Jo Ann Staugaard-Jones is an international movement educator and author, an Advanced Pilates and E-RYT500 Yoga Teacher Trainer, as well as a movement specialist, Kinesiology, Dance & Exercise Science Professor. She resides in beautiful Northwest New Jersey, USA.Jo Ann has taught throughout the US, in the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Prague, Costa Rica, and France. She is a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) and PAMA, the Performing Arts Medicine Association, IDEA Fitness, the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and a senior trainer & Continuing Education provider through Yoga Alliance.Staugaard-Jones is the other of several books on movement and anatomy, including The Vital Psoas Muscle (North Atlantic Books), which has sold over 100,000 copies as well as being translated into more than 20 languages.

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• Chapter 1 The Moving BodyChapter 2Human AnatomyOrganisation of the BodyGuide to the Integumentary SystemGuide to the Skeletal SystemGuide to the Muscular SystemGuide to the Nervous SystemGuide to the Endocrine SystemGuide to the Respiratory SystemGuide to the Cardiovascular SystemGuide to the Lymphatic and Immune SystemGuide to the Digestive SystemGuide to the Urinary SystemGuide to the Reproductive SystemChapter 3 Standing AsanasAgni Sara (Fire Cascade)Tadasana (Mountain Pose)Utkatasana (Chair Pose)Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)Virabhadrasana I (Warrior Pose I)Virabhadrasana II (Warrior Pose II)Utthita Parshvakonasana (Extended Side-Angle Pose)Parsvottanasana (Pyramid Pose)Viparita Virabhadrasana (Reverse Warrior Pose)Chapter 4Sitting and Low AsanasSukhasana (Easy Pose)Vajrasana (Kneeling Pose)Dandasana (Staff Pose)Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose)Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose)Padmasana (Lotus Pose)Navasana (Boat Pose)Upavesasana (Squat Pose) or Malasana (Garland Pose)Chapter 5TwistsBharadvajasana (Seated Twist Pose)Supta Matsyendrasana (Reclined or Supine Twist Pose)Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord-of-the-Fishes Pose)Chapter 6Prone and Supine AsanasProne:Makarasana (Crocodile Pose)Chakravakasana (Cat/Cow Stretch or Sunbird Pose)Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose)Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)Supine:Purvottanasana (Reverse or Upward Plank Pose)Shavasana (Corpse Pose)Chapter 7Inversions Adho Mukha Svanasana (Down Dog Pose)Setu Bandhasana (Half Bridge Pose)Viparita Karani (Legs Up the Wall)Prasarita Padottanasana A (Wide-Legged Forward Bend A)Adho Mukha Vrkshasana (Handstand Pose)Shirshasana (Headstand Pose)Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand Pose)Halasana (Plough Pose)Chapter 8Forward and Backward BendsForward:Balasana (Child's Pose)Uttanasana (Standing Forward-Bend Pose)Parsvottanasana (Pyramid Pose)Janu Sirsasana (Head to Knee Forward Bend Pose)Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)Backward:Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)Anjaneyasana (Crescent Pose)Ustrasana (Camel Pose)Urdva Mukha Svanasana (Up Dog Pose)Shalabhasana (Locust Pose)Matsyasana (Fish Pose)Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (One-Legged King Pigeon Pose)Chapter 9BalancingsAnjaneyasana (Crescent Moon)Parighasana (Crossbar or Gate Pose)Vrkhasana (Tree Pose)Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon Pose)Virabhadrasana III (Warrior Pose III)Garudasana (Eagle Pose)Natarajasana (Lord of the Dance Pose)Bakasana (Crane Pose)Chapter 10The Subtle Body and Fascia

Jo Ann Staugaard-Jones is an international movement educator and author, an Advanced Pilates and E-RYT500 Yoga Teacher Trainer, as well as a movement specialist, Kinesiology, Dance & Exercise Science Professor. She resides in beautiful Northwest New Jersey, USA.Jo Ann has taught throughout the US, in the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Prague, Costa Rica, and France. She is a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) and PAMA, the Performing Arts Medicine Association, IDEA Fitness, the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and a senior trainer & Continuing Education provider through Yoga Alliance.Staugaard-Jones is the other of several books on movement and anatomy, including The Vital Psoas Muscle (North Atlantic Books), which has sold over 100,000 copies as well as being translated into more than 20 languages.

