Yoga, yoga, yoga

For the last few weeks I have been immersed in the layout of a series of 4 yoga books, artfully (I hope!) arranging gorgeous anatomy images with their captions. As I was completing an anatomy section which shows among other things the muscles, tendons, and bones of the hands; I was reminded of a recent NPR story about how human hands differ from other primates'. Check it out here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128676181

Below are a spread from the yoga book and an image from the NPR story. Do you ever find yourself geeking out over anatomy or other scientific topics?

photo by Maggie Starbard/NPR

Yoga from a new perspective

I've been spending most of my time lately laying out a series of four yoga books. Despite the minor and major annoyances associated with dealing with huge, huge image files while simultaneously adjusting to the new InDesign CS5, it's been great fun.

I just love the medical-style illustrations. They remind me of the Ciba Collection series of anatomy books my mother had that I loved so much as a kid. See one of them here. (Hmm, I wonder if my mom still has them...?)

Tell me this—if seeing someone else yawn makes you yawn, and seeing someone else having sex makes you frisky, does seeing someone else do yoga make you want to stretch?