Hatha Yoga A Manual for Students, Teachers, and Practitioners by HH. David Coulter With a Foreword iy Timothy McCall, M.D. 2002 Winner Benjamin Franklin Award for Health, Wellness, and Nutrition__-—— ANATOMY OF HATHA YOGA A Manual for Students, Teachers, and Practitioners by H. David Coulter Foreword by Timothy McCall, M.D. Body and Breath,‘Text and ilustrations ©2001 by #1, David Coulter Foreword ©2001 hy Tianothy BeCall Author's photugraph ©2001 by yee Barone ody and Bresth Inc. 1409 Wosteide Ave, Honesdale, PA 18431 UBA, oy o8o7 op os a4 VBTO5 PRECAUTIONARY NOYE: Phis is not a medical text, but a compendium of remarks concerning how anatomy and physiology relate to hatha yoga. Any medical questions regarding contraindications and cautions or any questions regarding whether or not to proceed with particular practices or postures should be referred either to health professionals iho have an interest in medical problems associated with exercise, stretching, and breathing, or to hatha yoga teachers who have had experience working with medical probleme in « therapeutie vetting: supervised by health professionals, All rights reserved, With certain exceptions enumerated below, no part ofthis book may be repreaced, tore it retrieval sto o transmitted in any form or By any means slectronic, mechanial, photneopying, recording or ctherwise—without written permission frm the publisher There are three exceptions. Fist brief quotations of upto 300 wars that are embedied in eiical articles ned reviews ene ued foe 2 lore ec Uy are prope acknowledged. cond: blanket permission is granted for institutional and ind vidual photoespying, properly acknowledged, of up to ene hundred expres totaling ne more than 25,000 werds foreach copy with accompanying illustrations (approximately ‘one chapter) or alternatively, a series of extracts from the entire book totaling no more than 25,000 wos, for purposes of teaching o for rvcatch und private study, eneepting that no deletions, alteration or exclusions within individual pags are permitted. For ‘ocample: eutting and pacing of Mlustrations for student syllabi expressly forbidden. (Onky incvidunl pages in their entirety are tobe photocopied, including text if any) and all running heads, captions, and labels that are incorporated within each page. ‘Third rermission for scanning af text, halftones, anata drawings, cca, aed bles either in ioltion oF altered as desired is granted only for trials of eketronie or hard copy Publishing layouts; permission must be sughl trom the publisher (Body and Breath Ine) ‘to use such ilstrations for any kind of electric ee meshavial transmission or in other publications Printed in China, Library of Congress Catsleging-n-Publestion Data Coulter, H. David (Herbert David, 1989 ‘Anatomy of Hatha Vogt manual for stadents, tochers, and practitioners hy H. David Coulter ;freword by ‘Timothy McCall Includes hibilogeaphical references and inde: ISBN 0.9707006-6-1 (alk. poper) 1. Yo, Hoth Physologea aspects 2. Human mechanics. 2. Human anatomy: ‘Tite. RATBI.7.088 2001 era 7046-1 2ontnznean ‘To my parents, ‘who guided me lovingly, watched my life with joy and enthusiasm, supported my academic and personal interests, and always thought the best of me.