Paul Grilley

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Paul Grilley is a yoga teacher best known for popularizing Yin Yoga and for his influential work on anatomy and skeletal variation in yoga practice.

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instanceOf person
yoga teacher
advocates adapting poses to the student’s skeleton
using anatomical principles in yoga teaching
associatedWith Yin Yoga community
yoga anatomy education
contributedTo integration of anatomy into yoga teacher trainings
popularization of Yin Yoga worldwide
emphasizes differences in bone shape and proportion
long-held, passive stretches in Yin Yoga
stress on connective tissues rather than muscles in Yin practice
fieldOfWork anatomy education for yoga
meditation instruction
yoga
focusesOn functional range of motion
individualized alignment in yoga
skeletal variation
hasConcept functional alignment instead of aesthetic alignment
target areas instead of specific shapes in poses
influenced development of Yin Yoga as a distinct style
many contemporary Yin Yoga teachers
knownFor Yin Yoga
anatomy-based approach to asana alignment
emphasis on skeletal variation in yoga practice
teaching functional anatomy for yoga
occupation yoga teacher
regionOfActivity United States of America
surface form: United States
teaches Yin Yoga
meditation
yoga anatomy
views Yin Yoga as complementary to more dynamic (Yang) practices

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