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Yoga Anatomy Course Fall Trimester - Lesson #1 Welcome Live students, online students Overview of Lesson Plan, Course Always open with a chant First half hour for review Each lesson has a main topic Each lesson has homework Some additional optional reading Theme of the course Major topics of the course First trimester: The evolution and function of breathing, and its relation to spinal movements The anatomy, physiology and kinesiology of the respiratory mechanism Second Trimester: The evolution, structure and function of the spine and its relationship to breath, movement and yoga practice Third Trimester: Articular anatomy: the foot, pelvis, shoulder girdle. Hands-on applications: teaching methodology, basic yoga adaptations, warrior series. Opening remarks The lineage History of the course Leslie’s background The Prana Chant Nyasa and Chant Prana Apana as organizing themes of the course “Breath is the integrating principle of posture, movement and yoga practice.”
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Yoga Anatomy Course Fall Trimester - Lesson #1 Welcome Live students, online students Overview of Lesson Plan, Course Always open with a chant First half hour for review Each lesson has a main topic Each lesson has homework Some additional optional reading Theme of the course
Major topics of the course First trimester: The evolution and function of breathing, and its relation to spinal movements The anatomy, physiology and kinesiology of the respiratory mechanism Second Trimester: The evolution, structure and function of the spine and its relationship to breath, movement and yoga practice Third Trimester: Articular anatomy: the foot, pelvis, shoulder girdle. Hands-on applications: teaching methodology, basic yoga adaptations, warrior series. Opening remarks
The lineage History of the course Leslie’s background
The Prana Chant Nyasa and Chant Prana Apana as organizing themes of the course
“Breath is the integrating principle of posture, movement and yoga practice.”
A Definition of Pranayama and Yoga “Prana apana samayogah pranayamah iti iritah” Yoga Yajnavalkya (appox 200 A.D.)
A yogic model of the breathing body - Prana and Apana:
Prana: “pra:” before, first, in front - “anu:” unit, living, human
The force and substance of nourishment • Nourishment enters at top of system and moves
down
Apana: “apa:” away, off, down (as opposed to “ud:” up) The force and substance of elimination
• Solid, liquid waste exit from the bottom of the body
• Gaseous waste exits from the top of the body • Apana must be able to move freely in both
directions 5. More yogic definitions:
• Sukha: Sukha: “Freedom” – lit. “good space” • Dukha: “Obstructed space” lit: “bad space” • Sthira: “Stability” - firm, hard, solid, compact, strong, fixed, immovable,
motionless, still, calm • Brahma Granthi: “The Primary knot” - the energetic root of our
resistance to change • Agni: “The fire of life” - Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India;
cognate with Latin ignis (the root of English ignite), In Ayurveda, Agni represents the enzymes, or "fire," that drive all digestion.
