Alexandria Crow says she owes all of the tools she has to use and teach with today to regular practice. That’s why skipping it is just not an option. I often say to myself, my students, my friends, and the teachers I train, “We’re all doing our best with the tools we have at any …

Alexandria Crow explains why a pose’s foundation is so key and what your teacher wants you to do with this key alignment cue. My father is a builder so I have grown up learning about how things are constructed. I remember a pool he built hanging over the edge of a cliff on a mountain …

Patanjali Never Said Anything About Alignment Originally published on YogaJournal Anyone who knows me knows I teach alignment—a lot of it.  Actually “a lot” doesn’t begin to cover it. I am anatomically focused, and driven to try to understand how the body functions mechanically (as evidenced by my Alignment Cues Decoded series here on YogaJournal.com). Patanjali never said …