Foundations in Yoga Anatomy: 1 Language of Motion, Skeleton

Explore how the 12 body systems interconnect in yoga, emphasizing the skeletal, muscular, nervous, and respiratory systems, with lymphatic, immune, circulatory, endocrine, urinary, and digestive links via the kosha model.

Explore how yoga activates the parasympathetic rest-and-digest state to support digestion, peristalsis, and the enteric nervous system and microbiome's role in this nervous system–digestive system connection.

Explore a virtual dissection program as a visual reference to layer skeletal and muscular systems, then reveal heart, lungs, digestive organs, endocrine system, kidneys, bladder, subcutaneous fat, and skin.

Identify the anatomical position as the neutral starting point for movement. Differentiate biped, quadruped, prone, and supine poses, and apply unilateral, bilateral, lateral, contra lateral, symmetry, and asymmetry concepts.

Explore the three body planes—sagittal, frontal (coronal), and transverse—through movement examples like flexion, extension, abduction, and rotation, with goniometer-based motion measurement in yoga anatomy.

Explore how center of gravity and base of support drive balance in yoga, revealing how posture and pose transitions shift weight and stability.

Learn neck and shoulder anatomy for yoga, covering cervical spine movements, scapular motions, and shoulder rotations with cues from poses like Warrior II and plank.

Explore the cervical spine and scapula movements, including flexion, extension, lateral flexion, and rotation, plus protraction and retraction, and upward and downward rotation of the shoulder blades.

Explore the shoulder's glenohumeral joint through flexion, extension, abduction, and internal/external rotation in the saddle plane and corona plane, with breath cues and rotator cuff safety.

Explore elbow flexion and extension, forearm supination and pronation, and wrist movements. Understand Carrie angle, wrist deviations, finger movements, and thumb opposition in yoga weight-bearing.

Explore elbow flexion and extension, pronation and supination of the forearm, and wrist movements. Learn finger and thumb actions, radial and ulnar deviation, and wall-based progressions for safe weight-bearing.

Explore the spine and pelvis as the center of all movement, mastering the six spine movements—flexion, extension, lateral flexion, rotation—and axial elongation, and how pelvis tilts influence alignment in yoga.

Explore the spine and pelvis movements—flexion, extension, lateral flexion, rotation, and axial elongation—across standing, quadruped, and floor positions to build mind-body connection and pelvic control.

Examine hip joint motion in yoga anatomy, including flexion, extension, abduction, and internal and external rotation, with practice of lunge, bound angle, goddess, and 90/90 poses to build mobility.

Explore knee, ankle, and toe joints through flexion, extension, dorsiflexion, plantar flexion, inversion, and eversion, emphasizing range of motion and anatomical position in yoga poses.

Explore the skeletal system's soft tissues, including cartilage types—hyaline, elastic, and fibrous—alongside ligaments, tendons, and the bursa, and learn how these structures cushion, stabilize, and enable joint movement.

Explore how joint shape and structure govern movement across fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial joints, and learn the mobility-stability continuum with examples like skull sutures and the shoulder.

Explore the six shapes of synovial joints—ball-and-socket, condyloid, hinge, pivot, plane, and saddle—and how joint shape governs mobility, stability, and movement planes in the human body.

Explore axial skeleton in a 3D anatomy app, examining skull, spine, thoracic cage, sternum, sacrum, coccyx, and hyoid bone. Note vertebral anatomy, rib connections via cartilage, skull sutures, and intervertebral discs.

Explore axial skeleton surface anatomy from skull to coccyx, locating landmarks such as occipital tuber and ridge, external auditory meatus, TMJ, brow and zygomatic region, sternum, clavicle, ribs, and vertebrae.

Explore the upper extremity anatomy using the 3D bone lab in the complete anatomy app, isolating clavicle, scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, carpal, metacarpal, and phalangeal bones of the appendicular skeleton.

Explore the upper extremity bones—clavicle, scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, and the wrist and hand bones—and how their anatomy supports shoulder stability, mobility, and weight-bearing in yoga.

Explore the bones of the left lower extremity in a 3D lab, including the pelvis, sacroiliac joint, hip joint, femur neck, patella, knee, tibia, fibula, and toes.

Examine the lower extremity skeleton from the pelvis landmarks to the femur, knee, tibia, fibula, and foot arches, highlighting pelvic tilt, the hip socket, and Morton's toe variations.

Explore the sacroiliac joint and pubic synthesis, then examine the hip, knee, ankle, and toes to understand how their ligaments and stability support yoga practice.

Explore the surface anatomy of the lower extremity—from the pelvis landmarks (ASIS and iliac crest) to the tibia, fibula, and foot bones—and learn alignment cues for safe yoga poses.

Explore common skeletal conditions—osteoporosis, osteopenia, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bone spurs, bunions, scoliosis—and learn safe, low-impact yoga cues, joint protection, and the scope of practice.

Build a solid anatomical foundation for Yoga by connecting bones, joints, and muscles through the language of movement, while previewing future modules on the nervous system and organ systems.