Well, I love teaching Hatha & I love ANATOMY, so... !
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The book was in perfect condition, as promised, so... two thumbs up for the seller!
As far as the book is concerned... I haven't looked at it a whole lot yet, but the graphics are outstanding and very, very detailed.  Excellent guide for Yoga Teachers and practitioners.  I wish more students would take the time to look at material like this!
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I love it!  I can relate to the Doc, I am in my own world too. :)
3164958
I am so incredibly grateful for this composition of so much knowledge all in one place. Nourishing Traditions has been a wonderful tool for me, not only in broadening my own understanding of traditional nutrition, but also in sharing that knowledge with others. Our bodies are truly amazing, and I am happy to see people coming back to a greater understanding of how we can help ourselves and others be the healthiest we can be!
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I have never read a better, more accessible, & clear anatomy book for yoga.  Lassater does a lovely job layering the nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems and showing how they apply in movement. I've been teaching for 10 years.  This is officially my favorite book of its kind.
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Wow!  I thought I'd ordered the wrong book for my needs, which are 1.more knowledge of the process of myofascial release and 2. more understanding of places/points of anatomy.  It has been a long while since I've been in school and a long time since I worked at a top teaching hospital in the Bay area in California.
I read a few paragraphs, taking care not to damage the book, because I thought I'd probably return it.  HOWEVER, after a few sentences I was immediately caught up in the beauty and clarity of this work.  NEVER has physiology been made so interesting.  Finally, I understand so many things that were just a jumble of memorized facts in preparation for exams.  This book has rekindled my love of physiology and is even undoing my dislike of anatomy.  Anatomy didn't make sense to me - it was boring - it was memorization.  Now I am understanding why my body is so damaged from the stresses I subject it to, but better, I understand how I can undo some damage and prevent more.
I worked on a Sports Medicine unit where famous athletes came for surgery.  So much surgery can be avoided with corrective measures for chronic stressors.  The medical community needs to be aware of this important material.
So bravo for such a readable work.  What depth of historial findings, beautiful graphics, excellent grammar and text.  I feel as though I'm in school again, but this time it is for pleasure and for pain relief.
After a few pages I tried to find out more about the author and was surprised not to see a Ph. D. by his name, although I'm not sure a Ph. D. makes one any wiser.
I totally concur with the first review.
Don't buy this book if you are looking for a simple, trendy approach to bodywork.  This is so much more.
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This book is a godsend for anyone who studies or teaches yoga. It reflects so much care and work and attentiveness to detail.  It really is anatomy for yogis.  I've been studying yoga for close to 40 years and have been exposed to a variety of corrective allignment forms of body work.  So when I'm having trouble in a posture I often refer to standard anatomy books but they can be overwhelming and aren't geared towards helping me understand what is going on in a given posture.  Despite taking several anatomy classes including a wondrous anatomy dissection class, I still don't have enough knowledge to translate what I  read or see in an antomy text into what I'm doing and not doing in a given yoga posture.  There are books that aim to be more inclusive, like Mel Robin's book on the physiology of yoga--but I just get overwhelmed by that much information.  This book helps me see the main muscles working in a given posture and the main reasons I might be having difficulty with that posture.  Of course I would like even more--how can I strengthen or lengthen the muscles that I'm needing to employ in a given posture.  But that is asking for too much and I think really requires work with a well trained teacher.  This  book is just the right size, user friendly and chocked full of information.  The illustrations are remarkable, showing postures from different angles and reflecting the author's extensive study of both anatomy and yoga.  I highly recommend it.
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I love these books!  They are written by a physician and I feel they are so different from your typical boring textbooks.  She really talks about things you want to know!  These are very different!  The only con is that they are very different, so I cannot find a correlating excerpt for every week of our school year.  There are three (circulatory, respiratory, and nervous system) systems covered in the 3 Books, so I am not sure it can be considered all-inclusive anatomy.  That said, I really think they are good enough for 5 stars!
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I have nearly always gone to school, but for the past several years I've rather lost my sense of direction with respect to educational goals.  Recently, though, I was browsing through a catalogue for a local community college and discovered a cabinetmaking degree.  I've gotten rather burned out on nursing--not enough to give it up entirely, but certainly to have doubts about working many shifts at the bedside once I'm past 62!  But I'm also a bit of a workaholic; that is, I definitely need to feel like I'm doing something constructive.  A career in cabinetmaking seemed to fit the bill, so I've registered for two night courses (out of 17 required) so that by the time I'm ready to retire, I'll have Plan B in place!
For both courses the recommended text is Umstattd and Davis's Modern Cabinetmaking.  It's a beautiful, well written, and thorough book on the cabinetmaker's craft, and covers everything from design, drafting, forestry and milling principles, wood types, non-wood products (glass, plastic, ceramic), hardware, processing wood for products, discussions of tools and techniques, finishes, and furniture design, to the employment opportunities available in cabinetmaking.  It's such an exciting and informative volume, that I got almost 1/3 of the way through the 854 pages of the book within a couple of days before my classes even began.
Tonight it's Basic Woodworking Fundamentals, tomorrow it's POWER TOOLS!!!  (Boy, if anyone had told me when I was a little girl I'd be this excited about a trip to the hardware store, I'd have thought they were crazy.)
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Lilkah trained my Florida yoga instructors. Her poses saved my life and are well documented here. The poses are shown by Lillah, easy to follow, and they work!!!
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My daughter loves it. She has said she was to be a doctor since she was 3 years old. She is 7 1/2 now. It has been hard to find an anatomy book that is not to childish and not too advanced. This book is that book. We love it.
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Although it is next to impossible to add a great deal to the initial reviewer's observations because they are so phenomenally spot-on, what I can add is that, although Darlington initially appears to scoff at the idea of formal education with his opening "Pertinent author's notes:" that "This is art, not English class!", he still manages, maybe unknowingly, to provide his reader with mighty fine lessons in geography, vocabulary, social studies/modern culture, fashion, the arts, law, health, and even psychology --- all of these lessons are condensed into 600+ pages with a pretty pink cover... and believe me, there is no way in Hades that you could purchase textbooks for all of these above-mentioned subjects for the bargain price of $25 plus shipping! A very noble effort on the part of the author, as well as a very enjoyable read! And a slightly humorous final thought --- although the names Rhiannon and Isis would probably be considered fairly uncommon, I actually have both a Rhiannon and an Isis in my 8th grade class this year - so it took awhile to stop picturing the images of these students every time I read those names. Oh, and a quick question... why "drag queens" and not "bona drags"?!?!? :D
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Talk about anatomy and physiology! This chart is so well detailed you got to get one. I use it for all my demonstration when I'm teaching a class. I hope they have other parts of the body searching no luck yet :-)
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As a student w/a longer commute, I cannot get back to the anatomy lab to review structures readily.  This book does the equivalent for me: it shows the relationships of structures in a way that Netter's and the anatomy texts do not do.  It also proves to me that I do NOT know things as well as I think I do, which motivates further study :)  One exam in, and this has certainly helped me to stay on even footing with my peers who spend much more time in the lab.
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I used another Gehart textbook in a different class and I can't say enough how much I love this author. In 6 years of academia I don't think I've actually enjoyed reading a textbook until this. She has a "needs to know" section at the beginning of each chapter so even if I haven't had time to read the entire chapter before when I need to I can read that and have some basis of understanding. She also includes information on the theorists, and even though I always skip that part I know some people really like knowing about that.

