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Well, it has been a while since the first blueprint came out, but as promised this is a series of documents, so here’s the second one. It’s called “Biotensegrity and Musculoskeletal Traction in Hatha Yoga Posture Practice.” It represents an amalgam of ideas I’ve been mulling over for a while now, but only really came to fruition after reading Scott Sonnon’s blog post, Biotensegrity = Circular Strength Training. As is my modus operandi, I began digging through the search engines to find out as much as I could about the subject, and what I found validated much of what I already felt to be true of the value of hatha yoga posture practice.
Biotensegrity is a subject that has recently come of age, which observes the principles of tensegrity structures at work in living, biological systems. This dynamic dictates that certain conditions be present for living systems such as the human body to function efficiently. In this blueprint, I discuss the principles of tensegrity structures, how those principles apply to the human body, and then how the practice of hatha yoga asanas can help bring equilibrium to such a system.
This blueprint will, like the first one, be freely available to anyone who drops by. I encourage folks who enjoy these essays to subscribe to my e-mail feed, or via rss. This insures two things - 1) that you’ll be among the first to know when the next blueprint comes out, and 2) once these documents become available to subscribers only, you’ll already be on board.
Get it here - BrickhouseBodymind Blueprint 002 - Biotensegrity and Musculoskeletal Traction in Hatha Yoga Posture Practice.
Phillip,
I see you are quoting my work in biotensegrity.
Please contact me so I can clarify some points.
Steve
Dr. Levin,
Thanks so much for your suggestions, and for your pioneering work in this field. I thoroughly enjoyed our brief discussion on this subject. I feel your work is of great importance, and I can only hope my idle musings in some way contribute to the conversation.
Peace,
Philip