INDEX

Lotus Pose (Padmasana), 83, 85, 89, 90 lumbar spine, 44–45, 67 lumbosacral junction, 64 lumbrical muscles, 109, 110, 154, 155 oblique muscles, internal and external, 54–55 obturator foramen, 64, 65 obdurator externus and internus muscles, 76–77 omohyoid muscle, 133 Making Waves (Lewin), 59 Malasana (Garland Pose), 101, 114 Maricyasana (Sage Maricy Pose), 149 Mayurasana (Peacock Pose), 123 mechanoreceptors, 35 medial and lateral foot, 103 medial and plantar ligaments, 105 menisci, 85, 86 metatarsals, 101–102 Mountain Pose (Tadasana), 17, 74, 113, 136 Mulabandha (Root Lock), 78 muscle pairs and function, 22 muscle(s) abdominal, 54–56 breathing, 56–60 cardiac, 21 contractions, types of, 21–22 elbow, wrist and hand, 148–56 foot and ankle, 104–110 hip, 69-79 knee, 90–94 neck, 134–37 pairs and function, 22 rotator cuff, 125–26 shoulder, 121–31 skeletal or striated, 20–21 smooth or visceral, 21 spinal, 46–49 studying, 23–24 supporting the sacroiliac joint, 78 tissue, 20–23 See also extrinsic muscles nadis, 41 Navasana (Boat Pose), 70 neck, 117, 121–22, 132–33, 134–37 nerve tissue, 24 neuromuscular facilitation, proprioceptive, 36–37 neutral tilt, 68 nuchal ligament, 133 One-Legged Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana), 33, 70, 76, 89, 106 Padangushthasana (Toe-Holding Pose), 70 Padmasana (Lotus Pose), 83, 85, 89, 90 palmar aponeurosis, 148 palmar muscles, 155–56 Parshvakonasana (Side Angle Pose), 30, 49, 77, 88, 114, 135 Parshvottanasana (Standing Forward Bend Over One Leg), 148 Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend), 35, 49–50 patella, 84 Peacock Feather Pose (Pincha Mayurasana), 123, 143 Peacock Pose (Mayurasana), 123 pectineus muscle, 70, 73 pectoralis, minor and major muscles, 124, 129, 130–31 pelvic/pelvis bones, 63–64 and femur, 63 floor muscles, 77–78 general, 41 joints, 64–66 ligaments, 66–67 muscles, 69–77 sacroiliac movement, 68–69 tilt, 67–68 peroneal muscles, 105–106, 107 pes anserinus tendons, 94 phalanges, 101–102, 147 Pincha Mayurasana (Peacock Feather Pose), 123, 143 Piriformis muscle, 75, 76–77 pivot joint, 26 Plank Pose, 21, 124 plantar fascia, 34, 103 plantar interossei muscles, 110–111 plantar flexion, 19, 100, 105 plantaris and popliteus muscles, 93 posterior sacroiliac ligaments, 66 posterior tilt, 68

165