DVD-- This is a Yoga anatomy lecture focusing on how skeletal differences play an enormous role in the expression of asana. "Teachers, serious students, and anyone running a teacher training program.
The focus of this DVD in understanding the underly skeletal structure of the body, how the bones differ significantly from person to person, and how to use that knowledge in gaining a much deeper understanding of our individual practices. A wide range of students are presented in the DVD to illustrate the natural differences found in every single body, and how poses will neverly look the same on two different people. 3D computer amimations show examples of the human skeleton at a deep level, and anatomical illustration give names and relationships of the bones. This Unique window inside the body, compared and contrasted with close examination of the students in the class sheds a tremendous light upon a porrly understood aspect of yoga: how the bones affect the poses.
This comprehensive DVD includes nearly 4 hours of in-depth lectures and demonstrations of human anatomy as it relates to Yoga practice. Paul's material is divided into seven sucessive chapters starting with an overview of anatomical concepts and delving deep into each of the major joints of the body. Using a wide range of normal yoga students, a real skeleton and computer-generated models, Paul thoroughly demonstrates the fundamental differences between compressives and tensile stresses with a pose, and how each one must be addressed differently to get the most of any form of yoga practice.
Paul Grilley
Paul Grilley--was inspired to study yoga after reading Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda. He studied anatomy with Dr Garry Parker for two years and than continued his studies at UCLA. In Los Angeles Paul taught Yoga for 13 years and studied Taoist yoga with martial arts champion Paulie Zink. He also had the opportunity to study with Dr. Hiroshi Motoyama in Japan, as well as host seminars with him in the United States.
After twenty years of reading and study in the philosophies Taoism and Yoga. Paul took a sabbatical from teaching and completed a Master's Degree from St. John's College in the study of the Great Books of the Western World. Paul enjoys reading in esoteric subjects and science, continuously looking for bridges between these two fields of study.
