Ebook: Yoga: Fascia, Anatomy and Movement

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Activating the intellectual mind: behind the new paradigm -- ch. 1 The Art of Contemporary Yoga -- ch. 2 Ancient Wisdom and New Knowledge -- ch. 3 The Science of Body Architecture -- ch. 4 Biotensegrity Structures -- ch. 5 The Remarkable Human Blueprint -- ch. 6 The Breath, the Bones and the Dermatomes -- ch. 7 Spines, Lines and Automobility -- ch. 8 The Elastic Body -- ch. 9 Sense and Sentience -- ch. 10 The Fascial Forms -- pt. TWO Animating the instinctive body: applying the new paradigm -- ch. 11 Animating the Architecture -- ch. 12 Yoga and Anatomy Trains -- ch. 13 Yoga and Posture Profiling -- ch. 14 Adjustment of the Fascial Form -- ch. 15 The Elastic Breath -- ch. 16 Yoga for the Fascial Body: A Simple Practice -- pt. THREE Illuminating intuitive awareness: integrating the new paradigm -- ch. 17 Freeing the Fascia from Within -- ch. 18 The Inner Sense of the Fascia -- ch. 19 Presence and Pre-sense of the Fascia.;Contents note continued: ch. 20 Posture Mandalas -- ch. 21 Archetypal Geometries.;By studying the application of fascial anatomy to yoga the yoga teacher will be able to expand each individual yoga student's optimum adaptability and mobility. This new contextual presentation of applied anatomy will provide the teacher with the tools to promote freedom and confidence in every student of yoga. By using insights from scientific research presented through case studies, the tendency to overwork the tissue and decrease vulnerability to soft tissue injury in the long-term, can be lowered. The visual design and presentation through metaphor embody the difference between sitting statically at a desk reading about movements and parts - and moving through the environment being animated, in action. Between these two experiences is a divide that this book seeks to cross.