Anatomy Trains and Laboratories of Anatomical Enlightenment are pleased to invite you to Dissection Livestream with Tom Myers and Todd Garcia: A Regional and Layered Journey Through the Human Body, June 5-8, 2020 Dissection livestream. Do it. Being as self-critical as anyone, it is seldom I can give such an unequivocal endorsement to a new… Read more
YOGA INSTRUCTION
Regular Western anatomy makes no sense for yoga – Anatomy Trains is a practical and enlightening map of the connected sheets of fascia and muscle engaged by the yoga asanas. Even if you didn’t like anatomy, you will definitely value Anatomy Trains to help you see your students’ problems more clearly, as well as to deepen your own practice.
How Do I Start?
Kickoff your education with Anatomy Trains by reading Anatomy Trains Third Edition by Tom Myers. You’ll learn how the muscles are functionally linked in ‘myofascial meridians’ through the fascial webbing.
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Anatomy Trains E-Magazine: Issue 9 – How We Move
We’re so excited to share Issue 9 of the Anatomy Trains e-magazine, put together by the brilliant Julie Hammond, director of Anatomy Trains Australia & New Zealand, and her fabulous team! This ninth edition, How We Move, is all about human movement. The issue includes: An article by Tom Myers, “Toward a Unified Theory of… Read more
Cultural Variability in Developmental Movement
From Tom Myers: Thank to David Lesondak for pointing me to this article on Science News: Culture helps shape when babies learn to walk We are familiar with swaddling (as was done with Jesus in the manger) or a Native American baby strapped into a papoose, or an African baby slung in a kikoi on… Read more
Donor Kidney with Five Renal Arteries: Notes from Tom Myers
Read on for Tom’s thoughts on this recent story, published in Newsweek: ORGAN DONOR HAD KIDNEY WITH FIVE RENAL ARTERIES IN RARE MEDICAL ANOMALY. They were preparing this kidney for transplant when they noticed it had 5 – count ‘em, five – renal arteries. This is an example of the kind of anomaly we… Read more