Andrew McGonigle & Matthew Huy, “Physiology of Yoga”, 2022 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Frank Ros, “The Lost Secrets of Ayurvedic Acupuncture”, 1994 also was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Leslie Kaminoff & Amy Matthews, “Yoga Anatomy”, 2007. The “table of contents” of the book is shown BELOW. The book consists of thirteen (13) chapters listed as follows:
Chapter. “Title”.
#1. “Anatomy as a Story.”
#2. “Skeletal System.”
#3. “Muscular System.”
#4. “Nervous System.”
#5. “Yoga and the Spine.”
#6. “Dynamics of Breathing.”
#7. “Inside the Asana.”
#8. “Standing Poses.”
#9. “Seating Poses.”
#10. “Kneeling Poses.”
#11. “Supine Poses”.
#12. “Prone Poses.”
#13. “Arm Support Poses.”
The representation of the body as numbered coordinates on the horizontal axis are Roman numerals from I (one) to XIII (thirteen); and, vertical axis are Latin letters from upper-case (ABC) to lower-case (xyz) are acupoints. BELOW.
Acupuncture is nothing but 0-360 acupoints on the integument (skin). BELOW is the presentation of the geometry of coordinates needed to specify any given acupoint. The body is the sphere on which acupoints reside.
The pose of Yoga is movement of cutaneous points relative to the surface on which the body rests, shown BELOW.
Here I presented: Leslie Kaminoff & Amy Matthews, “Yoga Anatomy”, 2007. I presented biophysics view of the book on Yoga Anatomy that has sold over one million (1,000,000) copies.
BELOW is a diagram of the knee joint from the book. Yoga is simply the articulating joints of the body to redistribute acupoints spatially. Articulating joints justified the presentation used in this blog post of Leslie Kaminoff & Amy Matthews, “Yoga Anatomy”, 2007 that was not a spiritual discussion of the Indian tradition of Yoga.
BELOW is the elements table of Yoga & the poses commonly used.
| 1 | Co | cobra |
| 2 | T | tree |
| 3 | Pl | plank |
| 4 | Ch | chair |
| 5 | M | mountain |
| 6 | L | lotus |
| 7 | Ca | cat pose |
| 8 | Cy | cow pose |
| 9 | Tr | triangle |
| 10 | Li | lizard |
| 11 | Hl | high lunge-1 |
| 12 | B | boat |
| 13 | Sh | superhero |
| 14 | Ea | eagle |
| 15 | W3 | warrior-3 |
| 16 | Sy | standing split |
| 17 | Hm | half moon |
| 18 | Sa | side angle |
| 19 | W1 | warrior-1 |
| 20 | Sw | side plank-1 |
| 21 | Do | dolphin |
| 22 | Hf | half frog |
| 23 | Wt | wild thing |
| 24 | Hz | high lunge-2 |
| 25 | Ey | eight angle |
| 26 | Th | three leg dog |
| 27 | Ss | standing side stretch |
| 28 | Fi | fish |
| 29 | Rh | reclining hero |
| 30 | He | hero |
| 31 | Wh | wheel |
| 32 | Cr | crow |
| 33 | Su | side crow |
| 34 | H | headstand |
| 35 | Bs | balancing straddle |
| 36 | F | firefly |
| 37 | Hb | happy baby |
| 38 | Br | bridge |
| 39 | Fc | full cobra |
| 40 | Ar | archer |
| 41 | No | noose |
| 42 | Lo | locust |
| 43 | G | gate |
| 44 | Tb | twisted boat |
| 45 | Vk | viparita karani |
| 46 | Tt | tabletop |
| 47 | Fl | firelog |
| 48 | Cw | child’s pose |
| 49 | Sv | sage |
| 50 | Bl | bound lotus |
| 51 | Em | embryo |
| 52 | Go | goddess |
| 53 | Hx | headstand bow |
| 54 | Fs | forearm stand |
| 55 | Rt | reverse tabletop |
| 56 | Bo | bow |
| 57 | Cx | camel |
| 58 | Ld | lord of dance |
| 59 | Hk | head to knee |
| 61 | Ga | garland |
| 62 | Sz | shoulder stand |
| 63 | Hy | high lunge-3 |
| 64 | Da | dancer |
| 65 | Pe | peacock |
| 66 | Bu | butterfly |
| 67 | Bx | balancing star |
| 67 | W2 | warrior-2 |
| 68 | Ma | marachi |
| 68 | Pi | pigeon |
| 69 | Ll | low lunge |
| 70 | Ud | upward dog |
| 71 | Dd | downward dog |
| 72 | Cf | cow face |
| 73 | Sp | side plank-2 |
| 74 | Ex | extended side angle |
| 75 | Px | plow |
| 76 | Cp | compass |
| 77 | Hc | heart center |
| 78 | Mo | monkey |
| 79 | Hw | heron |
| 80 | Sc | scale |
| 81 | Et | eagle twist |
| 82 | Es | easy seat |
| 83 | Sx | sphinx |
| 84 | Di | diamond |
| 86 | Rb | reclining butterfly |
| 87 | Ff | forward fold |
| 88 | Cz | corpse |
| 89 | St | staff |
| 90 | Ls | low squat |