I think it is INVALUABLE that each chapter also has a sample case conceptualization and treatment plan template. AS WELL AS exploring the implications for each theory of its strength's and limitation's with working with diverse clients.

My only very minor complaint is the Questions for Personal Reflection and Class Discussion. For several of the chapters it really seems like this was written by someone who hadn't even read the chapter because there were questions asking about something that was very minor or barely mentioned in the chapter.
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My husband and I bought this for our Anatomy class (as a teaching aide) and love it. I must say, it is a little fragile but if you take care of it, it will serve its purpose, just don't drop it. We call ours "Skully" and have it near by when learning (visually) about the bones.
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I am at an intermediate yoga level. I really enjoy doing my yoga practice wiht Donna Helm-Yost. Her pace is perfect. Some of the yoga videos are to fast pace for me, I feel like I am always trying to catch up. Donna not only takes her time but she lets you stay in some of the positions so that you can feel the pose and make any adjustments that you need to make.

It is like being in my favorite yoga class. I would definitely recomend this video.
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Recently, I conducted a spring cleaning of my personal library & found a number of interesting books which I have totally forgotten about.

This is one of those books. Here, in this one amazing volume, are answers to those puzzles about the human body. The author, a medical doctor by training, explains through plain language the sometimes funny, sometimes surprising & always uncommon organic reasons for our most common bodily sensations. For example, as reflected in the book title, Why doesn't my funny bone make me laugh?

It's a witty & yet informative book. It illuminates other dark mysteries about the ice cream headache, sore throats, heartburn, butterflies, goosebumps, tickles, among many other unexplored bodily sensations. Also whimsically illustrated.

Have fun with this book, but please, don't use it for diagnostic purposes. If you feel concerned about a funny feeling you're having, consult a doctor immediately!