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11 (FIG. 3.30)

12 (FIG. 4.1)

Notes

C
HAPTER 1: THE
J
OURNEY
I
NTO
W
ELLNESS

  
1
.  Arthur F. Dalley and Keith L. Moore,
Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Fourth
Edition
(Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999), 432–35.

  
2
.  Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “Fascia,”
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascia
.

  
3
.  MedicineNet, “Myo-,”
www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=19884
.

  
4
.  Thomas W. Myers,
Anatomy Trains
,
Second Edition
(Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2009), 1, 4.

  
5
.  Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “Tendon,”
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tendon
.

  
6
.  Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “Ligament,”
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ligament
.

  
7
.  Medline Plus, “Synovial Fluid,”
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19698.htm
.

  
8
.  Dalley and Moore, 432.

  
9
.  
United States Bone and Joint Decade: The Burden of Musculoskeletal
Diseases in the United States
(Rosemont, Ill.: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2008), 21.

10
.  Ibid, 23–24.

11
.  Ayren Jackson-Cannady, “When to See Your Doctor about Back Pain,”
www.webmd.com/back-pain/living-with-low-back-pain-11/when-to-call-doctor
.

12
.  Herbert Benson,
The Relaxation Response
(New York: HarperCollins, 1975
)
, 32–33.

13
.  Jon Kabat-Zinn,
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your
Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
,
15th Anniversary
Edition
(New York: Bantam Dell, 2005), 95.

14
.  Ibid., 96.

15
.  R. Saper, et al. “Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain in a Predominantly Minority Population: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial,”
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
15, no. 6 (November–December 2009):18–27.

16
.  C. C. Streeter, et al. “Effects of Yoga on the Autonomic Nervous System, GABA, and Allostasis in Epilepsy, Depression, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,”
Medical Hypotheses
78, no. 5 (May 2012): 573–74.

17
.  Yoga Journal, “Yoga in America Market Study 2008,”
www.yogajournal.com/advertise/press_releases/10
.

18
.  Arvind Sharma,
Our Religions: The Seven World Religions Introduced
by Preeminent Scholars from Each Tradition
(San Francisco: Harper SanFrancisco, 1993), 37.

19
.  Stephen Prothero,
Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to
Know—and Doesn't
(San Francisco: Harper SanFrancisco, 2007), 232.

20
.  Yoga Journal, “Yoga in America Market Study 2008.”

21
.  Shiva Rae, “You Are Here,”
www.yogajournal.com/wisdom/460
.

22
.  Edwin F. Bryant,
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
(New York: North Point Press, 2009), 3.

23
.  Ibid., 571.

24
.  B.K.S. Iyengar,
Light on Pranayama
(New York: Crossroad, 1988), 123.

25
.  Ben Benjamin, “Unraveling the Mystery of Low Back Pain #1: Sacroiliac Dysfunction,”
www.benbenjamin.com
.

26
.  DoYoga with Doug Keller,
www.doyoga.com
.

27
.  Mary Pullig Schatz,
Back Care Basics
(Berkeley: Rodmell Press, 1992), 47.

28
.  John J. Triano and Nancy C. Selby, “Ergonomics of the Office and Work-place: An Overview,”
www.spine-health.com/wellness/ergonomics/ergonomics-office-and-workplace-overview
.

29
.  Iyengar, 233.

30
.  Philosophico Literary Research Department of Kaivalyadhama S.M.Y.M. Samiti, Lonavla, India,
Yoga Kosha
(New Delhi: Model Press, 1991), 117.

31
.  
Yoga Journal,
“Yoga in America Market Study 2008.”

C
HAPTER 2:
Y
OUR
H
IPS

  
1
.  Laura Miller, “Orthopedic Pain Patient Visit Statistics: 4 Areas to Know,”
http://beckersorthopedicandspine.com/orthopedic-spine-practices-improving-profits/item/3762-orthopedic-pain-patient-visit-statistics-4-areas-to-know
.

  
2
.  Thomas W. Myers,
Anatomy Trains, Second Edition
(Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2009), 4.

  
3
.  Harish Johari,
Chakras: Energy Centers of Transformation
(Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 1987), 55.

  
4
.  Guru Prem Singh Khalsa and Harijot Prem Singh Khalsa,
Divine
Alignment
(Beverly Hills: Cherdi Kala, Inc., 2003), 3, 15.

  
5
.  Edwin F. Bryant.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
(New York: North Point Press, 2009), 283.

  
6
.  Doug Keller, “Sacroiliac Support,”
Yoga + Joyful Living
(Fall 2009): 62.

  
7
.  Ibid., 59.

  
8
.  Philosophico Literary Research Department of Kaivalyadhama S.M.Y. M. Samiti, Lonavla, India,
Yoga Kosha
(New Delhi: Model Press, 1991), 324.

  
9
.  Georg Feuerstein,
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Yoga
(New York: Paragon House, 1990), 141.

10
.  T.K.V. Desikachar,
The Heart of Yoga
(Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions International, 1995), 175.

C
HAPTER 3:
Y
OUR
S
ACRUM

  
1
.  Medscape Today, “Anatomy of the Sacrum: Embryology,”
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/461094_2
(free login required).

  
2
.  Diane Lee,
The Pelvic Girdle: An Approach to the Examination and
Treatment of the Lumbopelvic-Hip Region, Third Edition
(Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2004), 60.

  
3
.  Harish Johari,
Chakras: Energy Centers of Transformation
(Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 1987), 56.

