Are you a yoga teacher and looking to enhance your yoga anatomy knowledge?  You may be wondering what are the benefits of enhancing your yoga anatomy knowledge.

Firstly as a yoga teacher if you enhance your knowledge of anatomy and physiology it will deepen your understanding and connection to the human body.  If learnt from a yogic perspective a teacher will learn how to integrate this knowledge into their teaching.

The integration of the information of yoga anatomy and physiology into a yoga teachers comprehension means the teacher will be able to teach yoga asanas with more content and also the yoga teacher deepens their knowledge base.  The good thing about this is that all of this integrated knowledge can then be transmitted to students in class who have the benefit of the increase in this knowledge.

Is there anything else to be obtained from the further study of yoga anatomy and physiology?  A deeper understanding of asana alignment for a start. 

Much of the information within the physiology and anatomy for yoga is related to the musculoskeletal systems.  This is the study of all the bones and muscles within the human body.  In particular where each bone and muscle live, where it starts and attaches and the function of each.

Knowing the musculoskeletal knowledge of the human body system can work wonders for the understanding of asana alignment.  And a big part of asana yoga is correct alignment.  Correct alignment leads to assimilating the benefits of the asana, energetic, physical and spiritual.  With adjustments all it takes is a slight adjustment to make a big difference in ones yoga practice.

During yoga teacher training courses anatomy and physiology for yoga is taught.  However it is often brief or in time the yoga teacher forgets this knowledge.  Here is where a revision course can be most useful.  Otherwise there are dvds and books to reinforce ones yoga anatomy and physiology.

Overall, as a yoga teacher, increasing your knowledge base helps provide an enhanced class for your students.  An enhanced class experience for students leads to an increase in retention rates.  A better retention rate of students can only be a good thing for your yoga business.