Anatomy for Yoga - Knee and Yoga
Blandine Calais-Germain

The knee in yoga...

The knee is the largest joint in the body. It is key in creating movement between our two largest weight-bearing bones: the femur and the tibia.

Through developing flexibility and strength, many yoga postures are beneficial and actively help our knees align. Yet, sometimes, for lack of proper information, the knees can, contrarily, suffer constant forcing, tightness and overloading.

What are criteria used to judge comfort that tell us whether or not a posture is good for our knees? What sort of warm-up exercises enable us to go further without overworking our ligaments, menisci and tendons? When do we know when we need to stop? What are the warning signs we need to know how to interpret? How can we play an active part in finding wellbeing for both knees, posture by posture?

Firstly, for this, we might trying by understanding how the knee is built: This book explains its structure: How cartilage is made, where the synovial fluid is found, menisci, ligaments, muscles, etc. But the book also exposes how these elements must work together in order to create the right balance of this large and complex joint. It observes all this in yoga: Numerous postures are analyzed, with suggestions on how to warm up, adapt and take precautionary measures to limit over exposure and therefore prevent injury.

This is a highly informative guide on yoga, that will enable readers to take better care of their knees while carrying out yoga postures and poses.

Paperback - 17 x 24 cm
224 pages
Author: Blandine Calais-Germain
Publisher: Désiris