  
4
.  Ibid., 30.

  
5
.  Ben Benjamin, “Unraveling the Mystery of Low Back Pain #1: Sacroiliac Dysfunction,”
www.benbenjamin.com
.

  
6
.  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, “Hamstring Muscle Injuries,”
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00408
.

  
7
.  Kevin Durkin, “Pelvic Balancing Sequence,”
http://kevindurkinyoga.com/Pelvic_Balancing_Sequence.htm
.

  
8
.  Ibid.

  
9
.  Linda Sparrowe and Patricia Walden,
The Women's Book of Yoga &
Health
(Boston: Shambhala, 2002), 184.

10
.  Judith Lasater,
Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times,
Second Edition
(Berkeley: Rodmell Press, 2011), 44–45.

11
.  Alistair Shearer,
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
(New York: Bell Tower, 1982), 95–96.

12
.  Edwin F. Bryant.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
(New York: North Point Press, 2009), 283.

13
.  William J. Broad,
The Science of Yoga
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012), 95.

14
.  Judith Lasater,
Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana
(Berkeley: Rodmell Press, 2009), 138.

C
HAPTER 4:
Y
OUR
L
UMBAR
S
PINE

  
1
.  
United States Bone and Joint Decade: The Burden of Musculoskeletal
Diseases in the United States
(Rosemont, Ill.: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2008), 21.

  
2
.  Medline Plus, “Low Back Pain: Acute,”
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007425.htm
.

  
3
.  PubMed Health, “Herniated Disk,”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001478
.

  
4
.  The Free Dictionary, “Sciatic Nerve,”
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/sciatic+nerve
.

  
5
.  Spine-Health, “Radicular Pain and Radiculopathy Definition,”
www.spine-health.com/glossary/r/radicular-pain-and-radiculopathy
. See also University of Maryland Medical Center, “Back Pain and Sciatica: Symptoms and Causes,”
www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/what_causes_pain_low_back_pain_or_sciatica_000054_2.htm
.

  
6
.  Medline Plus, “Lordosis,”
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003278.htm
.

  
7
.  Ibid.

  
8
.  Vasant L. Lad and Anisha Durve,
Marma Points of Ayurveda: The Energy
Pathways for Healing Body, Mind and Consciousness with a Comparison to
Traditional Chinese Medicine
(Albuquerque: The Ayurvedic Press, 2008), 19.

  
9
.  Ibid., 181.

10
.  The Free Dictionary, “Sciatic Nerve,”
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/sciatic+nerve
.

11
.  Marma Points, 180.

12
.  John E. Sarno,
Healing Back Pain
:
The Mind-Body Connection
(New York: Warner Books, 1991).

13
.  Judith Lasater, Ph.D., P.T.,
Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana
(Berkeley: Rodmell Press, 2009), 138.

14
.  B.K.S. Iyengar,
Light on Yoga
,
Revised Edition
(New York: Schocken Books, 1977), 159. See also Yoga Journal, “Marichi's Pose,”
www.yogajournal.com/poses/691
.

C
HAPTER 5:
Y
OUR
A
BDOMINAL
C
ORE

  
1
.  Diane Lee,
The Pelvic Girdle: An Approach to the Examination and
Treatment of the Lumbopelvic-Hip Region, Third Edition
(Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2004), 192.

  
2
.  Judith Lasater, Ph.D., P.T.,
Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana
(Berkeley: Rodmell Press, 2009), 138.

  
3
.  C. C. Streeter, et al. “Effects of Yoga on the Autonomic Nervous System, GABA, and Allostasis in Epilepsy, Depression, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,”
Medical Hypotheses
78, no. 5 (May 2012): 571–72.

  
4
.  R. P. Brown and P. L. Gerbarg, “Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part I—Neurophysiologic Model,”
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
11 (2005): 191.

  
5
.  Streeter et al., 573–74.

  
6
.  R. P. Brown and P. L. Gerbarg, “Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part II—Clinical Applications and Guidelines,”
Journal of Alternative and Complementary
Medicine
11 (2005): 711, 714.

  
7
.  Edwin F. Bryant.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
(New York: North Point Press, 2009), 35.

  
8
.  Vasant L. Lad and Anisha Durve,
Marma Points of Ayurveda: The Energy Pathways for Healing Body, Mind and Consciousness with a Comparison to Traditional Chinese Medicine
(Albuquerque: The Ayurvedic Press, 2008),164–68.

  
9
.  Ibid., 69, 313–16

10
.  Alistair Shearer,
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
(New York: Bell Tower, 1982), 102.

11
.  B.K.S. Iyengar,
Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
(India: HarperCollins, 1993), 102.

12
.  Doug Keller,
Yoga as Therapy, Volume Two: Applications
(self-published, 2010), 189–90.

13
.  B.K.S. Iyengar,
Light on Pranayama
(New York: Crossroad, 1988), 179.

14
.  Ibid.

15
.  Harish Johari,
Chakras: Energy Centers of Transformation
(Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 1987), 32–36.

16
.  Iyengar,
Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
, 5.

17
.  Iyengar,
Light on Pranayama,
97.

18
.  Angela Tian Zhu, “Dan Tian: Qi Core of Humanity,”
www.traditionalqi.com/2011/05/24/dan-tian-%E2%80%93-qi-core-of-humanity
.

19
.  Miura Kunio,
The Revival of Qi: Taoist Meditation and Longevity
Techniques
, ed. Livia Kohn (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies, 1989), 338.