Bernie Clark has created a summary of scientific support for the modern practice of yoga asana. It has taken him eight years of work. Bernie’s patience, intellect and endurance set him at the same high table as any researcher I am aware of. He has sifted through hundreds of scientific studies, and now he has completed a trilogy of books that clearly spell out the implications of these studies for yoga practice.
Paul Grilley, author of Yin Yoga: Outline of a Quiet Practice
Bernie Clark is an anatomy medicine man expertly weaving together the often undervalued links between bones, muscles, fascia, neurodynamics and meridians into a compassionate look at how each person’s alignment must be made personal when practicing postures.
Sarah Powers, author of Insight Yoga and Lit from Within
Bernie Clark knows a great deal about the architecture of the upper body, and I find myself thoroughly schooled by the details captured in Volume 4. He includes details of neurodynamics, fascia, vasculature, movements, muscles, bones and their fascinating variations. He then adeptly offers functional applications to yoga postures and the coordination of movement. As for asymmetries and proportions, the topics of Volume 5, Bernie addresses them with the energy they deserve. In my own study of anatomy, I find it is the asymmetries that are most compelling and interesting, as they trump every mental conjuring otherwise and snap the observer into the present moment and the stark individuality of what is before us.
Gil Hedley, PhD, Director Integral Anatomy Productions, LLC
Having been a tremendous fan of Bernie Clark’s two previous books (Your Body, Your Yoga and Your Spine, Your Yoga), I was ready to dive into this third book. I could not put it down.
Stuart McGill, PhD, Professor Emeritus and author of Back Mechanic
Another great book from Bernie Clark, full of detail and insight not found in other yoga books. The perfect completion to an outstanding trilogy.
Stu Girling, author Illustrated Yoga Anatomy
Bernie Clark has done it again! Like its predecessors (Your Body, Your Yoga and Your Spine, Your Yoga) Your Upper Body, Your Yoga is an invaluable resource for yoga teachers of all styles, and an empowering reference for practitioners who are interested in learning more about their bodies and how to make yoga work for them.
Kat (Heagberg) Rebar, author of Yoga Where You Are and editor of Yoga International
Bernie has a nimble way of clarifying the functional anatomy of the upper body in a way that reads like a novel. I was fascinated and inspired with the useful tools and was reminded why we continue to work and learn from the body.
Beth Spindler C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 yoga therapist, teacher, writer and author of Yoga Therapy for Fear
This book is a must-read for any kinaesthetic professional!
Jo Phee, Senior Yoga Teacher Trainer
Bernie Clark’s Your Upper Body, Your Yoga completes an epic masterpiece in the world of yogasana and places him among the modern “greats” of this ancient practice.
Rob Walker, Director of the Alberta Yoga College and author of The New Yoga: From Cult and Dogma to Science and Sanity
Be warned: If you learned dogmatic rules of “universal alignment” in a training or class, you will soon encounter the evidence and logic for why those axiomatic “rules” just aren’t so.
Josh Summers, co-author of The Power of Mindfulness and host of the podcast Everyday Sublime