Yoga Anatomie Workshop David Keil

With a better understanding of your body comes a new perspective of your asana practice. No one else can feel and hence adjust yourself better in a yoga-pose than you! Learn how muscles, bones and fascia restrict/enhance movement and shift your practice to a whole new level. David presents anatomy in an easy and fun way – always related to the yoga practice and loaded with practical exercises so you can feel and experience it for your self. This workshop will benefit yoga practitioners and teachers alike and is open to all traditions of yoga who practice asana.

This Yoga Anatomy Workshop gives participants an opportunity to understand concepts and principles that apply directly to yoga and are often talked about but less often fully understood.

Anatomical Ideas

Samstag 03. Oktober 09:00 - 11:30

The Workshop begins with a fundamental shift in how the body is constructed and how it is discussed in Western scientific terms, which has both its positives and negatives. It’s important to understand how the Western concept of the body can be used to help clarify and process what we’re doing in our asana practice. Combining that understanding with yogic principles makes for a well-rounded perspective of what’s happening in our bodies and why it may benefit us.

The beginning of the workshop also creates a sense of how well integrated the body is and defines the four components that allow, restrict and create movement in the body, namely the skeletal, muscular, connective tissue and nervous systems. Just understanding the nature of these components and how they function together creates a very dramatic shift in understanding movement and the practice of asana.

Exploring the Leg

Samstag 03. Oktober 13:30 - 17:00

In the second segment of the workshop we explore the leg as a whole as well as looking at the major structures that make it up, including the foot, ankle, knee, and hip joint.

In the foot we look at the arches, how they develop and play themselves out in our practice and what they represent. With the knee we focus on structure and function of this somewhat vulnerable joint and to that end we look closely at its dysfunctions, how they show themselves in the practice, and what to do with it in the practice to prevent further dysfunction.

Psoas and Spine

Sonntag 04. Oktober 09:00 - 12:30

In the third segment of the workshop we bring our focus to the center of our body’s structure, the spine and the psoas. The spine is the central structure of our torso and the line along which the energetic centers of the body align themselves. As a result, understanding the movements, structures and functions of this joint become essential on all levels of the practice of asana. Movements of the spine and the asanas that go with it can have a significant impact on the movement of energy in the body.

Tying into this idea is the psoas muscle that would be considered the single most important structural and postural muscle of the body. It is located around some of the most important of the energetic centers, and sandwiches the spine on either side, initiating flexion or forward movement of the legs.

Breathing and Arms

Sonntag 04. Oktober 14:00 - 17:00

The last segment of the workshop covers breath and arms. Breathing is fundamental to life as only a few minutes without it can put is in a very precarious situation. Breath is also an important focal point for concentration and meditation and is one of the most commonly used elements used to bridge together mind and body.

The shoulders and arms are our most mobile elements, with increased range of motion comes a loss of stability and more muscular effort to find it. Understanding the complicated combinations of joints at that create the shoulder girdle is the main focus here until we get down to the hand and wrist where common strain may be a problem for practitioners.