“Honor your body! But put your foot EXACTLY here” - the yoga world’s most confusing message
We give students agency then physically move them when they use it
The “engage your core” experiment proves everyone feels poses completely differently
Most teachers can’t explain WHY a pose exists beyond “stretch hamstrings” or “cures depression” (it doesn’t)
We’ve trained our eyes to see hypermobile injury-in-progress as “beautiful practice”
Tadasana cues are all about how it LOOKS, zero about how it FEELS or what it’s FOR
What if poses aren’t shapes but experiences? Revolutionary.
Mountains are stable with give - could you make that lying down? Yes. That’s the point.
Rigid “He-Man plastic mountain” Tadasana vs actual mountain qualities
Give intent + options = students make real choices and your class becomes beautifully diverse
When you say “rest if you need” then panic when they do - they’re fine, you gave permission
LINKS & SUCH:
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Deconstruct to Reconstruct (D2R) - Anatomy Course - Click here to join the waitlist and be the first to know when the doors open.
D2R The Business of Yoga - Business & Marketing Course - Click here to see what the course is all about.
