B.2.4 Muscles of the Back and Torso
Yoga Teacher Training Material - Fall 2017 • 21m
Covered in 2.4
-The erector spinae
-Quadratus Lumborum (QL)
-The abdominal muscles: rectus abdominis, internal and external obliques, and the transverse abdominis
-Scalenes and the SCM
-The intelligence of the breath and the muscles involved
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B.2.5 Strengthening the Low Back
Covered in 2.5:
-80% of new students are referred to yoga because of low back pain
-Most of us have weak low back muscles that are also often asymmetrical
-Therapeutic exercises to strengthen the low back:
-Salabhasana variation (opposite arm and leg extend with hands returning to th... -
B.2.6 Alignment of the Head and Neck
Covered in 2.6:
-Sitting up straight may feel like leaning slightly back in space and dipping the chin slightly
-By pressing the pec below the collarbone and turning the head, we can feel a fascial shearing of the the scalenes, SCM and pectoralis
-How the bones of the neck are not a “ball-a... -
B.3.1 Meet Your Pelvic Bowl
Covered in 3.1:
-3 key bones make up your pelvic bowl:
-Sides: The Ilium
-Location of the ASIS (hip points)
-Location of the iliac crest
-Location of the SI joint (connection to the sacrum)
-Back: The two Ischium bones
-Location of the sits bones (ischial tuberosity)...
