If I could study anatomy for yoga it would be with David Keil.
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Let me give you some perspective so you see how special he is...
David attended a workshop with the legendary John Scott as a student back in the early 2000s, and was chosen to return to Scott's workshops as a teacher of anatomy for all subsequent teacher trainings, which he continues to do today, year after year.
He has a gift, which is to make anatomy interesting and specific to yoga.
Anyone who has watched his DVDs knows that he keeps the boring stuff to a minimum, and gets to what is really important from the point of view of the poses.
Anyone who has watched his DVDs knows that he keeps the boring stuff to a minimum, and gets to what is really important from the point of view of the poses.
He also has some very unconventional ways to motivate you, he'll say something like:
"What? You have been practicing this posture for 8 years and nothing? ...
Don't you think it might be time to change your approach?"
And he is right.
Maybe it is time to change approach in things that are not working for us.
Anatomy helps, enormously.
Maybe it is time to change approach in things that are not working for us.
Anatomy helps, enormously.
After reading David's most recent book my practice was completely transformed.
I would step on the mat and have constant realizations, I'd go: "Oh... THAT is how you do triangle pose"! or "Ahhh, THAT is what he means".
I would step on the mat and have constant realizations, I'd go: "Oh... THAT is how you do triangle pose"! or "Ahhh, THAT is what he means".
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT
2) Common misalignments that he sees as he teaches all over the world
3) David’s revolutionary idea, backed by Patanjali, that asana has the power to transform people physically mentally and emotionally, and why.
4) His Million Dollar tip on how to ease wrist pain – He gives it for free
5) Why is it better for women to stay away from pointed tight toed high hells?
6) David’s notes on back pain
7) Anatomical tips we can use today
8) And finally, David shares what is his favorite yoga book, which he keeps re-reading again and again, and the author is Pattabhi Jois
9) David’s special way of teaching workshops to only 5 people at the time
10) The ONE thing that took him a long time to understand
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BOOKS THAT DAVID RECOMMENDS HERE
Healing Back Pain: The Mind Body Connection By John Sarno
Mind Over Back Pain by John Sarno
7 Setps to A Pain Free Life: How To Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain by Robin McKenzie
Yoga Mala by Sri K Pattabhi Jois
Books and DVDs by David Keil:
Functional Anatomy of Yoga: It's cheaper at David's site here, otherwise you can get it in Amazon. My review of the book is here
Hands On Adjustments DVD I wrote a review about this DVD which you can read here
ABOUT DAVID
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PODCAST
Claudia Azula Altucher: Hi. This is Claudia Azula Altucher, your host of The Yoga Podcast, and I am thrilled that for this very first episode, I have none other than David Keil for a guest. He has just released a book that is called Functional Anatomy of Yoga: A Guide for Practitioners and Teachers. David started practicing yoga in 1989 as a suggestion from his Tai Chi teacher, and then he was also an instructor of kinesiology at Miami's Educating Hands School of Massage. That was from 1999 to 2003, and in between those years, in 2001, he met John Scott, whom he recognizes as his own yoga teacher. And the funny thing is, when he met John Scott, John Scott actually asked him to keep coming back to do a portion of his own yoga teacher training on anatomy, and David did that and continues to do that to this day as well as teaching workshops all over the world. Also, in 2002, David did his first trip to Mysore to visit Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who is the founder of the Ashtanga vinyasa yoga system, and since then, he has returned many times with his wife, Gretchen. David, welcome to the show, and thank you for joining me.
David Keil: Oh, thank you for such a great introduction.
Claudia Azula Altucher: So at the risk of sounding a little cheesy, I'm gonna say I have a bone to pick with you.
David Keil: Okay. Pun intended, right?
Claudia Azula Altucher: Yes. Here's the thing. After reading Functional Anatomy of Yoga, my practice has slowed down a lot because every little thing I do now, I'm thinking, oh wait, that's what he meant. And then I go, oh wait, wait, wait. Oh yeah, I feel it now. And so, as a consequence, is so long I don't have a life anymore. So what do you have to say?
David Keil: Well, I think it's a good thing if you're slowing down and thinking about what you're doing and how you're doing it, and even more importantly, why you're doing it.
Claudia Azula Altucher: That's right. I agree with that. The why is very important, and there's so many aha moments that I've been having. It's actually incredible. So let me ask you, would it be fair to say that you have a super power of x-ray vision when you look at students?
David Keil: Yes. I purchased that at Walmart about ten years ago. Wow. Yeah, I – you know, definitely I think one of my skills is to observe and to sit back and watch and see how people are moving and where they're moving from and how they're moving, and then work with that.
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