Anatomy & Physiology
Applied to Hatha Yoga
Is Anatomy Still a Mystery to You?
Anatomy can be dense and complex leaving you feeling frustrated by its complexity and technicality. But it can be integrated into your yoga teaching style - in an easy way.
By understanding the body mechanisms that you can thoughtfully integrate into your teachings, you can deliver a powerful class for your students that’s more than just complex concepts and Latin terms... which we know can distract students from the actual class.
Become Confident Rather Than Confused
Learning more about anatomy and its practical applications will help you feel more confident in your yoga teaching. And I know that’s what you’re searching for!
You can educate and inspire your students on how to move with intelligence, helping them to know when to slow down, back off, go deeper, and respect the body for a sustainable practice.
Supporting your students with a sustainable practice is the best gift a yoga teacher can give, so they can break through the long-standing patterns that the mind has created in the body.
Anatomy & Physiology Applied to Yoga
In this course, I teach anatomy and physiology, but more importantly, I help you combine this knowledge with your yoga teaching, so when you’re teaching, you’re teaching with confidence. No more second-guessing yourself.
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You will learn without getting stuck in anatomical concepts, obtain knowledge that will help you refine your teaching skills, and easily retain the information in a way that is directly relevant to you as a teacher and practitioner.
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Upon studying each chapter, you'll have a deeper understanding of the connective tissue, core anatomy, and joint anatomy. You will understand further how the shoulders, knees, hips, and pelvis move, look at the main muscles involved in each area, and learn helpful tools for teaching on the yoga mat.
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With the integration practices at the end of each chapter, I share ideas on how to thoughtfully integrate movement science in a way that can help the students’ asana practice to evolve, leading them into easeful bodies, more powerful pranayama practices, deeper meditations, and ultimately into a more useful life for their communities.
Anatomy & Physiology
Applied to Yoga
Course Features
This course includes lectures, demonstrations, asana practices and more!
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48 Videos
Videos are organized into 6 chapters.
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10 Hours Credit
Yoga Alliance - 10 non-contact hours upon completion of this course.
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Lectures
4 hours of videos with your instructor Padmasri building on the anatomical concepts covered in your 200-hour teacher training.
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Integration Practices
3 hours of pre recorded classes to help you bring the information learned into the mat.
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Quizzes
To help you seal in your knowledge at the end of each chapter.
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Questions
Directly email Padmasri with your questions as you move through the content.
With this Online Format:
Learn at your own pace and re-watch lectures and practices as often as you would like to.
Replay the video or pause it at any time, take notes and consult the images without missing any information.
Lifetime access! Content is available to you for as long as you need it.
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Course Curriculum
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Welcome!
Reading: Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain
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Chapter 1 Goals
Lesson 1 - Introduction
Lesson 2 - Review
Lesson 3 - Diving Deep
Lesson 4 - Role of Movement
Watch This! Views of the Living Fascia
Lesson 5 - Exploration Practice
Reading Assignment: Fascia, Chinese Medicine Meridians & Trigger Points
Knowledge Quiz Chapter 1
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Chapter 2 Goals
Lesson 1 - Introduction
Lesson 2 - Core Awareness and Core Stability
Lesson 3 - The Psoas Muscle
Reading Assignment: The Seat of the Soul
Reading Assignment - The King of the Core
Lesson 4 - Exploration Practice 1: Constructive Rest Pose
Lesson 5 - Exploration Practice 2: Activate and Stabilize
Knowledge Quiz Chapter 2
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Chapter 3 Goals
Reading Assignment
Lesson 1 - Introduction
Lesson 2 - The Unique Features of Synovial Joints
Lesson 3 - Common Injuries
Lesson 4 - Joint Mobility and Stability
Knowledge Quiz Chapter 3
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Chapter 4 Goals
Reading Assignment
Lesson 1 - Introduction
Lesson 2 - The Bones
Lesson 3 - The Joints and the Supporting Structures
Lesson 4 - Movements of the Shoulder Girdle & Exploration Practice
Lesson 5A - The Muscles of the Shoulder Girdle: THE SCAPULAR MUSCLES
Lesson 5B - The Muscles of the Shoulder Girdle: THE HUMERAL MUSCLES
Reading Assignment - Muscles Chart
Lesson 6 - Exploration Practice: Phalakasana & Chaturanga Dandasana
Lesson 7 - Proportion Matters!
