Anatomy, Alignment & Functional Movement in Yoga

• Anatomy level 1 – Anatomical Lines & Landmarks: The basics of how to keep

students safe:

• Boney markers of the body

• Lines of the body

• Anatomy of hips, hamstrings, quads (full legs) & common injury/prevention

• Anatomy of shoulders & common injury/prevention

• Anatomy of back & common injury/prevention

• Alignment & energetics of flowing postures

• Internal postures, twisting w/o overworking/overstretching at the SI joint

• Forward folds, modifications for overstretched hamstrings, discuss over

stretched hamstrings.