Anatomy of Hatha Yoga: A Manual for Students, Teachers, and Practitioners

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Body & Breath, Incorporated, 2012 - 622 páginas
"Anatomy of Hatha Yoga" - revised and updated with full color illustrations and photos - is the most comprehensive and authoritative work available correlating the study of hatha yoga with anatomy and physiology. It is a must have for anyone who is serious about studying or teaching yoga, and an invaluable resource for anyone in the field relating to physical conditioning. The author holds a PhD in Anatomy and was a sought after professor, teacher and yoga practitioner for over thirty years. He lived and taught at the Himalayan Institute for Yoga Science and Philosophy, and the University of Minnesota and Columbia University medical schools.

This book is unique in the literature, combining the breadth and depth of a textbook with the readability, humor and flow of the great science writers of our time, while bridging the gap between biomedicine and complementary medicine.

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Sobre el autor (2012)

H. David Coulter From 1968 to 1986 taught various anatomy courses in the Department of Anatomy of the University of Minnesota (Medical School). During that period he also served as a principal investigator for neuroscience research funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. He next taught in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons (1986 to 1988). Dr. Coulter was initiated by Swami Veda (formerly Dr. Usharbudh Arya), trained under Swami Rama from 1975 to 1996, and studied under Pandit Rajmani Tigunait at the Himalayan Institute since 1988 forward. Timothy McCall, M.D., is a specialist in primary care who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a board-certified, Western-trained physician who has traveled to India and throughout the United States observing, training with, and interviewing the world's leading yoga teachers and therapists, he is uniquely qualified to reconcile the medical findings and techniques of East and West. Yoga Journal is the premier yoga magazine in the country.

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