， and even between the sides of my own body！ Bernie's books are always well written， structured， edited and illustrated。 Only thing that was rough was the end: an [overly-for-me] detailed section of foot / ankle anatomy。 YSYY is in the mail to me now。。。and will look forward to the final volume on shoulders etc！ 。。。more
Michi Poindexter
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For the anatomy enthusiast If you care to learn the fine details of the unique range of motion in the anatomy from individual to individual， this book is for you。
Tim
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Every body is different， and the answer for each practitioner to the question， "what limits me？" depends on the unique structure of the individual's bones， joints， ligaments， tendons and fascia。 Unskilled teachers can cause injury by insisting on a "one size fits all" approach to how an asana should be expressed。 This book is indispensable for yoga teachers， and may be of interest to dedicated practitioners who want to understand the physical processes and limitations each body encounters。 A tea Every body is different， and the answer for each practitioner to the question， "what limits me？" depends on the unique structure of the individual's bones， joints， ligaments， tendons and fascia。 Unskilled teachers can cause injury by insisting on a "one size fits all" approach to how an asana should be expressed。 This book is indispensable for yoga teachers， and may be of interest to dedicated practitioners who want to understand the physical processes and limitations each body encounters。 A teacher serves students best with skillful cues， that encourage the student to look to her own experience to determine how far to go， and whether an adaptation to the posture may be more appropriate。 The structure of the book makes it easy to choose how deeply you want to delve into each topic。 There is plenty of technical detail for the reader who wants to understand each topic in depth， but the book also rewards the reader who wants to know how to provide useful cues to students without necessarily memorizing the specific constraints imposed by the structural detail of each element of a joint。 This book covers the basic concepts and addresses the specific anatomy from the waist down。 A second volume deals with the spine。 。。。more
Teresacooks
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Incredibly interesting and incredibly technical。。。 A bit too technical for me as a non science person who is not a yoga teacher。
Amanda
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IMHO， a *must* for anyone seeking to teach yoga！ Delves deeply into the ways we are all different and alignment looks and feels different for every body。
Bethany
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This book me 8 months to get through but for good reason， it has a ton of detailed and valuable information。 Anyone teaching yoga needs to read this book。 This book is by far one of the most valuable books I have read as a teacher and it now has changed the way I teach， not only people attending my classes but my own personal practice。
Erin Stewart
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This is a really good reference。 The best parts are the ones that focus on human variation， the reasons for the variations， and how to adapt your yoga practice to suit those variations instead of working towards an impossible and/or aesthetic goal to look like a yoga textbook model。 I'll be definitely reading the next volume。 That said， I did find a lot of the book quite dry and sometimes repetitive， I think it's a really valuable book but it is a lot to get through （which may be why it took me This is a really good reference。 The best parts are the ones that focus on human variation， the reasons for the variations， and how to adapt your yoga practice to suit those variations instead of working towards an impossible and/or aesthetic goal to look like a yoga textbook model。 I'll be definitely reading the next volume。 That said， I did find a lot of the book quite dry and sometimes repetitive， I think it's a really valuable book but it is a lot to get through （which may be why it took me at least 5 months to finish it！） 。。。more
Jenny
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4。5 Stars
Linda
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Didn't get through it -- meant for instructors more than the lay yoga person。 In fact， I gave it to one of my instructors。 Didn't get through it -- meant for instructors more than the lay yoga person。 In fact， I gave it to one of my instructors。 。。。more
Keri Michalski
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Disappointed that this book stops at the lower body。 It appears that you need to purchase a subsequent volume in order for that to be included - seems deceiving/misleading。
Cloay
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- available in SG NLB 613。7046 （Sengkang）
Amanda
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I'll never look at my body or my yoga practice the same way again。 I'll never look at my body or my yoga practice the same way again。 。。。more
Charles
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Great to read a lucid， well researched yoga book that says that bodies are different so guess what: alignments are different！ Go， Bernie！
Jitka Egressy
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Amazing。 Not only for yogis。 This book is for everyone who wants to use body better
Kimberly
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Good book to go over anatomy。 great reference regarding what muscles are being used and how to not over strain muscles。 good reference book
Anneke Rondonuwu
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If i could mark 10 stars， i would！ This is an anatomy book that all yoga teachers should read
Dmitry Tumanov
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Great book with tons of knowledge。 Requires a thorough understanding of human anatomy to comprehend。
yamiyoghurt
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