Lesson 8 - Shoulder-Focused Asana Practice
Knowledge Quiz Chapter 4
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Chapter 5 Goals
Reading Assignment
Lesson 1 - Introduction
Lesson 2 - The Bones
Lesson 3 - The Joints and the Supporting Structures
Lesson 4A - Movements of the Pelvis & Hip Joint: PELVIC TILT
Lesson 4B - Movements of the Pelvis & Hip Joint: SACRO-ILIAC JOINTS
Lesson 4C - Movements of the Pelvis & Hip Joint: HIP JOINTS
Lesson 5A - The Muscles: ANTERIOR GROUP
Lesson 5B - The Muscles: MEDIAL GROUP
Lesson 5C - The Muscles: LATERAL GROUP
Lesson 5D - The Muscles: POSTERIOR GROUP
Reading Assignment - Muscles Chart
Lesson 6 - Hip Openers
Lesson 7 - Hip-Focused Asana Practice
Knowledge Quiz Chapter 5
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Chapter 6 Goals
Reading Assignment
Lesson 1 - Introduction
Lesson 2 - The Bones
Lesson 3 - The Supporting Structures
Lesson 4 - The Movements
Lesson 5 - The Muscles
Lesson 6 - Regulating Balance and Distributing Weight
Lesson 6A - FINDING THE PLUMB LINE
Lesson 6B - TWO DIFFERENT CUES
Lesson 6C - IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BEND THE KNEES!
Lesson 6D - SHINS IN, THIGHS OUT!
Lesson 6E - HYPEREXTENDED KNEES
Lesson 7 - Exploring Rotational Movements
Lesson 8 - Knee-Focused Asana Practice
Knowledge Quiz Chapter 6
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References & Resources
Testimonials
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~ Amsumati Michele Simo
Excellent material facilitating audio visual and experiential learning! Appreciate the asana practice at the end of each module and the quizzes which help to see how much was actually learned, thanks so much for this experience of anatomy!
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~ Raisa Punkki
Wonderful plunge to Human Anatomy in Hatha Yoga. This is a beautiful refreshment course.
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Great Course! ~ Whitney Wilkerson
Good subject matter that I can put into action right away in my personal practice and when teaching!
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Great course! ~ Malka Percal
Enjoyable, many moving parts. Love the practice segments, they way the course is divided, the many videos. Very helpful.
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I loved this course! ~ Sita Chiodo
This course has changed my practice and my teaching. I took it as part of my continued learning yoga teacher training, and it was my favourite part. I didn't think I was all that interested in the anatomy and physiology side of yoga, but it turns out I am when it is relevant and exciting, taught in ways I can relate directly to my own body and teaching. Padmasri draws together yoga, Ayurveda and Western science with deep insight and accessibility. Each topic has a practice session in which we immediately internalise what we just learned. It propelled me forward on the journey to deeper attunement to my own body. Its also taught me to teach in a way that encourages greater body awareness in my students.
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~ Will Tyagan Abel
I think the course is great. I liked how it was broken down into small video segments with a longer practice session at the end of each chapter. This helped me to go at my own pace, a little at a time. There is so much useful information about the proper use of the joints, and your course changed the way I teach a class. I have much more awareness of alignment than I did before.
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~ Sue Parks
I found your course very valuable. I especially like doing the poses with you and actually feeling in my body what you are explaining at the time. You have a wonderful, calm, and clear way of teaching.
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Very Detailed ~ Sheila Lapeyrouse
The content was very informative and helped to better understand why we do the asanas that we do. Was very inline with the Integral Hatha Institute's practices and theory.
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FAQ
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Oh my goodness I sure hope this isn’t the case but if it is, send me an email at leticiapadmasri@gmail.com and let us know, within 14-days of purchase, that you want a refund.
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Instructor
Leticia Padmasri Marques
Padmasri is an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant, a certified Advanced Integral Yoga® Hatha Teacher, and a certifed Raja Yoga teacher. She holds a bachelor's degree in exercise science, a master's degree in exercise science, a master's degree in education, and has dedicated many years towards the study of exercise physiology. She combines here love for the sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda with her interest in the body's structure and function, helping students of all levels adapt their practices to achieve optional health and total well-being. In addition to being one of Yogaville's primary teacher trainers, she also offers workshops and seminars in the US and Brazil.
