Day Fifteen

Anatomy was actually fun (yesterday)!  I even  managed to score a 24/25 on my test.  Yea!  After our usual lecture we split up into teams of two and were assigned a specific posture.  One person from each team was instructed to dialogue the posture, and the muscles and joints it targeted, while the other person introduced the posture and then demonstrated it to the rest of the class.


Here are some pictures!

Nielan and Cecilia demonstrating Halasana (Plow Pose).  Helps with spine cervical flexion and lengthens the glutes and hamstrings!

Kim and Annamarie showing us Dhanurasana (Bow Pose).  This one is great for knee flexion and spinal extension as well.  It also works the legs to extend the hamstrings through the hip joints!

Stephanie and Tawny share the benefits of Upavistha Konasana (Seated Wide-Angle Pose).  This is an intermediate seated forward bend.

And here's me with Jackie talking about the benefits of Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward-Facing Dog Pose).  This is a great pose to lengthen the biceps, psoas major, and the sternocleidomastoid!  

I'm so excited to be applying this anatomy mumble-jumble to the poses in yoga!  I guess that goes to show that even in things we don't enjoy there is something positive that can come of any experience.

_Peace and Love