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“Sharon Ellis has proven to be a skilled, perceptive, and flexible medical illustrator. When I first recruited her into this project after admiring her work online, she had no familiarity with yoga, but before long, she was slinging the Sanskrit terms and feeling her way through the postures like a…” quote by Leslie Kaminoff — Download Open image

““Sharon Ellis has proven to be a skilled, perceptive, and flexible medical illustrator. When I first recruited her into this project after admiring her work online, she had no familiarity with yoga, but before long, she was slinging the Sanskrit terms and feeling her way through the postures like a seasoned yogi.””

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“Once there, we will not only understand our anatomy but also directly experience the reality that gives rise to the core concepts of yoga.”

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“The skillful observation of humans gave rise to the possibility of yoga practice (kriya yoga) classically formulated by Patañjali and restated by Reinhold Niebuhr in his famous serenity prayer.1 Within this practice we orient our attitudes toward the discernment (swadhyaya) to distinguish the things we can change (tapah) from the things we cannot change (isvara pranidhana). Isn’t this a prime…

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“If prana and apana are expressions of function, what of the structural conditions that have to exist in a cell in order for nutrition…

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“Standing positions have the highest center of gravity of all the starting points, and the effort of stabilizing that center makes standing poses by…

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“How, then, can we possibly analyze the anatomy of an asana? Because we believe asana is more of a process than a final product,…

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“Once your foundation is improved, it is much easier to put the rest of your house in order.”

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“Prana refers to what nourishes a living thing, but it has also come to mean the action that brings the nourishment in.”

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“When you stand, you bear weight on the only structures in the body that have specifically evolved to hold you up in the uniquely…

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“The reason for this mutually illuminating relationship between yoga and anatomy is simple:”

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“They are part of the nervous system because of the role calcium has in the working of neurons, and they are part of the…

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“Prana and apana must have a healthy reciprocal relationship in the body; thus, the body’s pathways must be clear of obstructing forces.”

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“Once there, we will not only understand our anatomy but also directly experience the reality that gives rise to the core concepts of yoga.…

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