Yoga Asana Anatomie Physiologie
A comprehensive and richly illustrated guide to the physiological effects of asanas. The book is aimed at yoga practitioners, yoga students, yoga teachers and aspiring teachers, as well as professionals working in yoga therapy, and explains how asanas influence the body's organs and physiological systems, combining medical knowledge with the teachings of Iyengar yoga.
- Size: 21 x 30 x 3.5 cm
- Weight: 1.5 kg
- 455 pages
- Language: German (also available in English)
- Author: Hermann Traitteur, Yoga Mitte Bücher, Berlin
- Foreword: Abhijata Iyengar
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"Yoga Asana Physiologie" provides a comprehensive understanding of how yoga asanas affect the body's organs and physiological systems. By combining modern medical knowledge with the principles of Iyengar yoga, the book presents complex physiological processes in an accessible, practice-oriented way.
The book explores the effects of asanas on:
- the respiratory system
- the cardiovascular system
- the digestive system
- the urinary system
- the reproductive system
- the immune system
- the endocrine system
- and the nervous system
Each chapter first explains the anatomy and function of the respective organs, their regulatory mechanisms, and the influence of the musculoskeletal system on them. More than 1,000 specially created illustrations make even complex relationships easy to understand. The book distinguishes between classical asanas and supported asanas using props, showing how different approaches to practice can lead to different physiological effects. A concluding chapter by Claudia Böhm broadens this perspective with the Ayurvedic view of physiology.
- Dr. Hermann Traitteur is a specialist in orthopaedics who, together with Claudia Böhm, founded the first Iyengar yoga studio in former East Berlin in 1994, which later became the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Berlin
- He is also the author of "Yoga Asana Anatomy" (also available from us) and contributed to our books "Yogaübungssequenzen" (Einführungskurs and Mittelstufenkurs) and "Zyklusgerechtes Üben im Iyengar Yoga"
- Also available from us in an English edition
Please note: this book is written in German.
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For yoga practitioners, yoga students, teachers and aspiring teachers, as well as professionals working in yoga therapy – suitable both for readers without medical background and for experienced teachers and medical professionals.
The respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, urinary, reproductive, immune, endocrine and nervous systems.
Dr. Hermann Traitteur is a specialist in orthopaedics who, together with Claudia Böhm, founded the first Iyengar yoga studio in former East Berlin in 1994, which later became the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Berlin. Since the late 1990s he has taught anatomy and physiology in German Iyengar teacher training.
Yes, we also stock the English edition.