Anatomy of Hatha Yoga

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga - H. David Coulter

Long-Form Ideas

Musings

Notes

Page Number	Keywords	Main Idea	Index Card Response	Longer form discussion
17	Essence of the practice, awareness	Awareness is the key issue of Haha Yoga. So long as it is scattered, you are a beginner	Need to be completely honest with yourself. You cannot fool your way into completed, focused awareness.
18	Progression, joints	Hatha yoga begins with strengthening the joints, and then progresses to stretching and flexibility.
21	principle, gravity	First principle of movement: we exist within a gravitational field.
23-28	muscle anatomy	Muscle
29-36	nervous system	Will: decision-making process (unknown), volition: actual initiation of on-off- commands from the brain (empirical). Upper motor neurons: cell bodies reside in the cerebral cortex (important for controlling willed activity), lower motor neurons: cell bodies reside in the spinal chord (directly innervate skeletal muscles; people refer to these when commonly saying motor neurons).