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And for some more Yoga Anatomy goodness…

• WATCH/LISTEN:
  • Prana chant video
  • The Warrior Series: Upwardly Mobile video and article on Yoga Journal website
  • Tom Myers’ Deep Front Line dissection video
  • Gil Hedley’s YouTube channel
  • Breath-Centered Yoga with Leslie Kaminoff (DVD)
  • Freeing the Breath: Health, Relaxation, and Clarity Through Better Breathing with Leslie Kaminoff (audio CD)
  • Jessica Wolf’s Art of Breathing DVD
  • Paul Grilley’s Bone Photo Gallery
  • Ugly Yoga Calendar photos from The Breathing Project shoot, all photos copyright Lydia Mann
  • Louis C K on getting off the food chain
• READ:
  • Yoga Anatomy, 2nd edition
  • Sri T. Krishnamacharya’s history of classical alignment in the Yoga Makaranda (PDF)
  • Health, Healing, and Beyond: Yoga and the Living Tradition of T. Krishnamacharya by T.K.V. Desikachar and R.H. Cravens
  • Yoga Yajnavalkya (PDF) or book (available on Amazon), by A. G. Mohan
  • Mark Stephen’s Yoga Adjustments: Philosophy, Principles, and Techniques
  • Benjamin Lorr’s Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga
  • Buteyko Method for asthma
  • John E. Sarno’s Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
  • The Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine by Michael Gershon
  • Leslie’s blog post: The original e-Sutra “Certification Manifesto”
  • Leslie’s blog post: You Were Here*, Leslie’s certificate of attendance
  • Ellen Kiley’s Scoliyogi
  • Allison West’s Yoga for New York, an advocacy organization to tackle issues facing the yoga industry and yoga businesses.
  • Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness by Itzhak Bentov

Leslie performing kapalabhati on a bathroom scale

Leslie Kaminoff performs kapalabhati on a bathroom scale, illustrating Sir Isaac Newton’s law: “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”

Should We Keep Mula Bandha All The Time?

Have you heard advice about maintaining mula bandha all the time? Have you heard advice about maintaining any body position all the time? Join Leslie and students as they examine well-meaning advice, habits, and practices you can follow to honor the balance into your system.

Soma / Psyche – Introduction to a Talk by Frances Sommer Anderson

What is Flexibility, and How Much Do We Really Need?

Do you do yoga to live a better life, or do you live to do better yoga? Your answer may surprise you, and it will help you learn where to set healthy limits in your own practice.

Honesty in Yoga Credentialing

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