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• Chapter 1 The Moving BodyChapter 2Human AnatomyOrganisation of the BodyGuide to the Integumentary SystemGuide to the Skeletal SystemGuide to the Muscular SystemGuide to the Nervous SystemGuide to the Endocrine SystemGuide to the Respiratory SystemGuide to the Cardiovascular SystemGuide to the Lymphatic and Immune SystemGuide to the Digestive SystemGuide to the Urinary SystemGuide to the Reproductive SystemChapter 3 Standing AsanasAgni Sara (Fire Cascade)Tadasana (Mountain Pose)Utkatasana (Chair Pose)Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)Virabhadrasana I (Warrior Pose I)Virabhadrasana II (Warrior Pose II)Utthita Parshvakonasana (Extended Side-Angle Pose)Parsvottanasana (Pyramid Pose)Viparita Virabhadrasana (Reverse Warrior Pose)Chapter 4Sitting and Low AsanasSukhasana (Easy Pose)Vajrasana (Kneeling Pose)Dandasana (Staff Pose)Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose)Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose)Padmasana (Lotus Pose)Navasana (Boat Pose)Upavesasana (Squat Pose) or Malasana (Garland Pose)Chapter 5TwistsBharadvajasana (Seated Twist Pose)Supta Matsyendrasana (Reclined or Supine Twist Pose)Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord-of-the-Fishes Pose)Chapter 6Prone and Supine AsanasProne:Makarasana (Crocodile Pose)Chakravakasana (Cat/Cow Stretch or Sunbird Pose)Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose)Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)Supine:Purvottanasana (Reverse or Upward Plank Pose)Shavasana (Corpse Pose)Chapter 7Inversions Adho Mukha Svanasana (Down Dog Pose)Setu Bandhasana (Half Bridge Pose)Viparita Karani (Legs Up the Wall)Prasarita Padottanasana A (Wide-Legged Forward Bend A)Adho Mukha Vrkshasana (Handstand Pose)Shirshasana (Headstand Pose)Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand Pose)Halasana (Plough Pose)Chapter 8Forward and Backward BendsForward:Balasana (Child's Pose)Uttanasana (Standing Forward-Bend Pose)Parsvottanasana (Pyramid Pose)Janu Sirsasana (Head to Knee Forward Bend Pose)Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)Backward:Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)Anjaneyasana (Crescent Pose)Ustrasana (Camel Pose)Urdva Mukha Svanasana (Up Dog Pose)Shalabhasana (Locust Pose)Matsyasana (Fish Pose)Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (One-Legged King Pigeon Pose)Chapter 9BalancingsAnjaneyasana (Crescent Moon)Parighasana (Crossbar or Gate Pose)Vrkhasana (Tree Pose)Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon Pose)Virabhadrasana III (Warrior Pose III)Garudasana (Eagle Pose)Natarajasana (Lord of the Dance Pose)Bakasana (Crane Pose)Chapter 10The Subtle Body and Fascia

Jo Ann Staugaard-Jones is an international movement educator and author, an Advanced Pilates and E-RYT500 Yoga Teacher Trainer, as well as a movement specialist, Kinesiology, Dance & Exercise Science Professor. She resides in beautiful Northwest New Jersey, USA.Jo Ann has taught throughout the US, in the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Prague, Costa Rica, and France. She is a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) and PAMA, the Performing Arts Medicine Association, IDEA Fitness, the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and a senior trainer & Continuing Education provider through Yoga Alliance.Staugaard-Jones is the other of several books on movement and anatomy, including The Vital Psoas Muscle (North Atlantic Books), which has sold over 100,000 copies as well as being translated into more than 20 languages.

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• Chapter 1 The Moving BodyChapter 2Human AnatomyOrganisation of the BodyGuide to the Integumentary SystemGuide to the Skeletal SystemGuide to the Muscular SystemGuide to the Nervous SystemGuide to the Endocrine SystemGuide to the Respiratory SystemGuide to the Cardiovascular SystemGuide to the Lymphatic and Immune SystemGuide to the Digestive SystemGuide to the Urinary SystemGuide to the Reproductive SystemChapter 3 Standing AsanasAgni Sara (Fire Cascade)Tadasana (Mountain Pose)Utkatasana (Chair Pose)Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)Virabhadrasana I (Warrior Pose I)Virabhadrasana II (Warrior Pose II)Utthita Parshvakonasana (Extended Side-Angle Pose)Parsvottanasana (Pyramid Pose)Viparita Virabhadrasana (Reverse Warrior Pose)Chapter 4Sitting and Low AsanasSukhasana (Easy Pose)Vajrasana (Kneeling Pose)Dandasana (Staff Pose)Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose)Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose)Padmasana (Lotus Pose)Navasana (Boat Pose)Upavesasana (Squat Pose) or Malasana (Garland Pose)Chapter 5TwistsBharadvajasana (Seated Twist Pose)Supta Matsyendrasana (Reclined or Supine Twist Pose)Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord-of-the-Fishes Pose)Chapter 6Prone and Supine AsanasProne:Makarasana (Crocodile Pose)Chakravakasana (Cat/Cow Stretch or Sunbird Pose)Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose)Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)Supine:Purvottanasana (Reverse or Upward Plank Pose)Shavasana (Corpse Pose)Chapter 7Inversions Adho Mukha Svanasana (Down Dog Pose)Setu Bandhasana (Half Bridge Pose)Viparita Karani (Legs Up the Wall)Prasarita Padottanasana A (Wide-Legged Forward Bend A)Adho Mukha Vrkshasana (Handstand Pose)Shirshasana (Headstand Pose)Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand Pose)Halasana (Plough Pose)Chapter 8Forward and Backward BendsForward:Balasana (Child's Pose)Uttanasana (Standing Forward-Bend Pose)Parsvottanasana (Pyramid Pose)Janu Sirsasana (Head to Knee Forward Bend Pose)Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)Backward:Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)Anjaneyasana (Crescent Pose)Ustrasana (Camel Pose)Urdva Mukha Svanasana (Up Dog Pose)Shalabhasana (Locust Pose)Matsyasana (Fish Pose)Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (One-Legged King Pigeon Pose)Chapter 9BalancingsAnjaneyasana (Crescent Moon)Parighasana (Crossbar or Gate Pose)Vrkhasana (Tree Pose)Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon Pose)Virabhadrasana III (Warrior Pose III)Garudasana (Eagle Pose)Natarajasana (Lord of the Dance Pose)Bakasana (Crane Pose)Chapter 10The Subtle Body and Fascia