Yoga

Yoga: Awakening the Inner Body

Yoga: Awakening the Inner Body

Donald Moyer

Language: English

Pages: 256

ISBN: 1930485123

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Written by an author who has practiced Iyengar-style yoga since 1971, and who studied it with B. K. S. Iyengar himself, Yoga: Awakening the Inner Body is a thorough, up-to-date resource for students and teachers. Using questions such as "Do you have sloping shoulders or square-set shoulders?" and "Are the muscles at the back of your upper arms weak?" the book allows readers to tailor the instruction to fit their needs. Eight chapters cover everything from balancing the sternum to aligning the shoulder blades to exploring the relationship among the collarbone, kidneys, and groin. The book also features an introduction in which the author defines the inner body and the various stages of awakening and gives suggestions for using the book.

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your torso back into alignment without a lift under the elbow. 1.7 Salamba Sarvangasana (front view) 1.8 Salamba Sarvangasana (side view) Adjusting Your Kidneys. Place your hands flat on your back with your palms broad and your fingers pointing toward your waist. Let your lower rib cage rest against your hands, and feel whether your kidneys are lifting away from or dropping into your palms. (Your kidneys are toward the back of your body, close to your spine and your floating ribs.) Then lift

breath in the lower abdomen. The respiratory diaphragm controls the flow of breath in the lower and middle lungs, while the lifting action of the thoracic diaphragm draws the breath gently into the upper lungs. Pelvic Diaphragm. The base of the pelvis is composed of horizontal layers of muscles and connective tissue that support the abdominal organs like slings. The outermost layer is the perineum, the diamond-shaped area defined by the tailbone, the sitting bones, and the pubic symphysis (the

thighbone. The iliacus originates from the interior walls at the sides of the pelvis and from the ligaments of the lumbar-sacral joint and the sacroiliac joints. A portion of the iliacus inserts on the tendon of the psoas, and the rest crosses over the pubic bone and inserts on the lesser trochanter. The psoas and iliacus are so closely allied in form and function that they are often referred to as the iliopsoas. Any movement of the inner groins directly affects the quality and movement of the

and lift your head toward the wall without tightening the base of your skull. Move your outer collarbones toward your inner arms, and lift the sides of your rib cage away from your inner elbows. (If you have a shoulder imbalance, make sure that your outer collarbones are in line with the frontal plane of your body.) Then let your liver and stomach rest back onto your kidneys. Lift your kidneys away from your thoracic spine, and lift your inner groins away from your kidneys as you lengthen your

collarbones away from your sternal notch, and drop your chin toward your upper sternum. Close your eyes and draw your eyes deep into their sockets. Begin with a deep, soft exhalation. With each inhalation, lift the inner edges of your shoulder blades away from your kidneys, release the top edges of your shoulder blades away from your spine, and firm the outer edges of your shoulder blades against the sides of your rib cage. With each exhalation, stabilize your shoulder blades and release your

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